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There is no question that this venue has been known as
the Meadowlands Arena, and that there were tickets to Grateful Dead concerts
printed as such. The only point that I make is that I could not find any
evidence to support this as an official designation using google as a search
tool.
As I
have done in the past, I will try and contact someone on staff at the venue
or at the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority for a definitive
answer.
My personal opinion is that even if it turns out that
this venue was never "officially" designated Meadowlands Arena, the fact that
the tickets are printed as such, and that the venue, to the best of my
recollection, was always commonly referred to as "Meadowlands" by the Grateful
Dead community, that we leave it as such for purposes of the Deadlists
project.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of
kevin
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 10:09 AM
To:
'Marc Evans'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Re:
4/6/87
From what I can gather from various web sites, "The
Meadowlands Sports Complex" opened in 1976 consisting of Giants Stadium and
The Meadowlands Racetrack. In 1977 construction began on the "Brendan Byrne
Arena" which opened July 2nd, 1981. On January 4, 1996 the naming
rights were sold to Continental Airlines
Although there are numerous mentions of
"Meadowlands Arena" or "Meadowlands Sports Arena" - as the venue was
credited on "Nightfall Of Diamonds" (10/16/89) - I found no evidence to
support that either one of these names was ever an "official" venue
designation, as approved by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition
Authority.
Marc Evans
Venue Caretaker
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Charlie
Miller
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 8:32 PM
To:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; Steve Fukawa; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:
Re: Re: 4/6/87
It was the meadowlands
sport complex and the arena was called meadowlands arena as of 87, or
somewhere around there, but by then that is what it was
called...cm
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004
11:15 PM
Subject: Re: Re: 4/6/87
Wasn't the larger complex called the Meadowlands (fancy
New Jersey term for swamp), and the arena was called "the Brendan Byrne
Arena at the Meadowlands"?
Pretty sure that's what they called it
when the Nets played there (and Springsteen, for that
matter).
>
> From: "Charlie Miller"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
Date: 2004/10/22 Fri PM 07:55:10 EDT
> To: "Steve Fukawa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
Subject: Re: 4/6/87
>
> I did all of the shows at this
venue (except 89). In 83 and 84 it was called Bendan Byrne, 85 I don't
remember and 87, 88 and 89 it was called meadowlands arena. When I went
there to see the other ones in 2000, it was called continental airlines
arena...cm
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Fukawa
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 10:21
AM
> Subject: 4/6/87
>
>
> hiya,
> do you have a ticket stub
that says meadowlands arena for this show?
> if not,
what is your source for this information? the tape copy i
> received back in '87 came to me labelled byrne
arena. the setlists
> posted in "the golden road"
summer 87 issue which lists all setlists
> from
spring tour has it at brendan byrne arena and "deadbase 2" which
> came out in '88 and lists all known (at the time)
setlists thru the end
> of 1987 also lists it as
brendan byrne arena. please note that
> deadlists has
the venue's name listed as what it was called at the time
> of the show..... otherwise we would have listed it
as happening at
> continental airlines arena. thanks,
steve: 1987 caretaker.
>
>
>
>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:47:05 -0600
> From: "james"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
Subject: 4/6/87
>
>
<snip>
> hi,
> the venue of
this show is Meadowlands Arena. Not Brendan Byrne
as
> deadlists says.
>
>
>
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