Shannon,
I was curious how a soccer field would fit into Citi Field. So I used google maps and cut a soccer field from somewhere in NJ and stuck it into a aerial photo of Citi at the same altitude.
What I noticed pretty quickly is that the soccer field fits remarkably well into the ballpark. It’s almost cut right into the stadium. Is it a coincidence?
The straight wall down the right-field line.
The length from the 3rd base line tarp to the deep right center-field fence near the bullpens.
The most convenient fit looks like the “MoZone” cutout that fits a soccer goal perfectly.
You have to wonder if the designers had soccer in mind. I also wonder how the Mets players would feel if they discovered that the reason right center-field is so deep is so Sokratis Papastathopoulos can take a corner-kick?
Keep up the good work
Thanks,
Joe
Ditch the Black
I bet the players already know that. We just havent realized it because there hadnt been a soccer game yet. Isnt a football field about the same size ?
I guess we can take comfort in the fact that the thousands of people unable to see the left fielder will have a stellar view of midfield. I’d like to see them host more soccer games and football games. They have ignored these opportunities thus far. They could even pull a play from the “Yankee Stadium” playbook and promote every non-Mets event with archival footage of Pele, The Beatles & Joe Namath in an effort to manufacture history for the new building.
also hilarious Jeff
Designed with soccer in mind? I am still question if management even had baseball in mind when they designed citi.
hilarious Quaid
……and every seat will be filled 🙂
well if your tickets are in the left field area… bring binoculars. very very very powerful binoculars.
shannon,
are you sure that’s the correct dimensions for a soccer pitch? looks a tad big…has anyone compared how a soccer pitch vs. a football fleld would fit into
sheaciti?and don’t you need more room behind the goals & corners? i don’t honestly know, but it seems that angle would give you the same problems as you had a wrigley this fall with the northwestern/illinois game
absolutely Phil … an professional soccer field should be more than 70 yards wide and at least 110 yards long and soccer fields have very little requirements regarding space outside the lines.