Arena in New Jersey, United States
"Izod Center" redirects here. For the venue in Poland, see
Izo Arena
.
Meadowlands Arena
|
Meadowlands Arena while it was known as Izod Center
|
|
Former names
| Brendan Byrne
Arena (1981?1996)
Continental Airlines
Arena (1996?2007)
Izod
Center (2007?2015)
|
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Address
| 50
New Jersey Route 120
|
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Location
| East Rutherford, New Jersey
|
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Coordinates
| 40°48′42″N
74°4′3″W
/
40.81167°N 74.06750°W
/
40.81167; -74.06750
|
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Public transit
| Meadowlands
(select events)
|
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Owner
| New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority
|
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Operator
| New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority
|
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Capacity
| 20,049 (NBA basketball)
20,029 (NCAA basketball)
19,040 (hockey)
20,000 (concerts)
7,500 (theater concerts)
|
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|
Broke ground
| February 2, 1979
[1]
|
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Opened
| July 2, 1981
[1]
|
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Closed
| April 3, 2015
|
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Construction cost
| US$85 million
($285 million in 2014 dollars
[3]
)
|
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Architect
| Grad Partnership
Dilullo, Clauss, Ostroki & Partners
|
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Project manager
| George A. Fuller Company
|
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General contractor
| Terminal Construction Corporation
|
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|
New Jersey Nets
(
NBA
) (1981?2010)
New Jersey Rockets
(
MISL
) (1981?1982)
New York Cosmos
(
NASL Indoor
/
MISL
) (1981?1985)
New Jersey Devils
(
NHL
) (1982?2007)
Seton Hall Pirates
(
NCAA
) (1985?2007)
[1]
[2]
New Jersey Saints
(
EPBLL
) (1987?1988)
New Jersey Rockin' Rollers
(
RHI
) (1994?1997)
New Jersey Red Dogs/Gladiators
(
AFL
) (1997?2002)
New Jersey Storm
(
NLL
) (2001?2003)
New Jersey XTreme
(
NIFL
) (2005)
|
|
www
.meadowlands
.com
|
Meadowlands Arena
[4]
(formerly
Brendan Byrne Arena
,
Continental Airlines Arena
and
Izod Center
) is a closed indoor sports and concert venue located in the
Meadowlands Sports Complex
in
East Rutherford, New Jersey
, United States. Since closing, the state-owned facility has been used as a rehearsal stage by major concert-touring music stars and by
NBCUniversal
for television filming. The arena is located on
New Jersey Route 120
across the highway from
MetLife Stadium
and the
Meadowlands Racetrack
, next to the
American Dream
shopping and entertainment complex.
The arena, which opened in 1981, was originally built to accommodate the
New Jersey Nets
basketball team. In 1982, the
Colorado Rockies
hockey team joined the Nets in the new building and became known as the
New Jersey Devils
. The Nets and Devils were joined by the
Seton Hall Pirates
men's collegiate basketball program in 1985.
In 2007, the
Prudential Center
opened in nearby
Newark
as the new Devils home arena. Seton Hall, whose campus in
South Orange
is closer to Newark than East Rutherford, likewise moved its basketball games there. The Nets remained at the Meadowlands for three more seasons before moving to Newark, where they played two seasons before departing New Jersey for
Barclays Center
in
Brooklyn
. The men's basketball team from
Fordham University
played four home games during the 2010?11 season at the arena.
[5]
Following the departure of all three of its major tenants, the arena continued to host occasional non-sporting events, such as touring shows and concerts, and other local events. The state-owned facility reported losses for 2013, and was projected to have $8.5 million in losses for 2015. On January 15, 2015, the
New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority
(NJSEA) voted to shut down Izod Center, and have Prudential Center acquire hosting rights to events scheduled for the arena over the next two years in a $2 million deal.
[6]
[7]
[8]
Since closing, the vacant arena has been used as a rehearsal venue for large-scale touring concert productions as well as a
sound stage
for video and television productions.
[6]
Since 2018,
NBC
has leased the venue to film prime-time drama series, including
The Enemy Within
and
Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector
.
[9]
[10]
It is also home to the crime drama series
The Equalizer
, starring
Queen Latifah
, and the TV programs
Tales of the Walking Dead
and
The Walking Dead: Dead City
.
History
[
edit
]
Construction on a new arena across
Route 20 (now 120)
from
Giants Stadium
and the
Meadowlands Racetrack
began in 1977, with the arena's initial purpose being to serve as the primary home for the Nets who had moved from
Nassau Coliseum
in
Uniondale, New York
to New Jersey. While the venue was being built, the Nets played their home games in
Piscataway
at the
Rutgers Athletic Center
.
