Talk:Citi Field

Mention of Redevelopment at Willets Point?
Should there be a link to the redevelopment being planned at Willets Point? That site is adjacent to Citi Field to the east. Other related articles have done this. For example, the article on Nationals Park has a link to redevelopment in the surrounding area. DAK4Blizzard (talk) 06:22, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

NEW SEATING NUMBER
I FOUND THAT THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF SEATS WILL BE 42500.

That's close to the "approx 42,000" found on their website.

It's also close to the number quoted in the press coverage —Preceding unsigned comment added by TheMightyHercules (talk • contribs) 01:37, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Change name to "New Mets Ballpark"?
All Mets PR releases refer to the project as the "New Mets Ballpark" and I think that this corresponding article should have the same name.


 * Huh?


 * I agree. As seen HERE, the Mets are currently using the name "New Mets Ballpark" until the official name is decided. This article should be renamed "New Mets Ballpark", with "New Mets Stadium" redirecting to this page.--Letsgomets1212 19:26, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Maybe we should change the name back to "New Mets Ballpark.:" It is unclear how much longer the current naming rights deal can stay in place. Timothy Horrigan (talk) 18:43, 23 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Not until the name is officially changed. - BillCJ (talk) 23:55, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Comparison table
The comparison table is a nice addition, but the colors make it hard to read, I think. --Veronique 15:40, 24 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I added the table. I thought the colors not only gave the table some Mets flare, but I also thought that the colors helped distinguish one ballparks facts from the other. I suppose it could be removed, but I kind of like the way it looks (that and the fact that it took me a half hour to figure out how to do it). Maybe we could get some other opinions on here?--Letsgomets1212 19:26, 24 June 2006 (UTC)


 * It is very hard on my eyes. The table itself is a nice addition, but the colors either need to be changed or removed. There's a reason orange was only ever a secondary color on the Giants and Mets uniforms. &mdash;D-Rock 21:16, 24 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Okay, I took care of it, everything is normal now. I'm glad you like the table! --Letsgomets1212 22:32, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Ballpark Info Table
Could someone add one of those ballpark information tables? One of the ones that go on the side of the article and give basic facts about the stadium, like the one here. I'd do it myself, but I am Wiki-inept. Cowami, Worshipper of Qeueue 22:20, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Done. Add what information I missed. --Zimbabweed 03:07, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Pictures
Should I add pictures of the stadium constuction? The constriction site is 100% visiable from the upper deck at shea.
 * Not yet, all it is right now are some spikes in the ground, some piles of dirt, a crane, and a some tubes. Wait until you can actually see the stadium being built before you post pictures. I don't believe they have even officially broken ground yet.-Letsgomets1212 17:05, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, since us Mets fans are more modest than those Yankee fans, I don't think we even get an official groundbreaking ceremony.Cowami, Worshipper of Qeueue 19:15, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, supposedly, the have not yet "officially" broken ground, even though they have started to do some work. I'm sure there will be a ceremony in the near future. Perhaps right after the Mets are knocked out of the playoffs (or after the World Series if they win it).-72.68.209.175 21:23, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Official name
The Mets has confirmed the rumors that Citi Field will indeed be the new name for the stadium (http://www.the-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061111/APS/611112945&cachetime=5 AP link). --Zimbabweed 22:29, 11 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I've been reading that there should be a space in the name, per the MLB and New York Mets websites. Although there are scattered references to the name with no space, the official releases as well as stadium concept drawings seem to imply "Citi Field". —Fumo7887 (talk • contribs) 17:47, 13 November 2006 (UTC)


 * They should probably change the name to US Taxpayers Field.--E tac (talk) 14:03, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Ballpark Images
I added the "Ballpark Images" section to the page. Does everyone like this idea? I personally think it gives people a real good idea of what the park will look like.Letsgomets1212 19:36, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Removal of comments
I thought that comments on the talk page are not supposed to be removed. As for other arenas in the New York City area, they could have been another section. Several other pages on stadiums, ballparks, and sport arenas have sections regarding to "related pages". Also, since the Citi Field and the New Yankees Stadium are going to be built in the same time frame, are in the same city and will open at the same time, it may prove interesting to be able to keep track of their progress in one place. user:mnw2000 01:15, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Removing reference to rumored All-Star Game
I'm deleting this section: ''Citi Field hosting All Star in 2013?? / According to ESPN.com, sources say the year Citi Field will host an All-Star Game will be in 2013.'' There's no direct citation, ESPN.com is far too large to roam around looking for it, and it's still just an unsourced rumor. The double question marks ought to give that away. If anybody can provide verifable information on awarding an All-Star Game to the Mets, then it should definitely be part of the article. Until then, it doesn't belong here. SixFourThree (talk) 14:15, 27 March 2008 (UTC)SixFourThree

Cost discrepancy
The opening paragraph says the stadium will cost $850 million, with $450 million subsidized. In the construction section though, it says the projected cost is $610 million, with the Mets picking up $420 million (which would leave $190 million subsidized).

Which is it? 162.136.192.1 (talk) 18:10, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Seems this has been slightly edited since the above comment; the Construction section now says: "The Mets are spending more than $600 million for the new stadium, which New York City and New York state are also supporting with a total of $165 million for such costs as infrastructure and site preparation."

