Heads or Tails?

In New Jersey, something as small as a coin toss has angered an entire fan base. In walking distance from the old Giants Stadium, a new playing field is being built and is set to open its doors for the 2010 NFL season. The only problem is, there's two teams calling the new state of the art stadium their home, causing quite the controversy in terms of who will be playing their first. NFL commissioner Roger Godell made the decision by flipping a coin to determine who will get to show off the new venue first. & Guess who won. That's right, the Giants. With the win of the good old fashion coin toss, the New York Giants will play the first regular season game at the new Meadowlands Stadium, while the Jets are stuck watching from a television screen.

With one of the two organizations excited, the other is left disappointed to say the least. Since sharing stadiums with their New York counterparts, the Jets have been seen as the little brother to the Giants. And now that their moving to a new stadium not named after the G-Men, things don't seem to be starting off any different. Hopefully for the Jets, the grass will be much greener in the new stadium, considering since the Jets made the move to Giants Stadium in 1984, they've been yet to bring home the Lombardi Trophy. While the Giants on the other hand, have obtained 3-Superbowl rings. If you ask me, I say a match-up between the two should take place as the first ever game played at the new Meadowlands stadium, but noooo, that would make too much sense now wouldn't it?

Luckily for Gang Green, the Jets will get to take the field for the first time the following night for their home opener on Monday Night Football, less than 24 hours after the Giants break the stadium in on Sunday. Like its predecessor, the new stadium will be the only NFL stadium shared by two teams. However, unlike Giants Stadium in which the Jets were a junior partner, the new stadium will be a 50/50 partnership between both NFL teams. The new stadium will seat 82,500 fans, including 10,005 club seats and approximately 218 luxury suites, making it the third largest NFL stadium in total seating after the Washington Redskins' FedEx Field and Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. As seen in the movie 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' Giants Stadium will soon be no more and will be vanished, this time with the thanks of a wrecking ball.