R.I.P. Shea Stadium

Seems like just yesterday that Billy Joel was planning the ultimate farewell to Shea Stadium, and now, less than two months before baseball season starts up again, Shea is gone. Get some Kleenex Mets fans (you should be used to carrying them around) and take one last look at your team's old home as it gets reduced to rubble, like so many Pennant dreams. Time of death (as recorded by the NY Times): Wednesday, February 18th, 11:21 a.m.

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By Jen Carlson in News on February 18, 2009 3:01 PM

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PKinNYC

The teams got new stadiums becasue Bloomberg and NYC wants The Olympic Games to come here...also the Giants and Jets got a new Stadium...and lest we forget they talked about refurbing MSG and there's talk of a new arena in Brooklyn...so....it's not all Mets and Yankees it OLYMPIC ASPIRATIONS AS WELL

Gothamist_Cynic

such a waste of money.

murph

Newsday has video of the last piece coming down.

http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/columnists/jimbaumbach/blog/2009/02/video_final_piece_of_shea_come.html

Adios to the blue and orange toilet bowl!

Wal

That's how GDP is created.

"We built a new stadium, we created 100 jobs balalala.."

But, wait, what's the change? Just the location moved 100 yards east?

mocanlagunas

can somebody please explain me why we needed 2 new stadiums?

And I don't think it's a beautiful stadium... what century was it designed?

jackdonaghy

It was purposely designed to look like the beloved Ebbets Field that was built early in the twentith century and used to stand in Brooklyn.

We got two stadiums because the Yankees got a little jealous of the Mets and the City was being generous at the time.

whitecastlerock

Bailout Park is looking pretty nice!

DanielJ

I wonder of Future Taliban got his virgins.

Past Taliban

Unfortunately, a bunch of dead Americans got there first and raped them all...

Past Taliban

Speaking of RIP:

RIP Future Taliban who was banned for speaking the truth and reminding you torturing American War Criminals that you're despicable homicidal maniacs.

Oh, and oil thieves too.