Video: What’s Left of Shea Stadium

December 2, 2008 at 4:25 pm · 14 comments

by Matthew Cerrone

The following video, which you can share on your blog, is of Shea Stadium’s infield, if you can call it that:

Tagged as: Shea Stadium

{ 14 comments }

BIGREDjaw December 2, 2008 at 4:33 pm

Noooooooooo……………..

sepmets December 2, 2008 at 4:44 pm

When is Shea going to be torn down already and replaced with a parking lot?

Lidge=Mitch Williams December 2, 2008 at 4:50 pm

Good-bye old friend!

CaseStreet December 2, 2008 at 4:50 pm

Oh no! If the gov’t or some people who demand that the Citi deal be broken, where will the Mets play?

I mean, the Citi money has gone to build Citi Field, right?

anditsouttahere December 2, 2008 at 4:54 pm

no they’ll play at the stadium that was just built next to shea. except it wont be called citi field. if anything does happen itll be mets park (like nationals park) until sum1 else buys the naming rights. citi didnt pay for construction, just for their name to be on the front.

CaseStreet December 2, 2008 at 4:59 pm

I mean, some have argued that since taxpayers gave money to Citi they somehow also now own the Mets. I was being sarcastic in pointing out how ridiculous that argument is.

anditsouttahere December 2, 2008 at 4:55 pm

how is it coming down? i heard they couldn’t implode it, but every other stadium thats been taken down in recent years gets blown to smitherines. i hope they use dynomite.

rockets212 December 2, 2008 at 5:42 pm

new york state law says they cant implode it so itll be a long pocess with a wrecking ball

Ceetar December 2, 2008 at 5:59 pm

As they did in St. Louis. I actually have a cool picture of it being partially destroyed taken from inside the arch.

rustyjr December 2, 2008 at 6:14 pm

yeah all that asbestos and all – we wouildn’t wanna contaminate willets point :P

randytate December 2, 2008 at 5:23 pm

I was wondering why they didn’t keep the pitching mound and rubber and make it a small park once its a parking lot.

PelfreyCyYoung09 December 2, 2008 at 6:06 pm

that would have been really cool to see :)

Bye-Bye Shea…the Mets were 2-2 in the 4 games i went to :(

Ted Berg December 2, 2008 at 6:47 pm

I believe that’s actually not that far off the plan — they’re going to use the original home-plate spot as home plate for the annual wheelchair softball tournament they hold in the parking lot.

rustyjr December 2, 2008 at 6:13 pm

damn that hurts to watch – kinda like my childhood is being demolished

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