How much of Shea is left?

[Mr. Laser Beam]

They say Shea was a cookie cutter, but Citi looks like a modern day cookie cutter to me. Ever since Oriole Park (still the best), teams have tried to evoke that look.

They do that because the new look WORKS. Perhaps the new ballparks do have some similarities, but I won't use the phrase 'cookie cutter' to describe them. To me, multipurpose = cookie cutter, and Citi is exclusively, wonderfully, gloriously, baseball only.

Now if only the DC United could get their new stadium built so we could get rid of the worst cookiecutter of all - RFK.

 

[SmoothieX]

Here's the latest on what's left...

http://www.stadiumpage.com/stpages/shea_demo011909.html

 

[Kira's Mom]

I haven't felt this sad about the end of a stadium since the old Mile High Stadium in Denver was demolished. Ah, well, nothing lasts forever...

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Actually there's a newer set of pics from the 24th: linky

 

[Kira's Mom]

Damn, looks like a bomb was dropped on it.

 

[Aquehonga]

Shea?

Haven't been there since Summer of '98. Same with Yankee.

Now both are kicking daisies

Funny coincidence is the Montreal Expos were the visiting team at both Shea and Yankee Stadiums last time I was at them.

Shea is named for actor Christooher Shea who played Philip on The ODD COUPLE.

For whom is Yankee Stadium named for

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Shea is named for actor Christopher Shea who played Philip on The ODD COUPLE.

Uh, no, this was the man.

 

[Aquehonga]

Shea is named for actor Christopher Shea who played Philip on The ODD COUPLE.

Uh, no, this was the man.

That sucks

So much for my knowledge of local stadium lore & history

As Dr. Zachary Smith would react:

“Oh! The pain”

 

[SmoothieX]

Shea is named for actor Christooher Shea who played Philip on The ODD COUPLE.

WTF? Are you serious?!?

I saw the Shea pics from the 24th. Looks like about a third or more of the satdium has been completely demolished and removed.

Anyone have a timetable for when it will be completely removed and paved over? It seems like with the amount that's left to remove, plus regrading, utility work, paving, striping, etc. that it may linger into the season.

I'm sure the team would like it to be totally gone by opening day so the focus is on Citi and not bittersweet memories.

http://www.stadiumpage.com/stpages/shea_demo.html

Photos up for the 26th and 27th.

 

[SmoothieX]

I stand corrected. Here is a seating diagram here:

If you look at some of those pics, you can see the last remaining section is about Section 12 or 14 on the loge and mezzanine levels. It's more like only about a third of the stadium is left.

 

[adv1701]

I drive past Shea about 3-4 times a week about 1/3 is left. The yankees are waiting till the new stadium is completely done before they demolish the old one just in case. I was given a tour of both new stadiums a couple of months ago and they look great. Citi is a lot warmer in feeling than yankee,it feels very button down. At Citi we got a look at all the levels,but at yankee we saw the clubhouse,behind the scenes and stood on the field. They will both be very fan friendly and upper deck tix go for 25 bucks for the Mets and 30 bucks for the yankees. I will be at Citi opening day and through my job I should be getting a couple of games in a box.

 

[Aquehonga]

Shea is named for actor Christooher Shea who played Philip on The ODD COUPLE.

WTF? Are you serious?!?

“Oh, the pain!”- as Dr. Zachary Smith would react.

Seriously, why was there NO attempt at luring the Jets back home to Queens from their exile in East Rutherford:

A new stadium should've been intended & for BOTH the Mets & Jets.

Instead you have this retarded new co-habited stadium coming to the Meadowlands, continuing what will be a 25 year crapdition

Let the Jints have their own home And can't Gang Green finally return home Janeway was gone less time

And then there's that PSL crap Will PSLs be at the Mets & Yankee's spanking new ballparks? Better not

Mets & Jets apparently too $elfi$h these days to a share a stadium without driving each other crazy

Worst part is Queens & LI home to legions of Met, probably even more Jet aficionados.

Its B&B-itus all over again

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

A new stadium should've been intended & for BOTH the Mets & Jets.

No, no, no, no, nooooooooooooo.... absolutely not.

Multipurpose stadiums don't work. We know that now. They were a failed premise. Why do you think they're getting rid of all those old stadiums in the first place? The shapes of baseball and football fields are just too different. You can't accommodate both. If you try to build one stadium for both, it turns out to not be good for either one.

All of the multipurpose stadiums simply sucked. RFK, Shea, Three Rivers, the Vet, Riverfront Stadium, Busch Memorial Stadium, Atlanta-Fulton County, the Astrodome, Qualcomm Stadium, the Kingdome, Baltimore Memorial Stadium, hell even Candlestick Park...all ugly, inefficient pieces of SHITE. Proof positive that multipurpose stadiums don't work. The only ones that haven't been bulldozed to the ground have been converted into football only stadiums, and even some of them are due for replacement (such as Qualcomm and Candlestick).

