<P> The NJSEA hires in - house security and emergency medical services staff to serve the venues at the Sports Complex, including MetLife Stadium . Law enforcement is primarily provided by the New Jersey State Police Sports Complex Unit . </P> <P> MetLife Stadium is the home stadium for the New York Giants and New York Jets of the National Football League and is the only facility home to two NFL franchises . The stadium opened in 2010, following the closing and demolition of the Giants' and the Jets' previous home, Giants Stadium . MetLife Stadium hosted Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014 . </P> <P> Meadowlands Arena was a multi-purpose indoor arena . Opened in 1981, it was home to the New Jersey Nets NBA team until 2010, the Seton Hall University men's basketball team until 2007 and to the New Jersey Devils NHL team until 2007 . The Devils and the Seton Hall men's basketball team moved to the Prudential Center in Newark . The renamed Brooklyn Nets currently play in the Barclays Center . It closed early in April 2015 . It will be left dormant through 2017 and will more than likely be demolished . </P> <P> The Meadowlands Racetrack is a horse racing track that hosts both thoroughbred racing and harness racing . It is known popularly in the region as "The Big M". </P>

The meadowlands was once which kind of municipal facility