Shea Stadium

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American football venue baseball stadium concert venue multi-purpose stadium

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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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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New York Mets → formerHomeBallpark → Shea Stadium ⓘ
Subway Series → hasLocation → Shea Stadium ⓘ
Mr. Met → homeStadiumPredecessor → Shea Stadium ⓘ
Citi Field → precededBy → Shea Stadium ⓘ
Citi Field → replaced → Shea Stadium ⓘ
Polo Grounds → successorVenueForMets → Shea Stadium ⓘ
1986 World Series → venue → Shea Stadium ⓘ