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The Izod Center (formerly Brendan Byrne Arena, and later, Continental Airlines Arena) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It is home to the New Jersey Nets NBA basketball team, and was also the home of the New Jersey Devils NHL hockey team and the men's basketball games of Seton Hall University. Official seating capacity as of 2004 is 19,040 for hockey; 20,029 for college basketball; 20,049 for NBA games; and a maximum 20,000 for concerts. The arena attracts spectators and fans from much of the New York Metropolitan Area and not just New Jersey. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 600 pixels Full resolution (2592 Ã— 1944 pixel, file size: 820 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo taken by myself, January 19, 2007. ... Route 120 is a state highway in New Jersey, United States. ... Map highlighting East Rutherfords location within Bergen County. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority is a regulatory agency established by the State of New Jersey in 1971 to oversee the Meadowlands Sports Complex. ... The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority is a regulatory agency established by the State of New Jersey in 1971 to oversee the Meadowlands Sports Complex. ... USD redirects here. ... Brendan Thomas Byrne (born April 1, 1924) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of New Jersey from 1974 to 1982. ... Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) is a U.S. certificated air carrier. ... The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. ... NHL redirects here. ... The New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ... NBA redirects here. ... The New Jersey Rockets were a soccer team based out of New Jersey that played in the Major Soccer League. ... This article is about the 1978-1992 Major Indoor Soccer League. ... â€œSeton Hallâ€ redirects here. ... NCAA Basketball (known as World League Basketball in Europe [1])is a basketball video game developed by Sculptured Software for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. ... The New York Saints are a member of the National Lacrosse League, a professional sports league in North America, since the 1997-1998 season. ... NLL redirects here. ... The New Jersey Storm were a member of the National Lacrosse League, based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ... NLL redirects here. ... Conference American Division Western Year founded 1997 Home arena Orleans Arena City, State Las Vegas, Nevada Wild card titles 3: 1997, 1998, 2003 Division titles 1: 2002 Conference titles none ArenaBowl championships none The Las Vegas Gladiators have no connection to the Pittsburgh Gladiators, the Arena Football League team that... The Arena Football League (AFL) was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. ... The New Jersey XTreme are a professional arena football team. ... National Indoor Football League is a minor league indoor football league that is based in the United States. ... The 1996 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... IZOD is a clothing company targeted to a upper-middle class clientele. ... Brendan Thomas Byrne (born April 1, 1924) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of New Jersey from 1974 to 1982. ... Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) is a U.S. certificated air carrier. ... The Meadowlands Sports Complex is a sports and entertainment facility located in East Rutherford, New Jersey owned and operated by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA). ... Map highlighting East Rutherfords location within Bergen County. ... The New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ... NBA redirects here. ... This article is about the sport. ... The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. ... NHL redirects here. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... â€œSeton Hallâ€ redirects here. ... Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, either in terms of the space available, or in terms of limitations set by law. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... New Yorkâ€“Northern New Jerseyâ€“Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and is also one of the most populous in the world . ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...

History

Construction on a new arena across New Jersey State Highway 20 (now 120) from Giants Stadium and the Meadowlands Racetrack began in 1977. Originally named Brendan Byrne Arena (after the sitting governor of the state, who was also a member of the ownership group seeking to bring an NHL team to the State), the arena opened July 2, 1981, with the first of six concerts by New Jersey rock musician Bruce Springsteen. This was followed by an ice show later that month. Although named after Byrne, many people and some tickets and press releases simply referred (and still refer) to it as Meadowlands Arena. This article is about the U.S. state. ... New Jersey State Highway 120 is a state highway in New Jersey, United States. ... Giants Stadium, frequently referred to as The Meadowlands, is the home stadium for the New York Giants and New York Jets football teams of the NFL, and the Red Bull New York soccer team of MLS. It is located in East Rutherford, New Jersey in the Meadowlands Sports Complex, which... The Meadowlands Racetrack is a horse racing track at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ... Brendan Thomas Byrne (born April 1, 1924) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of New Jersey from 1974 to 1982. ... is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... Springsteen redirects here. ...

