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Traffic is pretty normal around New Jersey's Meadowlands Sports Complex. But on September 23, the congested car flow wasn't because the New York Giants or the New Jersey Nets were playing: instead, the buzz was all for '90s boy band New Kids on the Block. Devoted fans dressed in their old school NKOTB garb flooded the entrances of the Izod Center, excited to finally see Donnie, Danny, Jordan, Jonathan and Joey take the stage. Sure, they were a bit older than your usual boy band audience, but that night, they let go of their sense of adult maturity and reverted back to their teenybopper days of hugging their Jordan or Donnie dolls while dancing to the "Step By Step" in their living rooms. Flooding the merch stands to stock up on new NKOTB gear, fans filled the arena with both excitement and screams as the show went underway.