In case you missed it, Matt Cerrone over at Mets Blog posted a cool video tour of C-Field. I held it a few days because I figured everyone else linked it last week, and I wanted to stay focused on the Opening Night crusade.
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Early Reviews Drizzling In From Citi Field
Mets Policeman Osh 41 (he’s the one that never writes anything) called and said the following:
– nobody is watching the game
– nobody knows where to go, mass confusion
– the Mets have help everywhere, people answering questions, and writing down notes
– they are using aluminum bats, ping sounds weird
– he echoed what everyone is saying about their being space and being able to see the field from everywhere
– parking is a nightmare, he had to park in a lot in actual Flushing (by Main Street)
– the place is “really nice!!!”
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*The Jackie Robinson Rotunda is tastefully done and a major step up from the concrete tunnels and ramps that used to greet fans at Shea Stadium. Robinson’s values are inscribed around the top, along with a quote: “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.†His No. 42 stands in giant blue plastic in the middle and, earlier today, there was already a crowd squeezing by to have their picture taken with it.
I’ll post pictures as they roll in.
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$2625 per Yankees ticket – and they want you to pay $2.50 to print them!
This was interesting….a guy in ChicagoBusiness.com writing about sticker shock buying Yankee tickets.
No new ground, just fun.
After waiting 15 minutes, I was informed that there were four front-row seats available in section 21. So I continued to play the game and said I wanted them.
Finally, I got the bill. It turns out each ticket had a $59.70 Ticketmaster surcharge and it would cost me an additional $2.50 to print the tickets. You mean, $2,625 per seat didn’t cover that?
The grand total for the four seats was $10,744.55. Five figures to take the family to a Wednesday afternoon game against Oakland. Think about that.
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Stuff I Didn’t Get To
Wow it’s been a long winter but that’s clearly over. The stuff to write about is actually backing up!
Here’s some leftovers.
Faith & Fear says the Mets have a winning record since 1967!
A deli (beer run) near C-Field!
The Bisons will be on SNY this year. 5 games.
Some solid comedy in Newsday, including this gem:
1:30. Dwight Gooden, operating a hot-dog grill in leftfield, will insist that he’s not tired despite having been there since 11:00. Davey Johnson will let Gooden continue, and moments later, Mike Scioscia will break through against Gooden, using a blue 50-dollar bill from the “Monopoly” board game to get 25 Polish sausages.
Newsday’s 5 things to look for at C-Field.
Another New Stadiums, Bad Economy piece in the Ledger.
Raissman wonders if YES will show the empty seats? Who would have thought empty seats at the New Stadium would have been a consideration?
I like the plan to push the Super Bowl to President’s Day weekend – sorry skiiers and NASCAR (that’s when the Daytona 500 is. Or as we’ll say soon, “was.”)
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Looks Like St. John’s At Citi Game Will Happen
I’m writing this at 8am, I’m mentioning this in case you’re doing a Google search later Sunday morning, I don’t want to screw you up.
The forecast right now is rain all morning, but “a few showers” at 12, “cloudy” at 1, and isolated t-storms at 2.
If it were my building I’d open the gates. (Well if it were my building the first event there would be a Mets game but that ship has sailed. Zeus, you still with me buddy?)
I’m surprised SNY isn’t televising this one. Even if they did no play by plan and just turned a few cameras on, that would be cool. (If a game must be played…come on Big Z…)
There’s no mention in “the media” or a rainout, so head on out to Flushing and enjoy the building. I’ll be in the yard doing my rain dance.
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