Citi Field
Citi Field
Location
126th St. & Roosevelt Ave.
Flushing, New York 11368
Coordinates
40°45′25″N 73°50′45″W / 40.75694°N
73.84583°W / 40.75694;
-73.84583Coordinates: 40°45′25″N
73°50′45″W / 40.75694°N 73.84583°W /
40.75694; -73.84583
Broke
ground
November 13, 2006
Opened
March 29, 2009 (college game)
April 3, 2009 (exhibition game)
April 13, 2009 (regular season)
Owner
New York Mets
Operator
New York Mets
Surface
Grass
Construction
cost
$900 million
Architect
Populous
Capacity
41,800
Field
dimensions
Left field
Left center
335 ft (102 m)
364 (111)
Deep left center
Center field
Deep right
center
Right center
Right field
384 (117)
408 (124)
415 (126)
378 (115)
330 (101)
Tenants
New York Mets (MLB) (2009-present)
Citi Field is a stadium located in Flushing
Meadows–Corona Park in the New York City
borough of Queens. Completed in 2009, it is
the home ballpark of Major League Base-
ball’s New York Mets. Citi Field was built as
a replacement for the adjacent Shea Stadi-
um, which was itself constructed in 1964
next to the site of the 1964-1965 World’s
Fair. Citi Field was designed by Populous
(formerly HOK Sport), and is named after Cit-
igroup, a financial services company based in
New York that purchased the naming rights.
The $850 million baseball park is being fun-
ded by the sale of New York City municipal
bonds which are to be repaid by the Mets
plus interest. The payments will offset prop-
erty taxes for the lifetime of the park.
The first game at the ballpark took place
on March 29, 2009, with a college baseball
game between St. John’s Red Storm and the
Georgetown Hoyas.[1] The Mets played their
first two games at the ballpark on April 3 and
April 4, 2009 against the Boston Red Sox[2]
as charity exhibition games. The first regular
season home game was played on April 13,
2009, against the San Diego Padres. The
Mets are considered likely to win the rights
to host the 2013 Major League Baseball All-
Star Game at Citi Field, which would bring
the game to the Mets’ home field for only the
second time; the f