Shea Stadium

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Shea Stadium was a multi-purpose sports stadium in Queens, New York, best known as the longtime home of the New York Mets and a major venue for baseball, football, and concerts from the 1960s through the 2000s.

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Label Occurrences
Shea Stadium canonical 37
Mets Stadium 1

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American football venue
baseball stadium
concert venue
multi-purpose stadium
adjacentTo Citi Field
architect Praeger-Kavanagh-Waterbury
borough Queens
brokeGroundOn 1961-10-28
capacityBaseball approx. 57,333
capacityFootball approx. 60,372
city New York City
closedOn 2008-09-28
constructionCost approximately $28.5 million
country United States of America
surface form: United States
demolishedOn 2009-02-18
demolitionBeganOn 2008-10-14
eraOfProminence 1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
fieldOrientation northeast
finalConcert Billy Joel 2008 concerts
hasLegacy parking lot markers outlining former field
hostedEvent 1964 All-Star Game
1964 World Series
1969 World Series
1973 All-Star Game
1973 World Series
1986 World Series
2000 World Series
AFL games
NFL games
major concerts
soccer matches
locatedIn Flushing Meadows–Corona Park
New York City
New York
surface form: New York State

Queens
namedAfter William A. Shea
notableConcert Billy Joel concerts
Bruce Springsteen concerts
The Beatles 1965 concert
The Beatles 1966 concert
The Rolling Stones concerts
The Who concerts
openedOn 1964-04-17
operator New York Mets
otherTenant New York Cosmos
New York Generals
New York Giants
New York Jets
New York Skyliners
New York Yankees
owner New York City
surface form: City of New York
primarySport baseball
primaryTenant New York Mets
publicTransit Long Island Rail Road Port Washington Branch
Mets–Willets Point station
New York City Subway 7 train
replacedBy Citi Field
scoreboardLocation beyond center field
servedAsHomeFieldFor New York Cosmos
New York Giants
New York Jets
New York Mets
New York Yankees
surface natural grass

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New York Mets formerHomeBallpark Shea Stadium
Polo Grounds successorVenueForMets Shea Stadium
Citi Field precededBy Shea Stadium
Citi Field replaced Shea Stadium
Mr. Met homeStadiumPredecessor Shea Stadium
Subway Series hasLocation Shea Stadium
1986 World Series venue Shea Stadium
Praeger-Kavanagh-Waterbury designed Shea Stadium
2000 World Series game3Venue Shea Stadium
2000 World Series game4Venue Shea Stadium
2000 World Series game5Venue Shea Stadium
2000 World Series hostedInBallpark Shea Stadium
1964 All-Star Game ballpark Shea Stadium
1973 World Series gamePlayedAt Shea Stadium
New York Skyliners homeStadium Shea Stadium
1969 World Series game3Location Shea Stadium
1969 World Series game4Location Shea Stadium
1969 World Series game5Location Shea Stadium
First Data Field formerName Shea Stadium
this entity surface form: Mets Stadium
Miracle Mets homeBallpark Shea Stadium
subject surface form: 1969 New York Mets
New York Sack Exchange homeStadium Shea Stadium
New York Stars homeStadium Shea Stadium
William A. Shea hasLegacy Shea Stadium
William A. Shea commemoratedBy Shea Stadium