Of the many things I find insane, I can’t believe the metropolitan area built two baseball stadiums and a football stadium in the 21st century and not one has a dome.
I am very much PRO DOME. I have attended several games in Arizona and I will tell you, the dome is so high that you feel like you are outside anyway. You don’t feel like you’re inside say the Garden, it feels like wide open spaces.
So Steve, what if you dusted off the plans for this….
Now I’m not sure how that would even work – I am no engineering wizard but “load bearing” and stuff – or how one could build this while still using it as a baseball stadium. Looks to me like they’d have to rip open left field to which I say GOOD as left field is Citi Field’s biggest failure.
But then…maybe it’s time for something more radical Steve. We have seen the Braves and Texas move on pretty quickly from their new stadiums. Citi Field is now in Year 13. What if we said goodbye to The Wilpon Era forever and went back to something a little more Mets. I bring you the Point 72 SheaDome.
Let’s do it Steve. Let’s move back and to the left where the Mets belong. Put the new mound where the old mound was. Put first base where Buckner missed a ball. Let’s go back to where the Mets should play, in the beautiful new Point72 SheaDome, complete with fancy squares on the outside design.
You would be a conquering hero Steve. PLUS people could ALWAYS BE COMFORTABLE AT GAMES!!! Why should someone have to worry about driving two hours for a rainout, or sitting out in the cold or rain or heat when we could all just be comfortable. When I get Hamilton tickets I don’t have to stress at 5pm about rain.
Then we can knock down Wilpon Era Citi Field and make it a parking lot. Plus the Wilpons will be annoyed that all their cool development on 126th/Seaver Way are now “far” from the stadium on the other side of a lot….but hey they are just in it for the affordable housing and the public school so I am sure they will be fine.
As for those of you who think Citi Field is great….is it? It’s fine. It’s a middle of the road modern baseball stadium. What do you like about it? I’ll give you a minute……
….about 500 of you said “We like wearing t-shirts on the bridge.” Fine. The Point72 SheaDome can bring the bridge and both Apples (even though nobody cares about the new Wilpon Apple.)
What else? Did someone say The Food? That’s your #2 thing you like? Well the Point72 SheaDome will have food.
And can we all be honest here? Ready? The Rotunda? It’s a bust. It means well, and we all love Jackie Robinson, but it’s a bust. It’s out of the way other than it being the place you walk through as quickly as possible to get to the escalators. I am sure we can find a way to honor Jackie at the Point72 SheaDome.
Let’s do this Steve. Start talking to The Mayor today and maybe we can get this done for 2029.