[11]
The arena was designed by
Grad Partnership
and Dilullo, Clauss, Ostroki & Partners and was constructed at a cost of $85 million.
[12]
Originally named after the sitting
governor of New Jersey
,
Brendan Byrne
, the arena opened July 2, 1981, with the first of six concerts by New Jersey rock musician
Bruce Springsteen
.
[13]
The Nets moved into their new home on October 30, 1981, and lost to their cross-river rivals, the
New York Knicks
in their inaugural home game.
[14]
In 1982, the arena hosted the
NBA All-Star Game
. Then, it hosted the
1996 NBA draft
.
Another motivation for building an arena in the Meadowlands was to potentially lure a
National Hockey League
team to New Jersey. Governor Byrne was a member of an ownership group that was looking to do so, and in 1978 businessman
Arthur Imperatore
purchased the
Colorado Rockies
and announced that he would be relocating the team to New Jersey. Unfortunately for Imperatore, the Rockies would be sold twice more before that finally became a reality.
[15]
The newly-renamed,
John McMullen
-owned
New Jersey Devils
played their first game at the arena on October 5, 1982, against the
Pittsburgh Penguins
, with the game ending in a 3?3 tie.
Don Lever
scored the first goal in the arena, which was the Devils' very first goal.
[14]
In 1984, the arena hosted the
NHL All-Star Game
.
[14]
The following year, the
Seton Hall Pirates
men's basketball team began playing at the arena.
[14]
On January 4, 1996, the
New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority
(NJSEA) announced a
naming rights
deal with
Continental Airlines
under which the airline, with a hub at nearby
Newark Liberty International Airport
, would pay the NJSEA $29 million over 12 years. As Continental Airlines Arena, it hosted the
1996 Final Four
?the last
Final Four
to date that has been held in an arena specifically built for basketball.
[14]
In September 2006, the Nets and the NJSEA announced an extension of their lease to keep the team in the Meadowlands until 2013, with a provision to leave as early as 2009 if
the Brooklyn arena
was completed. It was reported at the time that the Nets' owner,
Bruce Ratner
was seeking to sell the Nets, thus thwarting any possible move to Brooklyn.
[16]
On May 5, 2007, the Devils played their last game at the arena, losing 3?2 to the
Ottawa Senators
, eliminating them from the
Eastern Conference
semifinals 4?1.
Scott Gomez
scored the final goal in the building. The Devils subsequently relocated to the newly constructed
Prudential Center
in nearby
Newark
at the beginning of the
2007?08 NHL season
.
[17]
Following the Devils' final season at the arena in 2007, Continental Airlines opted out of the naming rights agreement and the NJSEA signed an agreement with
Izod
for five years. The company paid $1.4 million per year for the first two years of the agreement; when the Nets left, it dropped to $750,000 per year for the balance of the five-year deal.
[18]
The columns of the arena's exterior were also repainted red as the arena assumed a new color scheme.
[19]
In 2009, Newark mayor
Cory Booker
and Devils owner
Jeffrey Vanderbeek
called for the closing of the Izod Center, because it was a competing venue to the Prudential Center for events, and a "drain on taxpayers."
[20]
In October 2009, a deal was brokered for the Nets to play at the Prudential Center for two seasons, beginning in the
2010?11 NBA season
. The deal also included a partnership with the Prudential Center hosting sporting events (Devils, Nets, Seton Hall), and the Izod Center handling concerts and family shows. The two arenas proposed a joint venture, Jersey Presents LLC, to wrestle leverage from promoters who had been playing the two against each other.
[21]
"You can’t have two venues that close together fighting each other and have that be productive for the state," said Jerry Zaro, economic czar to former New Jersey Governor
Jon Corzine
, who brokered the deal.
[22]
The Nets' agreement to play the 2010?11 and 2011?12 seasons in Newark was finalized on February 18, 2010.
[23]
On April 12, 2010 the Nets played their final game at the Izod Center, a 105?95 loss to the
Charlotte Bobcats
.
Terrence Williams
made the final basket in the arena.
[24]
[25]
[26]
[27]
Shutdown
[
edit
]
With the loss of its major tenants, the Izod Center served primarily as a venue for traveling events, such as concerts,
ice shows
, and other occasional local events such as graduation ceremonies. New Jersey's government considered possible options for the arena, including selling or leasing it to another operator, or closing it entirely.