On October 30, 1981, the Nets, who had played their previous four seasons at the Louis Brown Athletic Center at Rutgers University, made their debut at the arena, losing to the New York Knicks, 103-99. Later that season, on January 31, 1982, the NBA All-Star Game was played at the arena. is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... The Louis Brown Athletic Center, also known as the Rutgers Athletic Center (RAC), is a 8,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Piscataway, New Jersey on the Universitys Livingston Campus. ... â€œRutgersâ€ redirects here. ... Knicks redirects here. ... is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... The National Basketball Association staged its first All-Star Game in the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951. ...

In 1982, the Colorado Rockies of the NHL relocated to the Meadowlands and became the New Jersey Devils. Their first regular-season game, on October 5, 1982, resulted in a 3-3 tie with the Pittsburgh Penguins. The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. ... For other uses, see 5th October (Serbia). ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ...

College basketball arrived at the arena with the opening rounds of the 1984 NCAA basketball tournament. Seton Hall moved its Big East Conference men's basketball games to the arena for the 1985-1986 season, enhancing a tradition that would soon become rich. The arena hosted the NCAA Men's Final Four in 1996, the last traditional arena to do so as of 2007. On eleven occasions (1986-91, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2007) the arena hosted the semifinals and finals of the tournament's East Regional. Only Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium, which hosted 13 regional finals from 1940-52, has hosted more.^[1] It also hosted the 1982-1989 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and 1986 Atlantic Ten Conference men's basketball tournaments. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of seventeen universities in the northeastern, southeastern and midwestern United States. ... Nickname: Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ... Municipal Auditorium in August 2006 For other uses, see Municipal Auditorium (disambiguation). ... The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC, pronounced mack) is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. ... The Atlantic 10 Conference (A10) is a college athletic conference which operates mostly on the United States eastern seaboard. ...

Other teams that have called the arena home include the New Jersey Rockets of the Major Soccer League, the New Jersey Rockin Rollers of Roller Hockey International, and the New Jersey Red Dogs / Gladiators of the Arena Football League. Two different National Lacrosse League teams have played at the arena — the New Jersey Saints from 1987-1988, and the New Jersey Storm from 2002-2003. The New York Cosmos also used the arena to host indoor soccer games. The venue also hosted WWF SummerSlam in 1989, 1997 and 2007, as well as the King of the Ring tournament in 2001 and No Mercy 2004, and has hosted several episodes of WWE Monday Night RAW, as well as SmackDown!. At SummerSlam 2007, the official attendance was 17,414. It was also the scene of one of Ric Flair's NWA World Heavyweight title vicories on January 11, 1991, as Flair beat Sting in front of a mostly empty arena due to a blizzard. The win was Flair's eighth world championship title win. This article is about the 1978-1992 Major Indoor Soccer League. ... Roller Hockey International or RHI was an inline hockey league in North America between 1993-97 and 1999. ... Conference American Division Western Year founded 1997 Home arena Orleans Arena City, State Las Vegas, Nevada Wild card titles 3: 1997, 1998, 2003 Division titles 1: 2002 Conference titles none ArenaBowl championships none The Las Vegas Gladiators have no connection to the Pittsburgh Gladiators, the Arena Football League team that... The Arena Football League (AFL) was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. ... NLL redirects here. ... The New York Saints are a member of the National Lacrosse League, a professional sports league in North America, since the 1997-1998 season. ... The New Jersey Storm were a member of the National Lacrosse League, based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... Official SummerSlam logo as of 2006 SummerSlam is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event held in August by World Wrestling Entertainment. ... SummerSlam 1989 was the second annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). ... SummerSlam 1997 was the tenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation. ... SummerSlam 2007 is the twentieth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event for World Wrestling Entertainment. ... King of the Ring is an annual World Wrestling Entertainment tournament first held in 1985. ... This article is about the professional wrestling pay-per-view event. ... WWE Raw is the Monday night professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is the primary broadcast of the RAW brand. ... For the video game series based on the show, see WWE SmackDown! (video game series). ... Richard Morgan Fliehr[2] (born on February 25, 1949 in Minneapolis, Minnesota[2]) better known by his ring name Ric Flair , is a legendary American professional wrestler of iconic staus signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its SmackDown! brand. ... is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Sting (disambiguation). ...

