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Citi Field
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Location
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 fieldLeft centerDeep left centerCenter fieldDeep right center Right centerRight field335 ft (102 m)364 (111)384 (117)408 (124)415 (126)378 (115)330 (101)
Tenants

New York Mets (MLB) (2009-present)

New York Lincoln Giants (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 baseball park of Major League Baseball's New York Mets. Citi Field was built as a replacement for the adjacent Shea Stadium, which was 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 Citigroup, a financial services company based in New York that purchased the naming rights. The $850 million baseball park is being funded by the sale of New York City municipal bonds which are to be repaid by the Mets plus interest. The payments will offset property 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. The Mets played their first two games at the ballpark on April 3 and April 4, 2009 against the Boston Red Sox 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 first was at Shea in its 1964 inaugural season.

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