Triple Five Group
had attempted to negotiate taking over the arena so it could be incorporated into the nearby
American Dream Meadowlands
complex, but the deal fell through. The arena reported losses for 2013, also facing competition from Barclays Center in landing major concerts, and it was estimated that the arena would lose $8.5 million over the course of 2015. Even with its use during
Super Bowl XLVIII
, Izod Center reported a $45,800 loss from the event.
[28]
[29]
[30]
On January 15, 2015, as urged by state governor
Chris Christie
, the NJSEA voted to close Izod Center. Under a two-year, $2 million agreement with Devils Arena Entertainment LLC, most future events scheduled for Izod Center were moved to Prudential Center. While the arena was originally expected to be shut down by the end of January, its final event was a
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey
circus event on March 22, 2015. Under the terms of the agreement, the operators of Prudential Center were held responsible for staffing and logistics for shows held after January 31 but was entitled to receive the profits from such events.
[31]
On July 14, 2016,
The Record
reported that Devils Arena Entertainment had yet to pay the first $500,000 installment of its $2 million agreement with the NJSEA.
[32]
On August 11, 2016, the NJSEA announced that it would allow musicians to book the arena for use as a rehearsal facility. Prudential Center president Hugh Weber noted that
Coldplay
had similarly done so prior to their
tour stop
at nearby
MetLife Stadium
, and that while Prudential Center has frequently seen similar bookings, there is a large backlog due to the venue's high traffic. The NJSEA and the Prudential Center will share the revenue generated by the rehearsals.
[4]
Seating capacity
[
edit
]
Basketball
Years
|
Capacity
|
1981?1987
|
20,149
[33]
|
1987?1988
|
20,040
[34]
|
1988?2003
|
20,050
[35]
|
2003?2004
|
19,970
[36]
|
2004?2005
|
20,175
[37]
|
2005?2006
|
20,100
[38]
|
2006?2007
|
20,035
[39]
|
2007?2009
|
19,990
[40]
|
2009?2015
|
18,974
[41]
|
Ice hockey
Years
|
Capacity
|
1981?1985
|
19,025
[42]
|
1985?2007
|
19,040
[43]
|
Usage
[
edit
]
Sports
[
edit
]
The arena has primarily served as a sports venue in its history. The arena was the home of the NBA's
New Jersey Nets
basketball franchise from 1981 to 2010. It was the home arena for the NHL's
New Jersey Devils
hockey franchise from 1982 to 2007 and the NCAA's
Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball
team from 1982 to 2007 as well as continuing to play host to various regular season men's college basketball. The last game being played on December 18, 2014, between the
Duke Blue Devils
and
UConn Huskies
.
[
citation needed
]
Izod Center used two separate floors for NBA and NCAA basketball?a standard hardwood floor for Nets and the arena's old
parquet
floor for regular season college basketball (since 2007, the NCAA has used a uniform floor for regional sites).
College basketball first arrived at the arena with the opening rounds of the 1984
NCAA
basketball tournament. Seton Hall moved its
Big East Conference
men's basketball games to the arena for the 1985?86 season. The arena hosted the NCAA Men's Final Four in 1996, the last traditional arena to do so to date. On eleven occasions (1986?1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2007) the arena hosted the semifinals and finals of the tournament's East Regional. Only
Kansas City
's
Municipal Auditorium
, which hosted 13 regional finals from 1940 to 1952, has hosted more.
[44]
It also hosted the 1982?1989
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
and 1986
Atlantic Ten Conference
men's basketball tournaments.
On January 22, 1987, after New Jersey was hit with 20 inches (51 cm) of snow, only 334 fans attended the Devils' 7?5 victory over the
Calgary Flames
, a record for the lowest attendance for a game in modern NHL history.
[45]
Other teams that have called the arena home include the
New Jersey Rockets
of the
Major Indoor Soccer League
, the
New Jersey Rockin' Rollers
of
Roller Hockey International
, the
New Jersey XTreme
of the
National Indoor Football League
, and the
New Jersey Red Dogs / Gladiators
of the
Arena Football League
. Two different
National Lacrosse League
teams have played at the arena?the
New Jersey Saints
from 1987 to 1988, and the
New Jersey Storm
from 2002 to 2003. The
New York Cosmos
also used the arena to host indoor matches, and the last NASL indoor game was played at the arena on April 11, 1984 ? the Cosmos lost to the
San Diego Sockers
, 7-3, in front of 4,717 fans, giving the Sockers a sweep of the best-of-five series.
On February 12, 2011, the arena hosted
Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva
.