The arena has been a popular site for concerts, due to it having been designed with acoustics in mind and to it having a lesser facility fee for artists than competing venues, such as Madison Square Garden. Bruce Springsteen remains the most popular concert act to perform in the Arena; his appearances have included a 10-night, sold-out run in 1984, an 11-night run in 1992, and a 15-night, sold-out run in 1999. This last feat is commemorated by a large banner hanging from the rafters, next to the banners representing the achievements of the resident sports teams. A 1999 concert by Dave Matthews Band was recorded for a PBS special, and subsequently released as a concert album and DVD under the name Listener Supported. Portions of the Rolling Stones 1983 concert film, Let's Spend the Night Together, were filmed at the arena.^[2] The concert footage was filmed in the fall of 1981. Acoustics is the branch of physics concerned with the study of sound (mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids). ... Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, known colloquially simply as The Garden, has been the name of four arenas in New York City, United States. ... Dave Matthews Band (also known by the acronym DMB) is a United States-based band, originally formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1991 by singer, songwriter, and guitarist Dave Matthews. ... Listener Supported is an album by the Dave Matthews Band, released on November 23, 1999. ... This article is about the rock band. ...

The arena has seen the Devils clinch two Stanley Cup championships before a home crowd. The franchise won its first Cup on June 24, 1995, and then clinched its third title in nine years on June 9, 2003. The arena also was host to the Los Angeles Lakers winning an NBA Championship by sweeping the Nets on June 11, 2002, and the Anaheim Bullfrogs winning the 1997 Murphy Cup, the championship of Roller Hockey International, over the New Jersey Rockin' Rollers. SummerSlam was held here live on August 26, 2007. On May 5, 2007, the Devils played their last game at the arena losing 3-2 to the Ottawa Senators, eliminating them from the playoffs 4-1. Scott Gomez scored the final goal in the building. The Stanley Cup This is a list of Stanley Cup champions, including the finalists/challengers. ... is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Los Angeles, California. ... is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... The Anaheim Bullfrogs were a southern Californian professional inline hockey team which played in Roller Hockey International from 1993 to 1997, then joined Major League Roller Hockey for 1998 and 1999. ... Roller Hockey International or RHI was an inline hockey league in North America between 1993-97 and 1999. ... Official SummerSlam logo as of 2006 SummerSlam is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event held in August by World Wrestling Entertainment. ... is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 125th day of the year (126th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Ottawa Senators (disambiguation). ... Scott Gomez (born December 23, 1979, in Anchorage, Alaska) is an American professional ice hockey player of both Mexican and Colombian descent. ...

Licensing rights to name

On January 4, 1996, the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority announced a naming rights deal with Continental Airlines under which the airline, with a hub at nearby Newark Liberty International Airport, would pay the NJSEA $29 million over 12 years. Many thought this was a political move, since Brendan Byrne is a Democrat and the governor at the time of the deal was Christine Todd Whitman, a Republican.^[3] The former governor's son, Tom Byrne, was the state Democratic Party chairman at the time, and publicly voiced his displeasure. The senior Byrne was not upset about it: "I was immortal for 15 years," he said at the time. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2304x1536, 465 KB) Continental Airlines Arena at night, after a Bruce Springsteen concert. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2304x1536, 465 KB) Continental Airlines Arena at night, after a Bruce Springsteen concert. ... Springsteen redirects here. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (868x262, 44 KB) This is a logo of a corporation, team, or other organization related to sports, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (868x262, 44 KB) This is a logo of a corporation, team, or other organization related to sports, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority is a regulatory agency established by the State of New Jersey in 1971 to oversee the Meadowlands Sports Complex. ... Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) is a U.S. certificated air carrier. ... For the massive interchange outside of Newark Liberty International Airport, see Newark Airport Interchange. ... Brendan Thomas Byrne (born April 1, 1924) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of New Jersey from 1974 to 1982. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas Politics Portal Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... Christine Todd Christie Whitman (born September 26, 1946) is an American Republican politician and author, who served as the 50th Governor of New Jersey and was the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the administration of President George W. Bush. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. ...

