Mets plan *HUGE* $8 Billion Stadium District Renovation

Discussing the New York Mets Citi Filed renovation
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[@Melbester9]

As a Yankee fan, the MLS stadium in Queens near Citi Field is why they're building this park. Yankee Stadium has this too across the ballpark with a baseball field and a park around it for people because where the new Yankee Stadium is used to be a park. The Mets are also doing this park becsuse the street behind Citi Field sucks. Its deserted and the whole block is filled with Auto Shops for car repairs. Its been there since Shea Stadium and I've been there couple times. They had to add stuff outside of the stadium to make it look better for fans and people/tourists visiting the area.

[@KittyPurrfect100]

Arrowhead Stadium should not be replaced. Citi Field needs some decor around the ballpark: a delicatessen dive bar, graffiti on a long wall of Mets related history, an ice skating rink, a garden🪴 , a neighborhood of ambience, a giant big screen to watch Mets games. I am not from New York.

[@user-hp1ou3nb7t]

Smaller cities have been building entertainment districts around minor league ballparks for sometime. The Bricktown District in OKC has been thriving since the 90's.

[@william7286]

The New York Jets should get in on this and construct a new stadium next to Citi Field.

[@ErikCB912]

I agree. They should have done that after the west side stadium failed. The jets should come home to flushing meadows

[@paulgrieshop5024]

Jets should come back to Queens and have a great stadium that is there's. When they were at Shea they never played a preseason game there Mets had top priority they played in Yankees or a neutral site. They share with the Giants and they are second class . To have there own stadium in Queens would be perfect.

[@jeffreyreyes6800]

Yes the jets need to follow the clippers lead and get their own stadium

[@xxdavi95]

No NYCFC deserve it more than the jets

[@RB01.10]

MetLife Stadium isn’t even 20 years old though LOL

[@justsamoo3480]

There are actually some stadiums with dense forests nearby, first one that comes to mind would be Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt, Germany

[@michaeldelgado5895]

I like the green roofs. Brings back some of the greenery taken away

[@chadheiden9235]

Brewer fan here, we went to a Brewer Met game at Citi Field last summer. We were surprised how many parking spots were empty (mass transit helps to that). We come from the tailgate culture at Miller Park/ AmFam where the lots are fairly packed and people are hanging out having a good time. But overall it is a beautiful stadium though and really enjoyed the experience.

[@JH-tg3qg]

It's illegal to have a open container on nyc property and it's enforced. Dumb that u can't tailgate at a sporting event! Only nyc . Nyc is a total cesspool and I'm glad my jets are 17 miles from my house and not in cesspool nyc!

[@cqholt]

Green roofs are a great way to mitigate storm water runoff and absorb heavy rainfall. They add oxygen providing plants to otherwise a blank roof.

[@Stopleftists1776]

Lol what a joke

[@ninerdave]

Hope they keep Shea’s home plate, first, second and third base locations

[@VianoMusicAcademy]

They have to. I don’t see how they don’t.

[@ninerdave]

@@VianoMusicAcademy I know. Just sentimental on my part

[@nathangursky4628]

Knowing Cohen, they will

[@devonbrooks246]

I really don’t like retractable roofs on baseball stadiums. I know there is a need for them in some areas but they never look good. Aesthetics don’t matter though if people are uncomfortable.

[@RB01.10]

Yes, certain states such as Texas, Arizona, California, and Florida have retractable roofs due to the extreme heat but if they were used everywhere the weather would no longer be an inconvenience

[@samus4040]

“Number A” 🤣

[@manuelgrothe608]

The New York Mets should make the Brooklyn Dome next door to Barclay Center

[@spinlok3943]

I like this! Looks like a nice addition to the park.

[@thephantomeagle2]

Detroit Tiger fan here. This looks amazing. While being different sports look at what the Packers did with Titletown Disctrict. it's got a sledding hill, a brewery, health clinic, hotel, and more. it was a shopping area but when most of the larger retailers left they worked a deal with the smaller stores to move down the highway a bit and built it up. The same happened at Gilette.

[@jonstefanik9400]

Patriot Place might have been the 1st.

[@thephantomeagle2]

@@jonstefanik9400 it was

[@johnsamoilis6379]

It was the first@@jonstefanik9400

[@roberta.5967]

Yes! The video that I’ve been waiting for!! Thanks DG!!

[@ronpeacock9939]

Sounds great until you can’t get enough parking.. parking garages are great.. except they become a bottleneck before/after the game.. here in AZ, Chase has a few garages.. lots of parking in a small place.. can’t tailgate.. and it becomes a line after the game.. where surface lots have quite a few exits.. also nice how they are spending other peoples money for little gain.. cities need to tell them.. YOU WANT IT… YOU’RE WELCOME TO BUILD IT.. and YOU’RE WELCOME TO PAY FOR IT!

