I feel that the only reason they built the new ballpark was for the money and the Wilpon’s ego.

That being said, comments on CF can’t be relevant until you actually go to some games there. It is a different perspective watching a game from the outfield. Such seats are usually cheap seats in other ballparks but the Mets are charging full price. You are a long long way away from the main action. there also might be some impaired views with the Prom staircases, out of town scoreboard, overhand on some decks (like the last few rows of the Mezz and Loge) and other railings. Only one way to see for sure..

I go back to the Polo Grounds and I was at Shea when it was new. Of course the first hr was hit by a member of the opposing team but what else could you expect. I even liked the round ball parks and I detest the odd shapes of the new parks. The very first baseball parks had all these irregularities in shape because of land restrictions at the building site or they were originally used for some other sport or who knows why. I believe that nooks and crannies belong on an English muffin. But I digress. I rooted for the Mets in the Polo Ground, Shea Stadium and now will root for them in the new ball park. Perhaps I’m not as obsessed as the rest of you but I do not define my life by the ball parks I attend. It was great entertainment and I had some very good times at Shea but I never “lived” there. I had some great times at the local movie house and I must say me and the gf probably had better times in the balcony of that movie theatre than at Shea. But I didn’t weep when they tore the damn thing down.

And also lets not forget it was one of the only remaining venues played by The Beatles in North America.