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Shea Stadium
Hours of Operation
- Schedule varies, check website for details.
(718) 507-6387
123-01 Roosevelt Ave
Flushing, NY 11368
Flushing, NY 11368
Description
Home to the MLB's New York Mets, Shea Stadium has served as the team's home field since 1964. Its last season is in 2008, after which the new Citi Field will open. The field is just west of the city, near the USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center.
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Home Team: New York Mets
Following suit, the Mets’ home will also be demolished at the end of the season, to be replaced by Citi Stadium. Nope, that’s not a typo, “Citi” as in the company. Ah corporate sponsorship.
Shea has been criticized almost from the beginning for its odd design features: no permanent bleachers until recently, huge amount of foul territory and lack of intimacy among others. Well, critics, you got your way then!