MetLife Stadium | NY Giants & NY Jets

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Product

HSW60

Application

Sports Venues

Architect

Ewing Cole Cherry Brott

Photographer

Lawrence Anderson

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Designing for Live Sports Broadcasting

The first stadium built to serve as the home of two NFL teams, MetLife Stadium required careful attention to the demands of live sports broadcasting. In addition to meeting the needs of the owner-clients, the design had to accommodate major media partners, including ESPN and national television networks. The broadcast booth overlooking the field needed the flexibility to remain open to the stadium atmosphere or closed during inclement weather, while maintaining a minimally obstructed view in either condition.

Additionally, when open, the glass panels needed to be secured in a location that would not interfere with the cabling, lighting, communications, and technical equipment essential to professional broadcasts. To meet these requirements, architectural firm EwingCole sought a solution that combined unobstructed views, operational flexibility, and seamless integration with the broadcast environment.

Panels that Stack Outside the Opening

"We needed a solution for a 15-foot span of the national broadcast booth," says Steve Ziegler, Senior Project Manager with Ewing Cole. "The booth would need to be adaptable for use by television broadcasters and producers delivering live coverage of NFL games and other events. Retractable windows were a must, as was a stacking solution that would not interfere with other equipment." The firm ultimately specified NanaWall's HSW60 Thermally Broken Aluminum Single Track Sliding System. Unlike sliding door systems, NanaWall's folding system slides completely out-of-sight when needed, making it a perfect solution for on-camera use.

“NanaWall's System is Fully Retractable. So It Also Helps That the NanaWall System Can Be Stacked Remotely, Out of the Way.”

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Built for Broadcast Performance

With world-class on-camera broadcast quality as a baseline — the stadium is slated to host Superbowl XLVIII in February 2014 — every aspect of the broadcast booth had to support global television broadcasts. In this sense the 15-foot opening and its glass panel solution would be a part of a television studio, from which beloved TV sportscasters would watch the game and offer live commentary, including on-camera segments.

The Single Track Sliding Solution

"Because the booth ceiling is hung with rigging, tubes, electrical wire and so forth," Ziegler notes, "frames that retract upward would have interfered with technical requirements for broadcasts."

"NanaWall's system is fully retractable," he continues, "which keeps the panes clear of the critical, delicate equipment." This aspect of the NanaWall system has an enormous impact on the ease of use of the relatively small broadcast booth by NFL broadcast pros.

Furthermore, traditional sliding glass panels were not an option, since the frames would still be visible when in the open position. "So it also helps that the NanaWall system can be stacked remotely, out of the way," Ziegler concludes.

In a 2.1 million-square-foot project designed to hold a crowd of 82,500 football fans, the specification of a 15-foot span of glass doors seems minor, but NanaWall's system has made a difference for millions of sports fans watching at home.

HSW60 single-track sliding glass wall system at MetLife Stadium with panels stacking remotely outside the opening to maintain unobstructed broadcast views.

Configuration

Single-track sliding system spanning a straight opening, with individual panels sliding to one side and stacking in a remote parking area outside the primary opening.

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“Throughout the country, stadium and arena owners are looking for ways to attract fans and increase revenue year-round.”

— Tim Baker, Architect

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