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09-06-2007, 08:31 AM
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - The New York Giants (http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/team/67056) and New York Jets (http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/team/67057) broke ground Wednesday on the first stadium to be jointly owned by two NFL teams and unveiled how architects plan to make two competing teams feel at home in a $1.3 billion stadium.
"Ensuring that the stadium would feel like home to both teams and both groups of fans was our goal and also one of the biggest challenges in the design of the stadium," said Steve Tisch, chairman and executive vice president of the New York Giants (http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/team/67056).
To do that, the stadium will feature an eight-story mega display, called the "Great Wall," with 400-foot-long by 40-foot-high panels featuring either team's logo or neutral colors for non-football events. Tisch, Giants (http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/team/67056) President and CEO John Mara and Jets (http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/team/67057) Chairman and CEO Woody Johnson unveiled the design at a ceremony also attended by New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
More... (http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7192384)
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"Ensuring that the stadium would feel like home to both teams and both groups of fans was our goal and also one of the biggest challenges in the design of the stadium," said Steve Tisch, chairman and executive vice president of the New York Giants (http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/team/67056).
To do that, the stadium will feature an eight-story mega display, called the "Great Wall," with 400-foot-long by 40-foot-high panels featuring either team's logo or neutral colors for non-football events. Tisch, Giants (http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/team/67056) President and CEO John Mara and Jets (http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/team/67057) Chairman and CEO Woody Johnson unveiled the design at a ceremony also attended by New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
More... (http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7192384)
http://msn.foxsports.com/id/7192678_36_1.jpg