Is Xanadu a good deal for New Jersey?
Yes By GEORGE R. ZOFFINGER and CARL J. GOLDBERG IT HAS BEEN a long and arduous road but those of us entrusted with the responsibility to keep the New Jersey Meadowlands a premier entertainment center are close to fulfilling that promise. Meadowlands Xanadu will be under construction this fall and with it, the New Jersey Meadowlands will once again redefine how a public agency can work with the private sector to fulfill its mission as a provider of quality sports and entertainment facilities for all New Jersey residents. We are able to achieve this milestone, with all of its attendant economic benefits, because of a group of dedicated professionals and local stakeholders that worked together in a focused manner with only two goals in mind: The creation of an economic engine for southern Bergen County. The enhancement of one of the region’s major destinations, the Meadowlands Sports Complex. The team included the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, the Meadowlands Commission, the