[@nathangursky4628]

I would guess 60 percent of folks who attend Met games don't drive. Maybe more. I have been to near 30 games and have driven there myself once. Trains/ubers make it so much easier and less stressful, and with the cost of parking, it is actually cheaper too.

[@JH-tg3qg]

Agreed build your own house nobody built me a house.

[@slapdoe7438]

They proposed this all with private money, they are not asking for any tax dollars

[@billcook4768]

Looks great. I do wonder how much parking they lose. Note that the parking is also critical for tennis during the us open.

[@Metfan722]

What they lose in a parking lot I think they get back in the garages. Allegedly they're going to be three stories high but have two levels below. So each would be five levels but only three levels would be visible from ground level.

[@BlimpCityFeeder]

Feels like Opening Day Tailgates May be a thing of the past. Not the same with parking garages. Can’t have everything.

[@26sniff]

We are all sad it does not include a stadium umbrella

[@matthew01234]

It sounds like they are building the stadium right on Sesame Street. "Today's Mets game is brought to you by the letter L."

[@georgesealy4706]

Schenley Park was beyond Forbes Field's left and center field in Pittsburgh. There were beautiful trees out there and it added greatly to the experience of attending a game. I loved going to games there. It felt comfortable and the setting was terrific.

[@josephlucas3099]

What was beyond left field at Forbes Field was that piece of land between Forbes Field and Carnegie Library. In right was the cliff that dropped straight off to Panther Hollow. Schenley Park was, and still is, across the bridge over Panther Hollow. It was a rat infested dump that was too small and, with the cliff beyond the right field stands, no way to expand.

[@andrewwomble2722]

The Olympic stadium in Munich Germany is a great example of building public parks around a stadium.

[@joezegers]

All of this is on the former site of Shea Stadium.

[@schmoab]

G is a casino. They need to acquire a rare gaming license from New York. Of course it’s right next to Flushing Meadows park, which could use some renovation as well.

[@ThePhenomm]

It makes sense there’s nothing around Citi Field

[@jumpgenx2571]

Have any of these stadium district plans come to fruition?

[@johnholst]

I guess Toronto has always been ahead of its time! Rogers Centre is already surrounded by parks, hotels, and restaurants.

[@gymrat2647]

Do like this. That’s a good idea by having a hotel restaurants bars etc. Overall brilliant idea

[@tonecot8932]

Man, i remember as a kid going to Shea Stadium and the only thing they had outside the stadium were shady autobodies/ chop shops.

[@RB01.10]

Why was Shea even replaced? I was never there but many said it became dated etc

[@tonecot8932]

@@RB01.10 it was an old multipurpose stadium from 1964. No amenities, even the players hated playing there.

[@RB01.10]

@@tonecot8932 I see, did they ever consider updating it more though? And what amenities did it lack? Granted I can understand it’s not always the best option as it can actually cost more to renovate

[@matthew01234]

I think a huge very nice casino smack dab in the middle of NYC would bw brilliant. That place would stay packed. They could probably make it the biggest Hotel & Casino in world history and still keep it packed. I wouldn't be surprised if some New Yorkers just moved in there permanently.

[@warturtle94]

I live in Kansas City and so far it looks the sentiment I’m gathering is voters aren’t going to vote for Shermans to get his stadium he’s already basically been caught lying by third party inspectors who say Kauffman doesn’t need much more the standard maintenance and repairs. We love The K and we want to stay!!!

[@samelmudir]

wonder how long for shovels to get in ground. NYCFC next to the space took a while to get approved but that project might jumpstart this.

[@billcook4768]

I’m not sure he trees that will be cut down for shovel handles have been planted yet.

[@billcook4768]

If the Mets are playing October baseball. Hahahaha. You’re funny.

[@Venom3254]

Many natives in Flushing don't want a casino in the area

[@Priceless5799]

They cleared out the iron triangle for this plan. I miss that place they had everything for your car

[@RB01.10]

If it were up to me I’d use that $8 billion to put a retractable roof on Citi Field, as it should’ve had from the beginning. Rainouts would no longer be a thing.

[@Golbez1991]

With that much money they can simply replicate Shea Stadium.

[@gustavolanata1019]

i am happy no roof. Green roofs are wonderful and very successful in other parts of the world. creating a city centre city as part of a stadium i terrific. No roof please. Push the fences out please MLB parks are too small!

[@ZoraDelaney]

It could use mixed-use development housing......

