New york giants baseball stadium. It was best known as the home field of the new york giants and new york jets football teams. The original polo grounds opened in 1876 and demolished in 1889 was built for the sport of polo. Metlife stadium is an american sports stadium located at the meadowlands sports complex in east rutherford new jersey 5 mi 8 km west of new york cityit is the home stadium of two national football league nfl franchises the new york giants and the new york jetsoriginally known as new meadowlands stadium upon opening in 2010 its naming rights were acquired in 2011 by new york city.
Gotham bowl ncaa 1961 the polo grounds was the name of three stadiums in upper manhattan new york city used mainly for professional baseball and american football from 1880 through 1963. Ebbets field was a major league baseball stadium in the flatbush section of brooklyn new york. Giants stadium sometimes referred to as giants stadium at the meadowlands or the swamp was a stadium located in east rutherford new jersey in the meadowlands sports complexthe venue was open from 1976 to 2010 and it primarily hosted sporting events and concerts.
The giants played their last game at the polo grounds on september 29 1957. The san francisco giants of major league baseball originated in new york city as the new york gothams in 1883 and were known as the new york giants from 1885 until the team relocated to san francisco after the 1957 seasonduring most of their 75 seasons in new york city the giants played home games at various incarnations of the polo grounds in upper manhattan. It is known mainly for having been the home of the brooklyn dodgers baseball team of the national league from 1913 to 1957 but was also home to three national football league teams in the 1920s.