Meadowlands Arena is a closed indoor sports and concert venue located in the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. Since closing, the state-owned facility has been used as a rehearsal stage by major concert-touring music stars and by NBCUniversal for television filming. The arena is located on New Jersey Route 120 across the highway from MetLife Stadium and the Meadowlands Racetrack, next to the American Dream shopping and entertainment complex.
Meadowlands Arena while it was known as Izod Center
The arena's architecture features sharp, cantilevered corners which also serve as the entrance gates.
The Izod Center with the under-construction Meadowlands Xanadu, now called American Dream Meadowlands on March 14, 2009
The arena, when it was named Continental Airlines Arena, during a Seton Hall college basketball game
Meadowlands Sports Complex
The Meadowlands Sports Complex is a sports complex located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. The facility is owned and operated by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA). It is named for the New Jersey Meadowlands, upon which it was built.
Aerial view, 2018
From Secaucus