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A New York State Senator has vowed to try to relocate the New York Jets back to the Big Apple after the team's lease to play at MetLife Stadium - it's home since 2010 - expires in 2025.
Joe Addabbo, a Democrat representing New York City's 15th district in central and southeastern Queens, is hoping the NFL franchise will pick up on the chance to go back to its roots in 2025 before having to wait until 2030 for the next opportunity to come around.
'I don't know if that's the hurdle you can't overcome to realize the revenue and jobs that would come with bringing the Jets back,' Addabbo told Legal Sports Report. 'The Jets coming back to New York would be monumental.
As Addabbo alluded to, the Jets do have an upcoming opportunity to get out of their 25-year lease at MetLife Stadium. The Jets and Giants both have the option to opt out of the stadium lease in 2025 as long as they give the state of New Jersey 12 months' notice. Both teams will then have the same opt-out option every five years after.
«Personally, it pains me to see the Giants and Jets called the �New York Jets' and �New York Giants,' -- even with the Giants having �NY' on their helmets -- playing in Jersey,» Addabbo said. "It pains me."
The Polo Grounds in Manhattan was the Jets' original home from 1960-63 before they moved to Shea Stadium, the former home of the Mets, in 1964. After 20 years at Shea Stadium, the Jets left New York for Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. in 1984.