[46]
In November 2011, the Izod Center was the host of the final round of the
TicketCity Legends Classic
. The
UFC on Fox 3
event took place at the arena on May 5, 2012.
Championships
[
edit
]
Meadowlands Arena played host to the
1995
,
2000
,
2001
, and
2003
Stanley Cup Finals
. The arena saw the Devils clinch two of their three
Stanley Cup championships
before a home crowd, winning Game 4 of the 1995 Finals over the
Detroit Red Wings
and Game 7 of the 2003 Finals over the
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
; the Devils' other Stanley Cup win took place in Game 6 of the 2000 Finals over the
Dallas Stars
at Dallas'
Reunion Arena
. The Devils lost in the 2001 Finals in seven games to the
Colorado Avalanche
. The arena also was host to the
Los Angeles Lakers
winning an
NBA Championship
by sweeping the Nets on June 12, 2002, and again the next year, when the Nets lost in six games to the
San Antonio Spurs
.
[47]
Izod Center is the most recent of five venues to host the Stanley Cup Finals and NBA Finals at the same time; the other four are
Boston Garden
,
Madison Square Garden
in New York,
The Spectrum
in Philadelphia and
Chicago Stadium
. Game 3 of the
1983-84 NASL Indoor Finals
was played there on April 11, 1984 between the Cosmos and the
San Diego Sockers
. This also happened to be the last
indoor game
played in the
North American Soccer League
, as the league folded in early 1985. It was one of the busiest arenas in North America in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, playing host to numerous championship and neutral games.
The arena also hosted the NCAA Men's Final Four (basketball) in
1996
, which was won by the
University of Kentucky
, and included
Syracuse University
, the
University of Massachusetts
, and
Mississippi State University
.
Concerts
[
edit
]
The arena was a popular site for concerts, having been designed with
acoustics
in mind and requiring a smaller facility fee for artists than competing venues, such as
Madison Square Garden
.
Bruce Springsteen
remains one of the most popular concert acts; his appearances have included a six-night run to open the arena in July
1981
, a 10-night sold-out run in
1984
, an 11-night run in
1992
and a 15-night sold-out run in
1999
. This last feat was commemorated by a large banner hanging from the rafters, next to the banners representing the achievements of the resident sports teams. Springsteen would return to the arena for concerts in
2002
,
2004
,
2005
,
2007
,
2009
, and
2012
.
Additionally, a number of tracks from Springsteen's 1986 live album
Live/1975-85
were recorded at the arena during concerts in 1981 and 1984. In 2015, Springsteen's August 5, 1984, concert was officially released as a live album followed by his August 20, 1984 concert in 2018, his July 25, 1992 concert in 2019, and his July 9, 1981 concert in 2020.
[14]
New Jersey natives
Bon Jovi
have played at the arena many times and sold out every show. The only other act to do that is
Bruce Springsteen
.
The Rolling Stones
performed three consecutive shows, during their
1981 North American Tour
, on November 5?7, 1981, with
Tina Turner
,
George Thorogood
& The Destroyers and
The J. Geils Band
as their opening acts. The shows on November 5 and 6 were filmed and partially featured on their live-concert film, entitled
Let's Spend the Night Together
.
[48]
Queen
performed in the arena on August 9, 1982, during their
Hot Space Tour
. This concert is infamous for
Brian May
'accidentally' snapping a replica of his
Red Special
after he hurled it to his wall of
Vox AC30s
and the roadies missed catching it. The replica was made by
John Birch
and was notably seen in the music videos of
We Will Rock You
and
Spread Your Wings
.
[49]
Iron Maiden
performed the first show on their
The Beast on the Road Tour
on October 22, 1982, and on their
Somewhere Back in Time World Tour
on March 14, 2008. Their performance of "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" was featured in the concert documentary
Flight 666
.The
Grateful Dead
played 16 times from 1983 through 1989, and recorded
Road Trips Volume 4 Number 2
, on March 31?April 1, 1988 and
Nightfall of Diamonds
, on October 16, 1989.
Rush
performed during their Power Windows Tour on March 31 and April 1, 1986. The shows were partially featured on their concert album, entitled
A Show of Hands
.
Pink Floyd
performed three concerts on October 10, 11 and 12, 1987, as part of their
A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour
.
Michael Jackson
performed three sold-out shows during his
Bad World Tour
on October 3, 4 and 5, 1988, in front of 61,061 people.
George Dalaras
performed a sold-out concert at Meadowlands Arena on April 9, 1994.
[50]
[51]
It is the biggest
Greek
concert ever held outside of Greece.
