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Citi Field, home of the Mets since 2009, was built in the old Shea Stadium parking lot. (I used to park in what is now left field.) It started out mostly as a tribute to the Brooklyn Dodgers, with its Jackie Robinson Rotunda resembling old Ebbets Field, but complaints by Mets fans have gradually increased the tributes around the park to the current team's history. There is now a Casey Stengel entrance, a Mets hall of fame displaying a primitive Mr. Met costume, and the bridge in the outfield was re-named the Shea Bridge. I like the big outfield dimensions - there is nothing more exciting in baseball than a Jose Reyes triple - and I hope they don't dumb down the place by moving the fences in. My brother and I traded our Shea Stadium Mezzanine tickets (Sunday Plan) for seats in the very last row of Citi Field's upper deck (directly behind home plate), and the new seats are just fine, this being a baseball only facility. The upper reaches of Shea, built as an all-purpose stadium, required Sherpa guides to climb to the last few rows.
Photos: The arches of the Jackie Robinson Rotunda on game day, then some of the old-time Mets on display on the Northern Boulevard side of the stadium. Home plate from old Shea Stadium is marked in the new field's parking lot, but I am suspicious about the location, conveniently located in just the right spot between the rows of cars. Next, inside the spacious rotunda, and finally, a perfect summer afternoon at the ballpark.
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