Izod Center-

Address: 50 Route 120
              East Rutherford, NJ 07073

Home of: New Jersey Nets (NBA)
              New Jersey Devils (NHL)

Date opened: July 2, 1981

Capacity: 20,049 (NBA Basketball)
             20,029 (NCAA Basketball)
             19,040 (Hockey)
             20,000 (Concerts)

Cost: $85 Million

The Izod Center, located at 50 State Highway 120, East Rutherford, NJ 07073, was built in 1981 and is the home of the New Jersey Nets from the NBA, the New Jersey Devils of the NHL, the New Jersey Red Dogs of the AFL, and the University of Seton Hall Pirates basketball team. The Izod Center cost $85 million to construct and Izod Center is paying almost $2.5 million a year for the naming rights on the building. There is available parking on the lot for almost 25,000 cars and the nearest airport is only 10 miles down the highway. The Izod Center is located just off the state highway so it’s easily accessible and traffic usually isn’t as bad as other stadiums across the nation. The Nets have retired six players into their hall of fame and the Devils will likely retire the number of goalie Martin Brodeur after he decides to hang up his skates. The Izod Center can hold more than 20,000 people and features 29 luxury suites and over 1,000 club level seats. The tickets for games at the Izod Center are just above the average price across the nation at other stadiums but each of the 20,000 seats in the arena is a solid one. The Nets have had discussions in recent years about possibly leaving New Jersey and moving to Brooklyn but the Izod Center will undoubtedly continue to succeed either way because of the other teams that bring revenues into the building.

The New Jersey Nets will move to the Prudential Center in Newark for the 2010-2011 season.

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