Comments on: See: New Photos of Citi Field

By: leonwestbrook

leonwestbrook — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:44:33 +0000

I will refuse to call it Citi Field. It will be always Shea to be and every other Met fan.

By: AzMetsFan

AzMetsFan — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:41:06 +0000

This happened 2/8 and there was already a sincere posting about it over the weekend. Matt is way quicker than the newspaper outlets.

By: Paulieg

Paulieg — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:01:01 +0000

The Amazins Stadium is looking great! Thanks for the pics

By: SS Express

SS Express — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:58:02 +0000

its really coming along fast. No problem for the link Matt. Great Job today on Mets Hot Stove.

By: roman411

roman411 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:52:08 +0000

Hey Matt & Co.,

Stadiumpage.com is down.

If you know the folks who own run it…let em know!

By: Paulieg

Paulieg — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:29:33 +0000

Amen, great post. I remember the sign man when I was a kid. in 1973 I sat two rows away. He was great and the mets won that game and the sign went up METS POWER! Great fan, great time God Bless!
My condolences as well the the Ehrhart Family!

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:06:20 +0000

I know this isn’t the place for obituaries. But… why no mention of the passing of the famous “sign-man” today? There were short pieces in both NY papers (The News and Post) yesterday.

I’d like to offer my condolences to the Ehrhardt family. You are in our thoughts and prayers. Thanks for the great memories and for one of the fun reasons we had to come to Shea.

By: Saltzy23

Saltzy23 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:03:35 +0000

Also, the fact that all the ’08 cheap season tickets are sold out(even right after the ’07 collapse. They were gone the day they were available) lends me to believe that even if seats are available they will be expensive seats. Id rather go to 10 games in the UD, then have to scramble to see 2 crappy games from the expensive seats, forget about the playoffs.

By: Saltzy23

Saltzy23 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:57:09 +0000

Thats a fair argument. My counter would be that A. That was during the ’07 season, where season ticket plans didnt really mean anything going forward.
This year they have the ‘value’ of priorty in ’09. I have to believe a lot of longtime account holders upgraded so they wouldnt get shut out. I think there maybe a chance that people that have had an account for a long time will get some sort of an option. If (like me) you didnt have a tenured account I dont think you have a chance, just because they would HAVE to give those people priority. and B. The bottom line is that the Mets drew 3.8 Mil last year. The total capacity for Citi Field is 3.645 Mil. Best case scenerio is its a mad scramble to get any seats, and forget weekend, rival, and playoffs. For $3k this year, to me its worth knowing I dont have to worry about it.

By: Paid Like Mike Gallego

Paid Like Mike Gallego — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:45:08 +0000

Interestingly enough, the Mets full season ticket base is not as strong as you’d think. To figure out their 2007 full-season ticket base, I took a look at their attendance for 2007 to find out what the smallest crowd was. On Wednesday May 2, the Mets drew 25, 236 for an afternoon contest against the Marlins. Factoring in a small walkup and partial plan holders, I’d think their full season ticket base was between 21,000 and 24,000.

So far, the Mets have sold approximately 1.8 million tickets for 2008 (see link below). That would work out to 22,000 full season ticket equivalents; with the number of actual full season ticket holders less than that since people have purchased partial plans, seven packs and single game tickets for select games.

http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080204/SPORTS01/802040434