An email from a Mets fan:
I had the first chance to sit in my weekday plan seats last night (Monday). Thankfully I had sold all of them prior to this game. 526 (Between 3rd and the wall) at an average of $25 per seat in the plan. For that $25 per seat, I had the privilege of an obstructed (not by the Mets opinion) view of left field. Essentially about 10% of left field you just couldn’t see because of the design of the stadium. Are they kidding me? Is there a seat in this park without an obstructed view? Add in $12.50 for a Nathans fries and chicken fingers for the kid, and a very disturbing look when asking for a cup filled with water, and you can bet I will not be renewing next year. Its embarrassing that they actually paid people to build this park, and on top of that I’d bet the contract didn’t go to the lowest bidder so there is no excuse for all the flaws. I cannot remember anywhere near these amounts obstructed views at Shea. Between this, the Yankees mess, the Giants and Jets debacle, Michael Vick being conditionally reinstated, the Knicks scandal, the Islanders money grab…etc, I think its about time to look to the colleges and high schools for entertainment and show these buffoons that they have coasted along for too long. We give these people a golden ticket and they provide literally nothing for us. I can think of people who would appreciate $2000 much more than they would.
Whatever you do, don’t call WFAN. They will just hang up on you and tell you you’re crazy.
Remember, the official team position is as follows (from the mouth of David Howard):
The way we characterize “obstructed†is if you have an obstruction, something in front of you — a beam, a pillar, something that’s blocking your view. That’s not the case here. It is a function of the geometry of the building. And it is a conscious decision that we made along with the designers and the architects, that we wanted people to be lower and closer to the field, and have great views, and great views of the action.
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I have said it before, Citi and Shea are alike in that they each have/had about 25K good seats … and one thing shea has over citi is that every seat (even thoughs pointing to the outfield) had a good view of the field.