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Giants/Jets Stadium Under Way

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The Associated Press

Published: September 6, 2007

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The New York Giants and New York Jets broke ground Wednesday on the first stadium to be jointly owned by two NFL teams and unveiled how architects plan to make two competing teams feel at home in the $1.3 billion stadium.

'Ensuring that the stadium would feel like home to both teams and both groups of fans was our goal and also one of the biggest challenges in the design of the stadium,' said Steve Tisch, the Giants' chairman and executive vice president.

The stadium will feature an eight-story mega display, called the 'Great Wall,' with 400-foot-long by 40-foot-high panels featuring either team's logo or neutral colors for non-football events.

Tisch, Giants president and CEO John Mara and Jets chairman and CEO Woody Johnson unveiled the design at a ceremony also attended by New Jersey Gov. Jon S. Corzine and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

The building, for which owners are still working on a naming-rights deal, will host 20 NFL games each season - more than any football stadium in the country.

Constructed next to existing Giants Stadium, the new field is expected to open in 2010 and seat 82,500 in a bowl design, where seats in the front row are 46 feet from the sidelines. Fans also will find a 300,000-square-foot outdoor plaza for tailgating.

BENGALS: A judge ruled that suspended linebacker Odell Thurman can remain on probation for a drunken driving conviction, but warned him that he must follow the rules if he wants to stay there.

'It's between you and your probation officer whether you see my ugly face again,' Hamilton County Municipal Judge John Burlew said.

Thurman, 24, was put on probation for two years in June after Burlew gave him a suspended 90-day jail sentence and ordered him to serve six days in a treatment center. Thurman pleaded no contest and was convicted in February following his arrest a year ago.

Thurman had to return to court after a probation officer said he missed a meeting. He also was accused of not seeking treatment.

JAGUARS: Re-signed veteran guard Tutan Reyes and released tight end Richard Angulo.

RAIDERS: Coach Lane Kiffin said he will keep the Lions guessing whether Josh McCown or Daunte Culpepper will start at quarterback in Sunday's opener.

REDSKINS: Coach Joe Gibbs said Todd Collins is the No. 2 quarterback behind Jason Campbell, with Mark Brunell demoted to No. 3.

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