The name change to Continental Airlines Arena also caused controversy in April of that year, when the arena hosted the NCAA Final Four. During the CBS coverage of the event, Continental signage was not shown on camera, and the arena was simply referred to as "The Meadowlands". CBS and the NCAA already had airline sponsors for the event before Continental's naming rights deal. The playoff term Final Four was originally popularized to refer to the final four teams in the NCAA Basketball Tournament; these are the champions of the tournaments four regional brackets, and the only teams remaining on the tournaments final weekend. ...

Following the Devils' final season at the arena in 2007, Continental Airlines opted out of the naming rights agreement. The arena's new name is now the Izod Center, which took effect as of October 31, 2007, at the Nets' season opener against Chicago. The company will pay $1.4 million per annum for the first two years of the agreement, while the Nets are still tenants, which wil drop to $750,000 per year for the balance of the five-year deal.^[4] is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The Chicago Bulls are a professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois. ...

As early as October 18, 2007 - two weeks before the new name was scheduled to be official - two signs began appearing on the basketball court bearing the Izod Center name. The occasion was made up of three exhibition games against the New York Knicks, Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers. is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Knicks redirects here. ... The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Public perception

Izod Center frequently is cited near the bottom of arena polls. It is commonly referred to as "cold and dull" in appearance, as well as being "cavernous".^[5] Recently, USA Today rated it the worst NBA arena. This has played a role in the Nets' and Devils' plans to vacate the arena. Image File history File links ContinentalAirlinesArena. ... Image File history File links ContinentalAirlinesArena. ... USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. ...

In an attempt to remain on par with the features of most modern arenas, circular LED rings were installed on the facing of the upper level. â€œLEDâ€ redirects here. ...

The arena is also criticized for funneling both levels of the arena into one, crowded concourse. For the skyscraper in Singapore, see The Concourse. ...

Hockey players and fans alike acknowledge the poor ice quality of Izod Center, which is common of many hockey arenas used for other sports. The difficulty arises when converting the playing surface from wood to ice, sometimes for two professional sporting events on the same day.

On the other hand, the arena is generally well-regarded for concerts, with its good sightlines and relatively good acoustics; the cavernous nature here can add to the drama of a top show.

Recent developments

In Fall 2004, the arena unveiled a new alternative configuration for concerts called the Theater at Continental Airlines Arena. The arena's capacity is greatly reduced to under 4,000 simply by the strategic placement of a large number of black drapes.

Future in doubt and Xanadu

Plans have been unveiled to downscale the arena in conjunction with several developments, including the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, which will be home to the Nets, the Prudential Center in Newark for the Devils, a new stadium for the Jets and Giants called New Meadowlands Stadium, and the creation of a new alternative entertainment and shopping center, Xanadu on the Meadowlands grounds. The relocations of the tenant sports franchises, as well as Xanadu's current construction while the arena is still in use, leaves the arena's future in doubt. The Barclays Center is a proposed sports arena to be built partly on a platform over the Metropolitan Transportation Authority-owned Atlantic Yards at Atlantic Avenue in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. ... The Prudential Center (nicknamed The Rock[3]) is a $467. ... New Meadowlands Stadium is a planned football stadium. ... The Meadowlands Xanadu (also known as the Xanadu Project) will be a retail and entertainment complex in the New Jersey Meadowlands. ...

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