[52]
It was a personal initiative of George Dalaras in order to support Cyprus and to promote the
Cyprus problem
.
[53]
[54]
Among others,
Al Di Meola
had taken part in the concert.
The
Dave Matthews Band
's performance on September 11, 1999, was recorded for a PBS special and subsequently released as a live album and DVD, entitled
Listener Supported
.
Kiss
performed on June 27, 2000, during their
Kiss Farewell Tour
, which was filmed and is available on their
Kissology Volume Three: 1992?2000
box set.
Cher
performed two shows during her, then,
Farewell Tour
on July 2, 2002 and April 13, 2005. On her DVD
Cher: Live at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas
, there is a video of her rehearsing at the Izod Center.
Phish
performed a concert on February 24, 2003, which featured legendary
blues
guitarist
B.B. King
for most of the first set.
Simon & Garfunkel
performed two consecutive shows during their Old Friends Reunion Tour, on December 7?8, 2003, with
The Everly Brothers
as their opening act. They performed "Leaves That Are Green" in place of "Song for the Asking", which had been on their setlist for other concerts on this tour, following an announcement that they had not played it live since 1967.
The arena played host to the final show of the politically motivated
Vote for Change
Tour on October 13, 2004, featuring performances by
Patti Scialfa
,
Jackson Browne
and Bruce Springsteen &
E Street Band
, with special guest
John Fogerty
and unannounced guest
Eddie Vedder
.
[55]
Slipknot
performed at the arena on March 6, 2005. The preshow of the concert was featured in a segment on the March 9, 2005, episode of
Late Night With Conan O'Brien
, where the Slipnutz, a comedy musical trio who were featured on Conan, opened for the band. However, the Slipnutz were heavily booed by the crowd.
The
Red Hot Chili Peppers
performed two consecutive shows during their
Stadium Arcadium World Tour
, on October 17 and 18, 2006, with
The Mars Volta
as their opening act. Footage from the shows and the arena were used in the music video for "
Snow (Hey Oh)
".
The
Spice Girls
performed during
The Return of the Spice Girls Tour
on February 13, 2008.
Prince
&
The New Power Generation
kicked off their
Welcome 2
American Tour, with two consecutive shows on December 15 and 17, 2010. They also performed two impromptu semi-private shows in the "Hospitality Room", where 50 fans attended the show on December 16
[56]
and 30 attended the show on December 18.
[57]
The "
Love for Levon
" concert took place on October 3, 2012, as a tribute to late drummer/singer
Levon Helm
of
The Band
. The show featured a wide variety of musicians who had worked with Helm, as well as musicians who were influenced by him. Proceeds from the show went towards keeping Helm's
Woodstock
barn in his family's control, as well as continuing his Midnight Ramble concert series in the barn. The show's musical directors were
Don Was
and Levon Helm collaborator
Larry Campbell
.
[58]
[59]
The concert was released on CD/DVD on March 19, 2013.
[60]
Other events
[
edit
]
Fordham University
's men's basketball team used the Izod Center as an alternate home court for four games in the 2010?11 season.
[61]
The average attendance for these games was only 1,799, which was approximately half of the capacity of Fordham's normal home,
Rose Hill Gymnasium
.
[62]
American Idol
held auditions at the Izod Center on September 22, 2011.
[63]
Some scenes of the film
Just Wright
were filmed at the arena.
Several episodes of
The Walking Dead: Dead City
were filmed in the arena, doubling as
Madison Square Garden
.
[64]
Other facilities
[
edit
]
The center previously hosted a
Continental Airlines
ticketing office.
[65]
The Winner's Club was a luxury bar and restaurant inside the arena that hosted parties and group events. The Winner's Club is now used by the
New Jersey State Police
.
Sports Hall of Fame of New Jersey
[
edit
]
The Sports Hall of Fame of New Jersey was established in 1988 to honor athletes, teams, events, and contributors associated with the
state
of
New Jersey
. While there was no physical site or structure for the hall, the members were honored with plaques displayed throughout the arena.
Replacement
[
edit
]
In 2021, plans were revealed to replace the Meadowlands Arena with a new convention center.
[66]
[67]
Public perception
[
edit
]
The arena was frequently cited near the bottom of public polls. It was commonly referred to as "cold and dull" in appearance, as well as being "cavernous".
[68]
In a 2005 poll,
USA Today
rated it the worst arena in the NBA, with the distance of the inexpensive seats from the court, and the level of crowding in the concourse after the game cited as reasons.
[69]
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]
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c
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.
The New York Times
. Retrieved
September 20,
2018
.
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