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Just grabbed a ticket for the June 5th game. Anybody else going? 

Planning on getting there when the gates open and watching batting practice and leaving around 9 or so to head back to Baltimore. Excited to cross another stadium off my list.

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30 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

I thought it was just a ton of Broooklyn Dodgers stuff. Wasn't that the complaint?

Not sure what you mean. Brooklyn Dodgers were in Brooklyn, not Queens. Ebbets Field is an intersection. Drove by on the way to Peter Luger not too long ago.

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11 minutes ago, Rene88 said:

Not sure what you mean. Brooklyn Dodgers were in Brooklyn, not Queens. Ebbets Field is an intersection. Drove by on the way to Peter Luger not too long ago.

I was there in 2009 and you would've sworn that the Dodgers played there. It was easier to find Dodger references than Mets ones. Hopefully it has changed since.

I found the stadium to be rather unimpressive. I can't say it was bad, it just wasn't anything special. I was just lucky enough to be there when the Phillies turned the unassisted triple play to end the game.

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20 minutes ago, Rene88 said:

Not sure what you mean. Brooklyn Dodgers were in Brooklyn, not Queens. Ebbets Field is an intersection. Drove by on the way to Peter Luger not too long ago.

I think he may mean the Jackie Robinson Rotunda as the centerpiece of the entrance.

 

 Wilpon was a huge Brooklyn fan and one of the reasons the outer shell strongly copies Ebbets Field, the NY ballpark of his youth. He got a little flack for that when the park opened, but I think this article gets into his explanation.

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17 minutes ago, Rich Mac said:

I was there in 2009 and you would've sworn that the Dodgers played there. It was easier to find Dodger references than Mets ones. Hopefully it has changed since.

I found the stadium to be rather unimpressive. I can't say it was bad, it just wasn't anything special. I was just lucky enough to be there when the Phillies turned the unassisted triple play to end the game.

I was there last year, don’t recall. I think 2009 might have been the first year it opened?

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18 minutes ago, NashLumber said:

I think he may mean the Jackie Robinson Rotunda as the centerpiece of the entrance.

 

 Wilpon was a huge Brooklyn fan and one of the reasons the outer shell strongly copies Ebbets Field, the NY ballpark of his youth. He got a little flack for that when the park opened, but I think this article gets into his explanation.

Good stuff. Thanks for posting.

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7 hours ago, MurphDogg said:

Just grabbed a ticket for the June 5th game. Anybody else going? 

Planning on getting there when the gates open and watching batting practice and leaving around 9 or so to head back to Baltimore. Excited to cross another stadium off my list.

Don’t have a list, but my Dad was a huge B Dodgers fan and he hasn’t been there. I have an idea for a road trip.

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10 hours ago, Rich Mac said:

I was there in 2009 and you would've sworn that the Dodgers played there. It was easier to find Dodger references than Mets ones. Hopefully it has changed since.

I found the stadium to be rather unimpressive. I can't say it was bad, it just wasn't anything special. I was just lucky enough to be there when the Phillies turned the unassisted triple play to end the game.

Aesthetically, the stadium is unimpressive, but the sightlines out to the field are very good, even for the inexpensive seats. Unlike Yankee Stadium, there's a good variety of reasonably-priced cuisines and beers. And Mets fans are a lot nicer to talk with than Y's fans. So in all respects, including dealing with Queens instead of a trashy neighborhood at night in the Bronx, I'd rather be at Citifield than Yankee Stadium when the O's come to NY.

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14 minutes ago, LA2 said:

Aesthetically, the stadium is unimpressive, but the sightlines out to the field are very good, even for the inexpensive seats. Unlike Yankee Stadium, there's a good variety of reasonably-priced cuisines and beers. And Mets fans are a lot nicer to talk with than Y's fans. So in all respects, including dealing with Queens instead of a trashy neighborhood at night in the Bronx, I'd rather be at Citifield than Yankee Stadium when the O's come to NY.

Yes, Citi Field > Yankee Stadium

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22 hours ago, LA2 said:

Aesthetically, the stadium is unimpressive, but the sightlines out to the field are very good, even for the inexpensive seats. Unlike Yankee Stadium, there's a good variety of reasonably-priced cuisines and beers. And Mets fans are a lot nicer to talk with than Y's fans. So in all respects, including dealing with Queens instead of a trashy neighborhood at night in the Bronx, I'd rather be at Citifield than Yankee Stadium when the O's come to NY.

I've never been to Yankee stadium, so I can't compare the two. I'm sure the fans are much more tolerable at Citi Field though. I also came right in on the LIRR, so I never really got to see the neighborhood. We were in and out lickety-split. 

I think they were probably working out alot of kinks when we were there considering that it was the first year the place was open. 

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