I second the question: Which is it? Ilyse Kazar (talk) 16:04, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Citi & 2008 financial crisis
I see that this section has been removed. Considering that the New Yankee Stadium article has a section covering the criticism of public funding and construction of the stadium, I believe that criticism of the Citi Field deal is relevant as well. I have added back the Rep. Cummings quote. Richiekim (talk) 15:01, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

UFL at Citi Field
Although there are rumors that the United Football League may play games at Citi Field, it is not yet official. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. 72.229.239.238 (talk) 23:40, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * The game rumored to be at Citi Field will be played at Giants Stadium. Removed all mention of UFL from this article.  72.229.227.32 (talk) 01:09, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Woops, the game rumored to be at Hofstra will be at Giants Stadium. The Citi Field game is on.  72.229.227.32 (talk) 01:14, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

Uniform Patch
I have also added a section on the uniform patch and the controversy it generated. When the New York Times, ESPN and Colbert Report all reference the controversy, it's worth noting here. SixFourThree (talk) 15:46, 18 February 2009 (UTC)SixFourThree

I'm Calling it Shea
Should "I'm Calling it Shea" be mentioned?

Citi Field and Home Runs
The caption on one of the photos of the park states that it is especially difficult to hit home runs in Citi Field. This is not true. Based on 2009 stats, Citi Field's park factor for home runs is 1.057 (1 being average, over 1 being easier for HRs). This made Citi the 12th easiest park to hit home runs in out of 30 MLB parks. http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/parkfactor This opinion of difficulty for home runs and the actuality might make for an interesting topic on this page. --160.79.104.18 (talk) 16:48, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Clearly not true, so I took it out of the caption. True compared with Yankee Stadium, maybe, but there are 28 others. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:02, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Needs New Main Picutre
The current one is outdated, from 2009. They have already made changes including the font of the Lets Go Mets sign as well as the centerfield height. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Karljioos (talk • contribs) 04:07, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Dimensions
Don't know how you change it in the info box but it is marked plain as day that deep right center is 390 not 398--Loudoop (talk) 15:26, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Looks like you figured out how. :) Was the fence farther away last year? Or was that just a mistake? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 23:03, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

No the info box at the top still says 398 and it suppose to say 390 before they changed it this year it was 415 to deep right center now it is 390 which can plainly be seen in the picture.--Loudoop (talk) 02:33, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Is this article overly negative?
There seems to be undue weight given throughout this article to the negative parts of Citi Field, some of them trivial. Things like complaints of bullpen angle from the visiting team, excessive details of the first game at the park (which the Mets lost), its pitcher-friendliness being presented as if a flaw (places like Petco or ATT have wiki's that rather tout their pitching-friendly play. They are praised for that feature, meanwhile here Citi is "criticized"), VERY excessive coverage of naming "controversy," etc. etc. etc. Compared to other wiki's on ballparks, I think this one has undue weight on its complaints. Meanwhile, there are zero mentions of the critical acclaim in the other direction in this wiki. The "Public Opinion" section is just a bunch of complaints. In reality, public opinion of Citi Field has actually been almost completely very positive, but you'd never know it from reading this wiki. Any thoughts? Yankeesfan10023 (talk) 07:52, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Lease or Own
''The agreement includes a 40-year lease that will keep the Mets in New York until 2049. The Mets own the stadium through a wholly owned subsidiary, Queens Ballpark Company.'' This seems somewhat vague. It's like Victor opening a car repair shop and leases his own car from that shop. The car is registered as a company car to the shop. VegasCasinoKid (talk) 20:59, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

The Mets own the building, the City of New York owns the land the building is built on.Metropod (talk) 01:34, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Fence heights?
Does anyone know how high the fences are in the outfield?

Yugiohfan2010 (talk) 03:18, 27 January 2015 (UTC)

"minor league game" photo
That's edited stock footage of the stadium used in an episode of Power Rangers Dino Charge. I'm not sure it's notable for the article in that context.
 * what does power rangers have to do with citi field. They're not even in the picture.
 * The guy on the video board on the left giving a thumbs up is the current blue ranger. The episode is "Home Run Koda".Metropod (talk) 00:14, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I really see nothing wrong with the image. It's clearly an edited screen-shot of the ballpark.  Hendry Little (talk) 19:09, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Citi Field Location
Currently it says that Citi Field is located in "Flushing, New York" which is correct but it is a park located in Queens and not a city or borough. I was wondering if it would be better if we changed the location on the table to "Queens, New York" or "Queens, New York City, New York" to match the rest of the format similar to the other New York teams. Rodre112330 (talk) 04:32, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

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"Concerts" data unintentionally moved to top of "Citi Field soccer matches" section
While editing the Concerts section to add an upcoming concert (edit timestamped 17:48, 19 May 2018‎), somehow the Concerts data got moved to the Citi Field soccer matches section. The thing is, in the Edit box it appears that the material will appear under the Concerts heading but in the "real" Wikipedia listing it's still under soccer matches, directly above the actual list of soccer matches.

I have no idea what happened - if I could fix it, I would - and I tried - but someone with more experience will need to fix this.

Shea6408 (talk) 18:00, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

New photo needed
The lead picture in this article is from a time before the stadium underwent major renovations. The current interior of the stadium does not resemble what's shown in this article and has not for a while. Dennis C. Abrams (talk) 18:58, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

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