New York Giants Essay

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Case Study: New York Giants and New York Jets
This case study will examine the New York Giants and the New York Jets and how they compete with each other in the New York City area. I will look into the Giants relevant history, statistics on the greater New York City area, what challenges the Giants face to beat out their competition, and other various factors. This will be a difficult case study, because neither team has had dominating seasons as of late, and there are many fans that could be “fair whether fans” and they will only watch their team when they are being successful.
History of the Giants
The New York Giants are one of the oldest football teams in the National Football League’s (NFL) history. The NFL was founded in 1922 and the Giants joined the league shortly after it started, in 1925(Citation). The team was bought by Tim Mara, only four years after another team in New York failed, for only $500 (Citation). The Giants were a huge part of what kept the NFL alive, because the NFL needed a big market team(Citation). The Giants proved to be just what the NFL needed and this was proved when they played the Chicago Bears in New York(Citation). The two teams played two games against each other, winning game each, but the most important factor was the 70,000 fans that came …show more content…

The Giants play their home games at Metlife Stadium, which seats 82,500 fans (Citation). The Giants first game in Metlife stadium did not sell out, which made many wonder if the Giants maybe overpriced their tickets or overestimated the New York market (Citation). Many of the seats that did not sell were club seats which cost up to $550 a game. Giants co-owner, John Mara, said “But we had over 77,000 people on a rainy day” (Citation). This statement proves that the Giants organization is not worried at all about sell out games in the

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