[@LeftyStegman]

I’m going to miss those chop shops

[@donwert70]

they will be replaced by the new soccer stadium and the other massive project current underway there@@justinjessee

[@xxdavi95]

@@justinjesseethe soccer stadium will essentially eliminate them

[@airdawg16]

"Whats Number A?!?" 😂

[@VianoMusicAcademy]

They’ve been talking about this for 60 years. Yes, Stevie is our owner, but I’ll believe it when I see it. Also, I’m not seeing a plan for the junkyard side of the diagram, which is the right side of it. I know they’re building the new soccer stadium there. I’d like to see the full plan, and what they do with it.

[@xxdavi95]

There cleaning the area right now after that affordable housing will go up along with a school and retail space with the stadium being completed and opened by 2027 or as soon as 2026

[@VianoMusicAcademy]

@@xxdavi95 did you know the official population of that area, Willets Point, is 10, according to wiki? There may be a few more people living in that area when all is said and done

[@SeanCain98]

They are cleaning the gas and toxic stuff out of the area first then they will build it

[@VianoMusicAcademy]

Same way they built Shea, on a landfill@@SeanCain98

[@jartstopsign]

The Mets and Queens city planners have been trying to pull this off on the other side of the stadium in Willets Point aka the Iron Triangle for over 15 years now to no avail. They had plan after plan in place but all of the crooked chop shop owners in that embarrassment of a neighborhood kept stonewalling the developers to the point where now apparently the Mets have said screw it and came up with this.

[@metsr18rhq]

If this happens, where will the car chopping services go? LOL.

[@donwert70]

the Mets plan is entirely separate from the city's plan for Willets Point, which is currently underway. A lot of the shops are gone and land has been cleared.

[@JayTor2112]

Who do they plan on squeezing that out of? Their tax base is rapidly shrinking. They'll just have to squeeze more out of less I guess. I❤NY!!

[@manuelgrothe608]

UBS Arena should relocate to Queens, New York next door to Citibank Field

[@mattyg4186]

I’m not thrilled all of the parking eliminated for this yes there’s 3 parking garages but that’s gonna bottleneck those driving to and from the game could’ve left some more parking

[@MattSezer]

Good, you deserve to be stuck in traffic if you drive to a stadium with ample public transit options. They’re the Metropolitans, not the Suburbans.

[@mattyg4186]

@@MattSezer you don’t always get stuck in traffic

[@ErikCB912]

@@MattSezernot everyone who goes to Mets games live in NYC and not all train lines that outside of NYC go to the Mets-Willets points station.

[@ErikCB912]

I agree. Also this will be a nightmare when the US Open takes place for 2 weeks in late August to early September. Usually the Mets have an agreement with the USTA tennis center to the citi field parking lot for overflow parking during the 2 weeks of the us open. I can’t even imagine the traffic situation especially if there’s also a Mets game going on at the same time.

[@mattyg4186]

@@MattSezer as someone with a disability taking the train isn’t as handicap friendly as people think and until the station is upgraded which they said they are up if it’s the city’s job who knows give long that’ll be if they even upgrade it

[@NoName-zb1gm]

I wonder where people will park?

[@ArktinenJenkki]

You don’t understand how solar works in 2024.

[@MattSezer]

They need to knock down CitiField and build a new stadium if they’re going to be spending all of that money. There’s nothing wrong with CitiField, but it could be way better.

[@infoguy1978]

I loath that city field is made in honor of the dodgers ebbs field. you walk in and its a shrine to Jackie Robinson. so bizarre and insulting. thats the dodgers job and Cooperstown's.

[@DCLT05]

Met fan here.... so, like, half the fun of Mets games is tailgating in the parking lot before the game, because you're obviously not there to see the team win (I'm a little jaded). I feel like this is excessive and unecessary.

[@NothingToPointOut24]

Unfortunately something like this is developed with the true fans not in mind.

[@jdspreest]

retractable roofs LOL

[@reh303]

Your visceral hatred of green rooves always fascinates me. If it's a aesthetic thing, they're generally not visible from the ground anyway.

[@northernsurferboy]

The ubs arena next door already has a district around it

[@samelmudir]

you mean new MLS stadium? UBS is at Belmont

[@ErikCB912]

UBS arena is further southwest on the queens/nassau county border. In heavy traffic it could take you an hour to get there from citi field

[@pauldavis1943]

A casino?

[@DaemonPix]

Whatever takes your attention away from the dumpster fire called "The Mets".

[@Venom3254]

NYCFC is already doing it

[@richardsantiago429]

stop take parking lot away.

[@SeanCain98]

No