No, Shea Stadium will not be blown up
So says Dave Howard, Mets' VP of business operations. I called him today to see what happens now to Shea. Here's highlights of our chat:
- Every Mets employee has moved to Citi Field.
- Shea is being prepared for demolition right now by removing all salvageable stuff and memorabilia items.
- About two weeks from now demolition contractor takes over. Process will be "gradual," as they take down the stadium section by section.
- The goal is to have it be a parking lot by Opening Day, but it seems more likely that will happen a little later into the season.
- Citi Field is almost all done: about 90 percent of seats are in and sod should be down by end of October.
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What is the approximate date on that picture?
What event was taking place in the photo?
That's a photo composite, folks. Or a lousy Photoshop [tm] job.
The way to tell ... besides the blue paint job and the neon signs ...
the lower deck wasn't truly moved to football position.
Shea had its last NFL game in December 1983.
I was there. It was cold. Terry Bradshaw and his Steelers demolished the Hessians.
There was fire in the bleachers.
I found it on Google Images and chose this one because it has a neat view of the parking lot where Citi Field now stands. I did not realize, amazingly, that is was a football game going on. Weird.