Tag: Citi Field

Links: Mafia And The Mets, Jason Bay And More

Citi Field at Night

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I haven’t been posting links to good Mets reading lately and I’d like to get back to that in 2010. So here we go in no particular order:

  • James Fanelli of NY Post– This is a good article on the sketchy construction firms that the Mets used to help build Citi Field.
  • John Delcos’ New York Mets Report- Predicting the 2010 Opening Day starting lineup and batting order
  • Amazin’ Avenue– They’re doing a good series on the Mets All-Decade team including this link on third base
  • Ken Belson of NY Times– He writes a good piece about fellow Mets fans and their displeasure with the team leading to slow season tickets sales in December
  • Lee Jenkins of Sports Illustrated– This is a good column on why the Mets had to get Jason Bay this offseason
  • Beyond The Box Score– This is another good slant on Bay signing with the Mets and how the last couple of years of his contract will likely have Bay getting paid much more than his performance value
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Citi Field To Finally Celebrate Mets Past

Citi_Field The Mets are finally getting around to correcting the problem that jumped out at every fan on Opening Day 2009, the team forgot to celebrate their own history in their new stadium. In August, they announced that they would do some makeshift changes to address the oversight. Now, they are announcing some real modifications to Citi Field that will address the problem in a more permanent fashion.

They’ll rename areas of the field after Mets greats like Casey Stengel, Tom Seaver, Gil Hodges, and William Shea. They’re also re-forming the Mets Hall Of Fame committee and will open a Mets Hall of Fame and Museum at Citi Field.

These changes are all positive developments. But as Ken Davidoff properly notes, we won’t be talking about this 20 years from now. We’ll just be enjoying the Mets “vibe” at the park. But that’s not the whole story.

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Mets Finally Make Citi Field Their Own

Shea Stadium / Citi Field
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Demolishing Shea Stadium and building Citi Field was certainly unwelcome for some Mets fans. It marked a changing of the guard for the franchise and maybe even a sense for some of us that we would be left behind in history as fans of the “old” Mets that played at the “old” stadium. But I have to admit that before this season, I was really looking forward to going to Citi Field.

The surprise set in when we realized that Citi Field wasn’t really about the Mets, it was all about the Brooklyn Dodgers and Jackie Robinson. Sure, Robinson is an individual worthy of all the recognition that he gets, and more than we know. But there was something glaring missing from the new stadium… The Mets history!!! In building this new $800 million project, the Mets forgot that the Mets were going to be playing there and that they’ve had some history of their own. Continue reading “Mets Finally Make Citi Field Their Own”

Mets-Yankees Series Not Sold Out

Image via Wikimedia
Image via Wikimedia

I just checked the Yankees website and there are still tickets available for all three games of this weekend’s series in the Bronx. I’m sure there are a lot of factors at play here, the economy, etc. But this series not selling out is ridiculous.

I would guess that there haven’t been tickets available for every game of a Subway Series since they started it in 1997. And if you look at StubHub, you can get tickets for as low as $1 for Saturday’s game. Of course, the best available tickets from the box office for tonight’s game are $900 each. I think that’s got to be the biggest factor in the lack of sell outs.

Both the Mets and Yankees overpriced their tickets this season and are paying the price now. At least the Yankees reduced the prices of some of their upper end tickets. The Mets have been holding steady on their prices. Most likely, they don’t want to issue refunds to the buyers that already purchased tickets.

It’s been a shame all season long to see the high priced seats behind home plate sitting empty, in many cases, at both stadiums. Even if the announcers on SNY are talking about Citi Field being a “full house”. But it’ll be even worse to see such a popular series as this one to have empty seats behind the plate. It makes for bad TV and it’s very disappointing that both teams couldn’t figure out how to properly price their products.

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Citi Field Steaker Pleads Not Guilty

Citi FieldA moron told police that he streaked across Citi Field Tuesday night during a Mets-Braves game on a bet. He said that his boss bet him a week’s pay to do it. I can’t say that this is setting a new low of stupidity because it’s been done before. Maybe it’s worse to follow an existing low in stupidity.

He’s being charged with interferring in a sporting event among other charges. Of course, he’s pleading not guilty. Interestingly, this law was created after Calvin Klein walked onto the court at t Knicks game to talk to Letrell Sprewell in the middle of a basketball game. Time to check yourself into a program when you start doing things like that.

Check out the aftermath video on YouTube.

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Citi Field Empire Suites For Sale

Citi FieldI’m sure that many of you have noticed, as I have, that the Mets are advertising their Empire Suites at Citi Field on SNY game broadcasts. There are several interesting issues here. What’s especially interesting is that the Mets announced in October 2008 that their luxury boxes had sold out.

If the boxes sold out last year and they’re on sale again now, what happened in between? Did the corporations that bought those boxes bail out (Citi pun intended)?

For those of you looking for information on the cost of a box for a game, if you have to ask… it’s too expensive for you. Seriously, I don’t know the price but my guess would be that it’s into the five figures for a game. Of course, it depends on the game that you want and how close the box is to home plate. But figure that you’d probably have to put up $20,000 for a game.

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Mets 2009 Ticket Sales- June To October Games

Citi FieldOn Sunday May 3rd the Mets put their single game tickets for the rest of the season on sale. As we know, they’ve been playing games this year with their single game tickets hoping that the gimmicks will increase interest.

If you’re on the Mets email list you received the pre-sale code to start buying tickets today. If not, visit the Mets website on Sunday morning at 10:00 am. They put the April and May single game tickets on sale in March.

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