MetLife Stadium Ranked Poorly In Recent Study
Full disclosure, I’m a Philadelphia Eagles fan. However, I’ve attended a few events at MetLife Stadium and have had a very good experience. MetLife Stadium is where the New York Giants and New York Jets play their home games.
I can’t say I agree with this study by FlashPicks, but here’s what they discovered in their Copa America survey. Copa America is considered the biggest international sports tournament held in America this year. It included countries competing from North and South America.
The research revealed the best and worst stadiums in the United States that were used for the Copa America soccer tournament, and the news was not positive for fans attending games at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium.
They analyzed all of the fourteen stadiums that were chosen to be used for the tournament. They ranked them considering many factors and determined which ones were the best experience for spectators attending events.
They looked at many factors which included the price of food, transportation, restaurants, bars, hotels, and stadium loudness. These factors determine which stadiums are the best experience for fans. The best possible score a stadium can achieve is a hundred.
MetLife Stadium Scored Lowest Of All
MetLife Stadium hosted a couple of big games during the tournament, and it ranked as the worst for a fan experience. It scored a failing grade of only forty-one point six.
It’s got the largest capacity and is close to New York, but it lost points for high prices in many categories including public transportation which ranked as the second most expensive of all.
Its beer is the fourth most expensive, and hot dogs third most with a combo price of eighteen bucks. The only stadium that costs more for a beer and a dog is SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
Another strike against it is that MetLife is over six hundred miles away from any other Copa America stadium. While driving is an unappealing option, one positive note is that it’s got several airports nearby to enable fans to fly easily to the other venues.
Additionally, there are only eight hotels and five sports bars within a reasonable walking distance of the stadium. This added to the spectator’s expense because they needed to travel further for places to stay or grab some food and drink.