Citi Field
New York Mets (MLB ) (since 2009) New York City UFL franchise ( UFL ) (since 2009)
Citi Field is the name of the baseball stadium of the New York Mets, which is located in New York City in the Borough of Queens. The stadium was completed in 2009 and replaced the adjacent Shea Stadium, which was built in 1964 almost at the same place. Citi Field is the home of the MLB All- Star Games in 2013, which the Mets will host this event for the first time for about 50 years. The first regular season game of Major League Baseball in the new ballpark took place against the San Diego Padres on April 13, 2009. The first concert at Citi Field was played on 17 July 2009 by Paul McCartney.
Home of the Mets
Citi Field is the third stadium in which host the Mets home games in its almost 50 -year history. 1962 and 1996, the Mets played in the Polo Grounds, which at the same time were also the home of the New York Yankees and New York Giants. 1964 covered the Mets at Shea Stadium, which they with the Foot Shooting the New York Jets split up in 1983.
In the first game at the new Citi Field on April 13, 2009, the Mets lost 5:6 against the San Diego Padres. The first starting pitcher in the history of the new ball park was Mike Pelfrey, the first homerun scored by Jody Gerut of the San Diego Padres.
The first victory for the Mets in their new homeland succeeded two days later, on 15 April 2009, by a 7-2 win over the Padres.
Naming rights
On 13 November 2006 it was officially announced that the new stadium Citi Field would be called. It is named after the Citigroup Inc which U.S. $ 20 million for the rights to the stadium name will pay for the next 20 years annually. Thus, the stadium becomes the highest paid sports venue of a sponsor at all.