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6 unusual facts about Meadowlands


Apartheid

The residents were taken to a large tract of land, 13 miles (19 km) from the city centre, known as Meadowlands, which the government had purchased in 1953.

Jacob Matlala

Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala (1 August 1962 – 7 December 2013) was a South African boxer and junior flyweight champion from Meadowlands, Johannesburg.

Meadowlands, Minnesota

Now converted to an ATV–snowmobile trail, this former rail line runs from Alborn in the south, north to Pengilly on the Iron Range.

During its heyday, Meadowlands was home to a number of businesses including a Ford dealership (which also carried New Holland farm machinery), a bank, a farmer's cooperative store, a grocery store, a commercial laundry, a cheese factory, various restaurants, a movie theater and the Toivola–Meadowlands School, a K–12 institution.

Paul T. Fader

While serving as Chief Counsel to Governor Codey, Paul spearheaded the Governor's initiative to establish a new stadium in the Meadowlands for both the New York Giants and New York Jets, the first multi-professional football sports stadium.

Sydney Mufamadi

He grew up in Meadowlands, Gauteng, and Tshisahulu, Venda (today Limpopo Province), where he first looked after his grandfather's cattle before attending school.


1986–87 Philadelphia Flyers season

Oddly enough, the second occurred during the game Keenan was suspended for, a 4–3 setback to the Devils at the Meadowlands January 24.

1994–95 Philadelphia Flyers season

The line registered its first point on Saturday, February 11, 1995, in a game against the New Jersey Devils at the Meadowlands.

Bergen Cliff Hawks

Kalafer then worked with the Mills Corporation to build a ballpark in conjunction with its Xanadu Meadowlands project.

County roads in St. Louis County, Minnesota

The section of County 5 in Ness Township, south of Meadowlands, is unpaved gravel surface.

Encap

EnCap, a proposal to build golf courses and homes on remediated landfills in the New Jersey Meadowlands

Grand Slam Prize in harness racing

From 2001-2003, the Grand Slam Prize of $1 million was offered to any harness racing pacer who could win the North America Cup (Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto), Meadowlands Pace (Meadowlands Racetrack, N.J.), Little Brown Jug (Delaware County Fair, Ohio) and their Breeders Crown event (Meadowlands Racetrack, NJ).

Lunacon

Lunacon 2006 occurred March 17–20, 2006 in the Hilton Hasbrouck Heights/Meadowlands, in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey.

Mike Boit

Boit ended his athletic career in 1990 breaking the Masters Division Indoor World Record for the mile in Meadowlands, New Jersey.

Music at the Meadowlands

Music at the Meadowlands was a rock festival held at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on 17 June 1979, which was headlined by Boston.

New Jersey Meadowlands Commission

According to a report by the New Jersey Audubon Society, the Meadowlands is a major part of the Atlantic Flyway migration route.

Willets Point, Queens

After the New York Jets left Shea Stadium (following the 1983 season) to play at the Meadowlands, Willets Point was the proposed location for a new, 82,000-seat domed football stadium that would bring the Jets back to New York.


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