Gothamist: Mets Break Ground on (Citi) Field of Dreams

Kevin

Sat, 18 Nov 2006 12:26:20 -0500

I feel that a ballpark known as the "CITI FIELD" should be reconsidered as the "BIG APPLE FIELD", Because this name will represent the greatest city in the world, or "Global Colliseum", because so many cultures exsist in New York City! !!!LETS GO METS!!! PERIOD!

Ray

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:04:26 -0500

Better than "Yank me" Stadium.

Ray

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:02:45 -0500

Yankees suck - especially that cry baby A-hole.

Johnny Leibowitz

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:29:35 -0500

ballpark is great, can wait for it to open,100x better than shea, the most generic of them all

Not Amused

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:25:04 -0500

I can't wait for the opening of this park and the Mets first losing streak there . Oh, The boo's and hisses will be well worth the price of admission . I can see it now fans shoutting "Shitty,.....Shitty,.....Shitty,Shitty-ass park !

J

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:54:03 -0500

Ha..well could have been worse like.... U.S. Cellular field, Petco Park, Enron Park, Minute Maid Park, or the worst of all Chico's Bail Bonds Stadium..

Neil deMause

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:32:34 -0500

The Times' estimate of $165 million in subsidies leaves out things like tax breaks and giving the Mets parking revenues that currently go to the city. The actual total is more like $292 million ($200m city, $92m state): http://www.fieldofschemes.com/news/archives/2006/03/recrunching_the_1.html And yeah, the design is pretty uninspired. It looks to me like a more generic version of Citizens Bank Park in Philly, and that's a pretty generic stadium to begin with.

Peter

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:28:43 -0500

Here is a pretty good account of what happened in Seattle.

Peter

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:10:04 -0500

Honoring Jackie Robinson is a fine idea, but maybe it should have been done a long time ago, considering he's been dead almost 35 years. I know, better late than never, but still ... Why can't we be like Seattle and tell sports teams to beat it if they want taxpayer money for their own stadiums? I have a sneaking suspicion that the people of Seattle will be having second thoughts in a few years when the read in the sports pages about the Oklahoma City/Anaheim/Las Vegas SuperSonics.

kz

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:43:45 -0500

Why can't we be like Seattle and tell sports teams to beat it if they want taxpayer money for their own stadiums?

Southwark Lad

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:29:11 -0500

Exterior looks like Safeco in Seattle minus the roof.

JS

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:13:12 -0500

They'd rather call it Shitty Field instead of Shittybank Field. This way, the ballpark may be shitty but the bank won't be. Smaaarrrrt.

EricGewiz

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:54:38 -0500

The fact that they are only using "Citi" in the name makes it more digestible as a corporate sponsored stadium. Can't wait to see the first newspaper that accidently has a typo and published "City Field" instead of "Citi Field."

Ben K.

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:42:09 -0500

So the Mets are replacing one shitty stadium with Shiti Field. Nice.

Steve

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:25:23 -0500

As Corporate namings go, 'Citi' isn't so bad. In fact, it is pretty easy to ignore. I still can't imagine why the city should be spending any money at all for a new ballpark that will offer fewer seats and higher ticket prices.

lame

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:10:50 -0500

Ha ha. You guys already messed up the spelling of Citi in your next to last paragraph when you called it City Field. This is going to be a huge embarrassment for them. Should have used the full name Citibank.