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Dovie Q sent in the following images from Shea Stadium, or Tadium as it is now know…
…thanks to Dovie for the pictures…
For more, check out the following gallery from Dan…
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They’re knocking down the wrong stadium.
i feel the exact same way
huh?
Wow…looks REALLY strange without the scoreboard.
You guys are crazy. Shea has run its course and was ruined for me watching the Yankees celebrate there in 2000.
Out with the old, in with the new.
Yes, it may have been time for a new stadium. But one with sufficient seating and affordable prices would have been a lot nicer for the fans.
The experience of Shea is gone and can never be adequately replaced with a corporate stadium and 12k less seats.
If that’s what “new” is, give me the old every day of the week.
get a clue. this is a business, nothing more.
ill accept the new if the new comes with more money for the team to spend on its players (and the draft). of course if the new is simply a business move and just about increasing profits and being satisfied with “meaningful baseball in september” then i as a fan will be angry. I hope thats not the case but im worried it will be.
Nope, sorry it’s not “just a business”. Keep in mind the reason that baseball has the anti-trust exemption is because it’s not “just a business”. And when the stadium is built with more taxpayer funds (>300 million) than private money, well it now becomes something that should give value back to the public - and not be a corporate stadium that effectively denies access to many of the people who paid for its construction.
I don’t understand why there isn’t more outrage over the significantly reduced capacity and ridiculous pricing…a stadium with this capacity in NY is a joke. And i certainly don’t understand defending it.
Very cool.
Hey, thanks. Where else can you go but this blog to see occasional updates/pictures on the demolishing of the old and the progress of the new…..
http://www.baseball-fever.com
Then click on baseball parks - and there is a thread for citifield construction as well as Shea demolition.
that doesnt work…or i just cant find it
Why are they leaving at “TADIUM?” I’ll miss Shea!
They will remove the rest eventually, they sold the S already.
Well hopefully the transition from Shea to Citi will also make a change from the franchise’s mostly poor history to a more consistent winning tradition
I will miss Shea as well, but to say this isn’t good is nonsense.
I am a Patriots fan….I was at the last game at the old Foxboro Stadium (talk about dumps!) - the snow bowl against Oakland. I definitely miss the old dump, but Gillette Stadium is amazing…….give it a year and you won’t even think twice about walking into Citi Field.
It was a fumble . . .
I have to say, seeing the scoreboard come down is a little sad, as I thought this was one major element that could have made the trip.
The Shea scoreboard was iconic, and ahead of its time. No other stadium gave you out-of-town details like pitching matchups. They could have replaced the huge Bud advertisement with a modern high-def video screen and moved it over.
Won’t be as sad when they tear down Row O from the Upper Deck, which I think carries a Bayside zip code….
How about Row O from the Mez……which is just like watching the game from inside a coffin. However I saw my first playoff game from Mez Row O in 1999 and was just thrilled to be in the building.
I’ve been lucky enough to have been at 6 great moments in NY sports in the last 30 years…game 6 of 86, the grand slam single, both walk-off HR games by the Yankees in the 2003 WS, the Matteau double overtime goal against the Devils, and game 7 of the Stanley Cup that same year. As much as the Garden was a mob scene, and as much as Yankee Stadium is (was) a cathedral, there was nothing like Shea when it was really rocking… for all the crappy bathrooms, lousy food and dangling wires at the back of the loge section, it still had a presence that will be hard to replicate…seeing that scoreboard down is sad.
great…now HRs will NEVER get past the swirling winds.
Hey,
I loved shea too, because of what went on there, but lets face it, at the end it was a dump.
Leaking restrooms, too few consessions that would make you miss an inning while standing in line. While in line, the TV’s never worked…and the list goes on.
I’ve been to a few of the new parks, believe me, you guys are going to love CitiField.
“TADIUM”?
How much editing goes on with these posts, anyway?
Look at the third picture, oh smart one.
*sigh* It’s like watching people rip down a place you used to live… it’s sad. I wish the Wilpons cared a little more and gave it a better send off (through the year… not just the last day).
It will be interesting seeing the new Dodgers Park next year
Not sure why everyone is so negative about Shea. Yes it wasn’t the best place and it was falling apart. But we all had great memories there. I saw my first ball game there so I will always love the dump that it was cause it was our dump. No one can take that away. It actually made me a little sad seeing it dismantled.
At the same time, after moving to Dallas and going to the Ballpark to see the Rangers play, I can’t wait to see Citi Field. Its a fun place to go and watch a game and there are no lines at concession or anything. (although not as many people come out to watch the Rangers). Its going to be a great change.
Thanks for the memories Shea!