Comparing the Shea Stadium commemorative logo to this one one could see how crappy a job the Citi/Mets marketing did with this one. I think they drew it up after attending a “start of season” party and waking up in the morning with a hangover…. Jeez…you would figure there would be some relevance to the Mets…or baseballl…or a stadium….instead they just took the regular logo and stuck it in a box….looks like it’s directing me to the orange section of the citibank parking lot….

I think if they put another Orange rectangle along the “3rd baseline” that said “Mets” it would be a little better….kinda like two dugouts along the diamond….

You can’t be serious. This logo sucks. I know Citi paid 20 mil or whatever, but do you think that they could at least put a Mets logo, Mets colors or SOMETHING Mets on it? Why don’t they just change the team name to the Citibank Mets. Has the Rollerball prophecy of corporations taking over everything finally come true? Will we soon be singing the Citi Bank corporate anthem at the beginning of games? (For those of you who don’t understand, rent Rollerball and watch it. I mean the older James Caan version, not that piece of crap that came out a few years ago.)

It almost looks like its a (field level) ticket, with the way the colors are laid out…That may be the logic behind the logo? It seems to me as “effecitively simple”

you mean fans of Citibank? They’re the ones who came up with the logo.

It’s a temporary stadium name and logo anyway.

Citigroup (among other former stalwart financials) is the latest imploding Enron fiasco, and at the rate they’re selling mammoth chunks of themselves to Abu Dhabi and Singapore, we should be getting a new name change in a couple years. How about The OPEC Sovereign Nation of Abu Dhabi’s American Field for Baseball and Public Stoning? Kinda catchy.

The exact term I would use is, “effortless”…

pretty sure west palm beach airport, its ab 45 mins to an hour away and theres a hotel like a minute away from the stadium but i forget which one…if you do a search on like hotels.com or something, sometimes they tell you how far away the hotel is from the main attractions in the area…and believe me the stadium is the only main attraction in port st. lucie…its awesome being able to go to the games and see the players up close but the night life is minimal.

I am going March 8th thru the 11th. I am flying in to West Palm Beach Airport which is about 50 minutes from Port St. Lucie. My father lives in Hobe Sound which is halfway between the airport and the game. I was looking at hotels too because I am bringing the fiance who wants to lay out while me and pops are at the game. Found Pine Villas at Perfect Drive in St. Lucie. Nice hotel with terrace for each room, fridge, 2 double beds, etc. Rates on Expedia start at 126.00 per night. Little pricy but not too bad. My father sent me Florida newspaper articles to show me how in demand Met spring training tickets are. Everyone is so pumped up for this year. Game I am going to against Red Sox I have front row behind home plate which we can get 400 a piece if we sell. Cant wait!
On another note, my father said the fans are going so crazy to see F-Mart hit that they had to hide him under a hood and escort him to private batting practice. Mets are being very careful with F-Mart. Paper there says he is second behind Santana as far as who fans want to see and get close to. Very Interesting. Hope his play matches all the hype.

My parents live in PSL, so i fly down there a lot, PBI (Palm Beach International) is the closest major airport. But if you are renting a car, you can find chaper flights if you dont mind driving a bit, Ft Lauderdale, Miami and Orlando are all within 2ish hours drive of PSL, I usually fly into Ft Lauderdale, as it can save over $200 on the flight, unless you get a great deal flying into PBI.

As for Hotels, There are plenty of Chain hotels, and they are all pretty much the same.

yup, the funny thing is, this probably went through months and months of revisions at a top ad agency and ended up costing a fortune. Just like those new hideous NYC taxi logos.

I’m also a designer and while it’s not an unexpected result given today’s strict corporate branding guidelines, it’s pretty bad. I expected something simple, safe and “fast” but that tilt is just arbitrary and clumsy. If the intent was to achieve a baseball diamond shape then it would have made sense to incorporate the word “field” in a lockup within that shape. Instead, what you end up with is something that vaguely resembles a hang tag on a Starter jacket. It’s a good example of how branding standards should always be combined with little bit of common sense.

That’s pretty funny…I don’t think Citi is getting bought out by anyone though…it’s the largest bank in the country (or second largest - behind Chase)…if anything, they’re buying other guys out….