Stadium FactsLOCATION
| | Giants Stadium is located in East Rutherford, Bergen County, New Jersey. It is bounded by Rte. 120, the Meadowlands Arena and the New Jersey Turnpike on the east, Route 3 on the south, Berry's Creek and Route 17 on the west and Paterson Plank Road on the north. | | SCOREBOARDS | There are two Sony Jumbotron color video scoreboards at the top of each end of Giants Stadium. The scoreboards measure 32 x 24 feet and are supported by two Daktronics Matrix black and white scoreboards plus four auxiliary scoreboards. Sound System: The Giants Stadium sound system has over 27,000 audio watts. There are 2,100 speakers in the entire system, fed by more than 47 miles of cable. | | PLAYING SURFACE | | Field Turf |
| Quick Stadium Stats | NOTABLE DATES
| Event | Date |
| | Groundbreaking | 1-19-72 |
| Event | Date | Teams | | Opening Day | 10-10-76 | Giants vs. Dallas | | First College Game | 10-23-76 | Rutgers vs Columbia |
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| SEATING CAPACITY
| Upper Tier
| 32,832 | Lower Tier
| 34,824 | | Mezzanine Tier | 8,961 | Suites
| 2,852 | TOTAL
| 80,242 |
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| | ATTENDANCE FIGURES | Event
| Date | Opponents | Ttl. Attend. | | Opening Day | 10-10-76 | Dallas | 76,042 | | Largest Giants Stadium Crowd | 1-8-06 | Carolina
| 79,378 | | Highest Home Attendance | 2004, 8 games |
| 629,875 | Suites
| 2,852 |
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| TOTAL
| 80,242 |
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