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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community May 3, 2004
Pros: Easy to get to and fun baseball
Cons: Jets flying above. No more Jets playing below.
Summary: My dad was a Dodger's fan and with their departure from NY it was a while before he could call another baseball team his own. Then came the METS and he, like so many others, had a team, good or as bad as they were, to root for again. I followed my dads ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 30, 2008
Pros: Reasonable priced tickets, low as $5, Subway is $4 round trip.
Cons: Shea's last season, see it now or else too late!
Summary: This is the final season for Shea Stadium before the New York Mets move into their new ball park, Citi Field. We’ve been trying to visit ball parks and stadia before they are torn down, giving one last look before they are gone forever. While ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 19, 2008
Pros: Hometown Ballpark feel, nice grass surface, good memories.
Cons: Bad driving, bad area, bad parking, expensive, old.
Summary: Shea Stadium: 123-01 Roosevelt Avenue, Flushing, New York 11368-1699 Opened April 17, 1964 Capacity 57,333[1] Home of the New York Mets Major League Baseball club Date visited for review: August 10th, 2008 (Vs. Marlins) Forgive me a little ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 20, 2007
Pros: very easy access via the 7 train, great NL baseball
Cons: very old stadium, rude ushers
Summary: Shea Stadium, along with Yankee Stadium is going to be destroyed at the end of 2008 (or early 2009) in favor of brand new, state of the art stadiums. People always just "Shea Stadium is in Flushing (the city) for a reason". While I'm one of the ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 25, 2007
Pros: great game mets won in the bottom of the 9th 1-0
Cons: long ride took us nearly 3hours from connecticut
Summary: I Was given tickets by my son and daughter in law to see the mets play, the game was great, my son and grandson went with me. what a treat. Great game huge crowd, about 50,000,great seats, loud and happy mets fans,lots of fun from the score board, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 9, 2005
Pros: Good sight lines. Baseball on real grass.
Easy access by subway. Big scoreboard.
Cons: Airplane noise. Small restrooms. Mediocre concession stands.
Summary: Every year I try to see a Major League Baseball stadium that I have never been to before. When I visited New York City in 2003 I was glad to see that the New York Mets were playing the San Diego Padres at Shea Stadium! I grew up a Philadelphia Phillies ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 26, 2004
Pros: Great place to take the kids, and the whole family.
Cons: The constant noise from airplanes taking off and landing in LaGuardia airport.
Summary: I love going to Shea, and so do my visiting friends from around the United States and overseas. Sure Yankee Stadium has history and all that, but Shea has quite a history too.
After all, the Jets played there, as well as the NY Yankees while their ... read more
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Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
Oct 2, 2003
Pros: Authentic sixties-style cookie cutter stadium without the bad press all the others got.
Cons: Food OK but could be better.
Summary: They don't call it "Big Shea" for nothing. Through the retirement of the other cookie-cutter stadia, it has become the largest stadium in the NL with a seating capacity of over 56,000. Because it has outlived it's brethren in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and no ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 12, 2003
Pros: the food, scoreboards and the big seats
Cons: prices prices prices!!! and parking
Summary: Shea staidium is a nicplace to see a ball game. it may not have many modern things in all of the new ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 9, 2003
Pros: Accessibility, open outfield, grass field, history
Cons: Mo Vaughn..., not one of the new HOK types
Summary: ...you'll like Shea. It is a large, symmetrical 3/4 circle, so it doesn't have the idiosyncracies of Wrigley, Fenway or the new downtown-types. However, the sightlines from the two lowest levels (field boxes and Loge) are quite good to excellent, and ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 21, 2002
Pros: Comfortable, clean, easy to get to and very nice looking.
Cons: I'm a Red Sox fan.
Summary: I've visited Shea a few times and have enjoyed myself a lot each time. First off, I'm a Red Sox fan, so I am used to the cramped confines of Fenway. This park is so comfortable and much more aesthetically pleasing then Fenway.
Getting around the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 27, 2002
Pros: great games, "baseball is for kids"
Cons: traffic, food
Summary: There is a lot to say about the classic shea stadium. Starting in 1962, a new franchise at the time, the Mets, started playing in this beautiful stadium. Since then, history has started. With two world series victories in this stadium, it hasn't been ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 27, 2002
Pros: Wow free ticket how do I them?
Cons: The food cost to much for the viewers.
Summary: Well we all know Mets give out free tickets on Wednesday to the picnic area. But some people don't know what is good about them. things like you get the best food in that area. You don't have to move that much to find the food you want, they're right ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 5, 2001
Pros: Near Highways, Good views from all seats
Cons: Inadequate parking, Takes long to get out of parking lot
Summary: I grew up going to Ebbitts Field and watching the Brooklyn Dodgers, so it was natural for me to be a Met's fan and get to Shea as often as possible. From the start in 1964, it has been like home. There are restaurants for the general public on each ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 27, 2001
Pros: good promotions, easy access
Cons: poor lighting, a little pricey
Summary: I love going to see the Mets play at Shea, even though the stadium is a little outdated. The lighting is pretty bad. I even heard an announcer comment about the lighting at Shea being almost equal to people holding flashlights to the field. It's not ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 27, 2001
Pros: Access via public transport, knowledgeable fans, history & atmosphere
Cons: some seating far away from the field, somewhat dated
Summary: Although one of the older stadiums now in the league, Shea Stadium remains an pretty enjoyable place to watch baseball games, even if you aren't a Mets fan (I'm not). It's part of the NY experience. They have these old ushers who show you to your seat, ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 16, 2001
Pros: the fans, close to subway, great place to watch baseball
Cons: parking, old, near La Guardia airport, food, dirty place outside
Summary: Shea Stadium is somewhat a historical ballpark when you compare it to today's ballpark. I would recommend the subway to get there or else if you're coming by car-COME EARLY or you'll have to park miles away. Also when you get to Shea it will be visible ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 14, 2001
Pros: great baseball atmosphere
Cons: expensive
Summary: Shea Stadium doesn't have a particularly special design, or even a lot of history, it just feels like baseball. I was there for a playoff game, so obviously it was more exciting than a normal game, but it was one of the best experiences of my life. We ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 3, 2001
Pros: Big scoreboard is novelty, relatively good access (NY standards)
Cons: expensive w/o enough amenities, a bit unkempt
Summary: Shea Stadium was one of the unique stadiums of the concrete doughnut era, they did not close the outfield walls. Although original plans did call for them to enclose the circle, they were never completed. The stadium itself is relatively nice. There are ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 28, 2001
Pros: Very big scoreboard that keeps the fans entertained involved and informed between innings
Cons: Upper deck is very high and steep and plane noise from LaGuardia is annoying
Summary: Having grown up a Mets fan and living only 5 miles from Shea I spent many a summers day here over the past thirty years . Beginning in the early eighties (before the Jets left for Jersey) the City of New York SLOWLY began to refurbish Shea . Today ... read more
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