The Mets Police encourage all to support the Mets, and to buy tickets at what is really a wonderful ballpark.
However, if you have a choice there are spots you may want to avoid.
We’ve invited fans to send us photos of “obstructed views” at [email protected] and as far as obstructions go, this one is on the low end.
David Howard the Mets VP is on record as saying there are no obstructed views so this is just another in our series of random photos from the promenade. These are from Section 525 Row 4. I assume there’s a left fielder somewhere down there.
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Yesterday, (4/19), I took my son to the game. We sat in Sec. 502, Row 3, Seats 3 & 4 and couldn't see rightfield. The view of the pitcher's mound and the batter's box was marred by plexiglass. The game was unwatchable. And unlistenable too, as a speaker was right behind us. "Everybody clap your hands…" We decided to leave our seats and explore the place. It seems as if everything is more important than the game itself. Food, plazas, walkways, a bridge beyond centerfield, all beautiful, but can we just enjoy THE GAME, please? Many seats on many decks should be classified as obstructed view. Depending on where you sit, you can't see large chunks of the field. How could they do this? They say they've created an intimate ballpark. They say they've brought the fan closer to the action. But at what cost if you can't watch an outfielder field a carom? And, by the way, I don't buy the quirky outfield wall. Most old ballparks, Fenway, Wrigley, have these quirks because of zoning laws, or there's a school playground, or a highway, the quirks at Citi Field are TOTALLY ARBITRARY! In other words, bullcrap. The overhanging seats that bring the moneyed fan closer, kills the view for the rest of us who can't afford to pay hundreds of dollars to see a ballgame. Again, the true baseball fan who loves the game has been compromised. We managed to find seats where only a small part of leftfield was obstructed. Of course, the view was obstructed by expensive field level seats. By the way, security doesn't seem to care about the Promenade Level. Many fans were confused and there was no one to help. Whereas, when we were down on the lower levels, there must have been one or two guards at every section.