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.
I have only been a Mets fan for a relatively short amount of time (4-5 years) but Shea always was a special place to me before that being a huge Beatles fan. The first time I went to a game at Shea was 2001 my first summer here in NYC. I was more excited seeing the stadium that I had seen in the Beatles concert footage than the Mets or any baseball there. Each summer in the city though, I became more and more interested in baseball and the Mets, and my last game there last fall was a sad experience (although great game, Mets won it in the 9th against the Cubs). So now it’s truly gone and Citi Field is taking it’s place. The new park looks to be really nice, but I’m sure some of the magic will be gone, priced out by corporate box seats and high ticket prices.
It’s not been a good time for the Mets the last couple weeks. Nothing but blown chances and stranded runners. First game against the Dodgers followed a familiar pattern: starting off strong and going straight downhill. It was definitely good to see Green back, but the offense just can’t come up with the hits when we need them. Having now lost 7 of the last 8, things better turn around soon or it’s going to be a rough weekend coming up with the subway series and loudmouth Yankee fans. In better news, four days until six flags!!!
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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.