(Places like the Metrodome and Dolphin Stadium don't count, since they were never meant for baseball in the first place - they were football-only stadiums hastily 'kludged' to fit. And they suck too.)

Now if you were suggesting that the Mets and Jets have separate facilities built next to each other...that might have worked. Heck, Kansas City managed that just fine (with the Truman Sports Complex), and that was over 30 years ago. But football and baseball can't share a stadium. That's a proven fact now.

 

[Aquehonga]

Now if you were suggesting that the Mets and Jets have separate facilities built next to each other...that might have worked. Heck, Kansas City managed that just fine (with the Truman Sports Complex), and that was over 30 years ago. But football and baseball can't share a stadium. That's a proven fact now.

There you go

That would've been the best solution. I always admired the way KC had that set up

If TPTB had done that then the Giants would have their own place over in Jersey, & the Mets & Jets would have appropriate stadiums right next to each other.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Now if you were suggesting that the Mets and Jets have separate facilities built next to each other...that might have worked. Heck, Kansas City managed that just fine (with the Truman Sports Complex), and that was over 30 years ago. But football and baseball can't share a stadium. That's a proven fact now.

There you go

That would've been the best solution. I always admired the way KC had that set up

If TPTB had done that then the Giants would have their own place over in Jersey, & the Mets & Jets would have appropriate stadiums right next to each other.

If there was enough room in Flushing for two stadiums right next to each other, then maybe. But I doubt it would work, simply because the Mets would have had to find somewhere else to play in the meantime (kind of like a reverse of the 70's when Yankee Stadium was being remodeled, and the Yankees had to play at Shea), and schedules being what they are, I don't think that would fly.

That being said, the new Meadowlands looks really cool. I'm not a football fan by any means, but I would love to see a game or two there. Especially since NJ Transit will be building a new station to serve it, so it'll be easy for me to get there. (I wonder if the *outside* will also change colors, like at Allianz Arena...)

 

[adv1701]

Jets wanted to be in Mahattan and Manhattan only,the fight over the West Side Stadium was epic. The MTA was accused of sweethart deals and environmental impact studies made it look unfeasible. I would have been happy with a sports complex in Willets Point with a stadium for the Mets and one for the Jets but they never considered Queens.

 

[adv1701]

Shea is named for actor Christooher Shea who played Philip on The ODD COUPLE.

WTF? Are you serious?!?

“Oh, the pain!”- as Dr. Zachary Smith would react.

Seriously, why was there NO attempt at luring the Jets back home to Queens from their exile in East Rutherford:

A new stadium should've been intended & for BOTH the Mets & Jets.

Instead you have this retarded new co-habited stadium coming to the Meadowlands, continuing what will be a 25 year crapdition

Let the Jints have their own home And can't Gang Green finally return home Janeway was gone less time

And then there's that PSL crap Will PSLs be at the Mets & Yankee's spanking new ballparks? Better not

Mets & Jets apparently too $elfi$h these days to a share a stadium without driving each other crazy

Worst part is Queens & LI home to legions of Met, probably even more Jet aficionados.

Its B&B-itus all over again

There was an attempt and Jets wanted no part of it. There will be NO PSL's at either baseball park just really expensive luxury boxes.

 

[CaptainHawk1]

Shea?

Shea is named for actor Christooher Shea who played Philip on The ODD COUPLE.

Uh, Shea Stadium was named after Bill Shea.

-Shawn

 

[CaptainHawk1]

They say Shea was a cookie cutter, but Citi looks like a modern day cookie cutter to me. Ever since Oriole Park (still the best), teams have tried to evoke that look.

They do that because the new look WORKS. Perhaps the new ballparks do have some similarities, but I won't use the phrase 'cookie cutter' to describe them. To me, multipurpose = cookie cutter, and Citi is exclusively, wonderfully, gloriously, baseball only.

Now if only the DC United could get their new stadium built so we could get rid of the worst cookiecutter of all - RFK.

Absolutely. Citi was designed to be an homage to Ebbet's Field... hardly a cookie cutter stadium.

Here's some more sadness for you in video format.

http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/watchdog/blog/mets/

-Shawn

 

[Aquehonga]

Shea?

Shea is named for actor Christooher Shea who played Philip on The ODD COUPLE.

Uh, Shea Stadium was named after Bill Shea.

-Shawn

Tis'shame as I'd prefer Shea named for an ODD COUPLE vet

Problem there is how could a ballpark opening in 1963 or 1964 be named for a kid actor from an as yet non-existent future ABC sitcom

Actor Christopher Shea would've been in diapers when Shea Stadium opened it's pearly gates.

I wonder if he's the same Christopher Shea who played a Vorta in the Iggy Pop DS9 episode? Iggy played a Vorta in that 1 too. Was that or cheesy

Damn shame Flushing hasn't space for a Queens version of what KC accomplished with side-by-side ballparx