The Jets called Queens home for 20 years, and one New York state senator wants the NFL franchise back in the Empire State
“If you’re building a stadium -- and I know it’s only 25,000 seats -- but if you’ve got that kind of incentive to build a stadium, if the opportunity is there with the land and the expiring leases, we can connect the dots, why miss this opportunity?” Addabbo said."They’d have their own stadium, a newer, more technologically-advanced stadium, with all-new amenities and everything.
As Addabbo alluded to, the Jets do have an upcoming opportunity to get out of their 25-year lease at MetLife Stadium. The Jets and Giants both have the option to opt out of the stadium lease in 2025 as long as they give the state of New Jersey 12 months' notice. Both teams will then have the same opt-out option every five years after.
“Personally, it pains me to see the Giants and Jets called the ‘New York Jets’ and ‘New York Giants,’ -- even with the Giants having ‘NY’ on their helmets -- playing in Jersey,” Addabbo said."It pains me." The Polo Grounds in Manhattan was the Jets' original home from 1960-63, when the franchise was known as the"Titans," before they moved to Shea Stadium, the former home of the Mets, in 1964. After 20 years at Shea Stadium, the Jets left New York for Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. in 1984.
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