The new Citi Field - home of the Mets starting in 2009 - will be an intimate, fan-friendly ballpark with Amazin' views of the field from every seat, team officials said Tuesday. Jeff Wilpon, the Mets chief operating officer, showed off the $800 million ball park Tuesday - ushering visitors all around the stadium from its emerging upper tier to its field-level seats.
"We played with the geometry to bring more seats closer to the action," Wilpon said, calling the upcoming stadium "cozy" and "confined." The bare concrete stands offered terrific views of the field, especially compared with the more expansive Shea Stadium that stands across the parking lot. There will be 45,000 seats in Citi Field, about 12,000 fewer than in Shea - a multipurpose stadium built in the 1960s. Continue
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