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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1563 

Commending the New York Giants, the New York Jets, the New Meadowlands 

Stadium Project, and the people of the State of New Jersey for creating 

one of the most energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable sports 

complexes in the world. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 27, 2010 

Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

RESOLUTION 

Commending the New York Giants, the New York Jets, 

the New Meadowlands Stadium Project, and the people 

of the State of New Jersey for creating one of the 

most energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable 

sports complexes in the world. 

Whereas, on June 11, 2009, the New York Giants and the 

New York Jets signed a Memorandum of Understanding 

with the United States Environmental Protection Agency 

outlining all of the conservation, sustainability, and energy efficiency efforts that went into construction of their 

new state-of-the-art stadium in the Hackensack 

Meadowlands; 

Whereas this Memorandum of Understanding far exceeded 

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tween the Environmental Protection Agency and a sports 

franchise; 

Whereas the New Meadowlands Stadium Project went to 

great lengths to ensure the stadium be built with minimum damage to the environment, including recycling 82 

percent of the total waste generated during construction 

operations; 

Whereas the New Meadowlands Stadium Project is a redevelopment project located on a brownfield site and will not 

occupy any undeveloped lands or ‘‘green fields’’, nor will 

it have any impact on environmentally sensitive areas or 

wildlife habitat in the Meadowlands area; 

Whereas the new stadium is committed to reducing water demand by an estimated 11,000,000 gallons per year, or a 

25 percent reduction in the average annual water demand 

compared to the existing stadium it is replacing; 

Whereas extraordinary effort was made to ensure that more 

than two-thirds of total construction costs were purchased through local programs, and all 1,200 workers 

who built the stadium were local; 

Whereas the new stadium plan will reduce solid waste production by 25 percent through recycling programs; 

Whereas the new stadium is more than twice as large as the 

existing Giants Stadium in terms of square footage, but 

expects a 30 percent reduction of energy use on a square 

footage basis as a result of a wide range of energy-efficiency initiatives; 

Whereas the new stadium will promote the use of mass transit for events, reducing the number of cars on the road 

by between 3,000 and 4,000 on game days by utilizing 

these alternative transportation options; and 


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Whereas it is expected that the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Environmental Protection 

Agency and these sports franchises, as well as the extraordinary efforts made to ensure the stadium has as 

low an environmental impact as possible will serve as a 

model for future construction efforts: Now, therefore, be 

it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives com2 mends the New York Giants, the New York Jets, the New 

3 Meadowlands Stadium Project, and the people of the State 

4 of New Jersey for creating one of the most energy-efficient 

5 and environmentally sustainable sports complexes in the 

6 world. 

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