A tip of the cap to islandxtreme26, for the most up-to-date, comprehensive Citi Field slideshow available...Bar none!
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I'm ready for the season to start! Let's Go Mets!!!
Citi Field 2-16-09
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This video is brought to you by the good folks of Tapemastersinc.net & EastWestWorldwide.com, during their visit to Citi Field on the 11Feb09. Thanx guyz!
Be sure to have your volume turned up to listen to a couple of Mets classic songs. In addition, you can hear the jets overhead adding to the ambiance... Sometimes the more things change, the more they stay the same.
First video I've seen with Pepsi Porch in right field 100% completely installed.
The video closes with what remains of Shea Stadium in the distant background. Give it a look.
Click here to read Ben Shpigel's accompanying article.
Thanx to the good folks of SNY for making this video available. This clip show the early stages on installation.
Don't know about you, but I'm jonesing to see the apple come out of the hat for the first time, after a Mets homerun. I'm thinking it'll be Beltran.
The new Apple is four times the size of the original Home Run Apple, at 19ft in diameter and weighs in at 6,000 pounds. This Apple shoots up in the air in three seconds flat.
This is an awesome video I found courtesy of Softee64, that runs 10 minutes. The aerial views of
Softee64 does a great job chronicling Shea Stadium's demolition, while using a remote control airplane all from a bird’s eye view.
UPDATE...AP is now reporting Citigroup says its deal to pay $400 million for naming rights to the New York Mets' new baseball stadium is still on.
The bank's statement came in response to a Wall Street Journal report on Tuesday that Citigroup is exploring the possibility of backing out of the deal.
The report quoted unidentified people as saying that Citigroup has made no final decision on the matter.
The Mets say Citi has promised to honor the agreement between the team and the troubled financial institution.
Two members of Congress said last week that Citigroup should drop its 20-year marketing partnership with the Mets because of the $45 billion federal government bailout the bank received.
Citi Field is set to open in April.
Wall Street Journal -Citigroup Inc., eager to quell the controversy over how lenders are using government bailout money, is exploring the possibility of backing out of a nearly $400 million marketing deal with the New York Mets, say people familiar with the matter.
Officials at Citigroup have made no final decision about whether to try to void the 20-year agreement, which includes naming the Mets' new baseball stadium after the bank, say these people.
On the bright side, the Mets can do away with the lackluster inaugural patch.
Associated Press reports, the Mets have sold nearly 25,000 seats per game for Citi Field's Inaugural season. In fact, only one to two percent of people who placed deposits for season tickets at Citi Field failed to follow through with their purchase. Based on my back of the envelope calculation, just south of 60% of seats per game have been devoured. Cha-Ching! That ought to be enough to bring in Dunn, O-Dog and Sheets.
While the Mets have sold all 49 luxury suites that were available -- reserving two for individual-game sales -- Howard said some inventory remains among the 10,000 premium seats, which include club level. Single-game tickets for the 42,000-seat ballpark will not go on sale until early March.
Many thanx to islandxtreme26 of Baseball-Fever.com, for this updated slide show of both Citi Field construction and Shea Stadium demolition. Obviously islandxtreme26 knows somebody, as he was privileged to take a tour and make this available to all Met fans. To that end, we offer a collective thanx.
Citi Field is looking great! I love the uniform seat color vs. the obnoxious multi colored bright seats, what a huge improvement. The restaurant located in left field is a nice touch as well. The pod in straight away center field is waiting the arrival of the new and improved, 19' diameter Home Run Apple. About the only thing that I saw and was not thrilled with is the turf surrounding the Home Run Apple, perhaps landscaping would have fit in with the retro design of Citi Field.
Shea Stadium is being dismantled rapidly, and one can only hope the memory of the last two Septembers will vanish with the debris field. BTW, Yankee stadium will not be demolished till 2010.
Enjoy...Citi Field opening day is just 75 days away.
Citi Field Work and Shea Demo 1-27-09
Special thanx to Dave of NY Sports Dog for pointing out this awesome video.
It's amazing how when the dust settles, Citi Field comes into view...Pump up the volume!!!
WOW!!! So many memories reduced to a pile of rubble. Shea Stadium, in an eccentric way will be missed.
Photographs of Citi Field and Shea Stadium in Queens - taken by Tom Kaminski in Chopper 880 on Monday, January 5, 2009. Citi Field will be the home of the New York Mets in the 2009 baseball season.
Excellent photos of Shea's demise and Citi Field's inauguration slideshow.
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