My New Summer Home
Thanks to my friend Nick, (who worked with the team that did the enviro) I was able to attend the very first exhibition game to be hosted at Citi Field, the Mets new ballpark. The game was an NCAA matchup between Georgetown and St. John’s. The game itself was also a sidenote to the real reason for going, exploring and seeing the new stadium. Things still seemed to be not quite complete, lots of signage and banners were missing, and most of the concessions only offered limited menus. Despite that I left very happy and charmed by what I encountered. The stadium is almost a complete 180 from Shea and has very open pathways and lots of places to stop and watch the game action while you are away from your seat. The construction is mostly dark gray iron beams very reminiscent of the East River bridges like Manhattan and Queensboro with a red brick exterior. My favorite place is the new Danny Meyer foodcourt behind centerfield. For one, that is where you can get some awesome ballpark food such as Shake Shack, Blue Smoke, and Box Frites, but also it is right behind the giant centerfield scoreboard and standing at the bottom of it offers a very cool sense of scale. So depending on when I get a job and how much I can afford it, I plan on spending a good portion of my summer here. My Flickr photo tour here.