Sports Authority Boots Meadowlands Commission Chief

09/19/2015 4:00 p.m.

Marcia Karrow, front left, is losing her job as executive director of the Meadowlands Commission. Photo Credit: *State of New Jersey/Tim Larsen*

The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority has taken over the Meadowlands Commission and assumed responsibility for the 30.4-square-mile Meadowlands District, which includes parts of 14 municipalities in Bergen and Hudson counties. Photo Credit: *Google Maps*

RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The executive director of the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission has lost her job since the agency is being folded into the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, according to a story on northjersey.com.

Wayne Hasenbalg, the authority’s president and CEO, said Marcia Karrow’s $148,000-a-year job will be eliminated Oct. 16 and she currently is “using time she is entitled to.” Karrow could not be reached for comment, northjersey.com reported.

The authority’s takeover of the commission in February gave it oversight of the 30.4-square-mile Meadowlands District, which includes parts of 14 Bergen and Hudson County communities, the story said.

The authority is responsible for overseeing the Meadowlands Sports Complex, consisting of the IZOD Center, Meadowlands Racing and Entertainment and MetLife Stadium, home to the Giants and Jets football teams,. It also promotes ecotourism along the waterfront and oversees the Keegan Landfill in Kearny.

Read the full story here.

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