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MLB Ballpark Rankings: New York Mets
New York Mets
New York Mets
Shea Stadium|Capacity: 55,601|Opened: 1964
OVERALL RANK
28
Shea Stadium
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Category Rank (1-30)
28		Affordability
How would you rate the affordability of a trip to your hometown ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
19.1% 32.8% 32.2% 9.1% 6.7%
 
Ticket Costs
Average Ticket % Increase From 2007 MLB Rank MLB Average Ticket
$34.05 20.5% 27th $25.43
Courtesy Team Marketing Report, 2008
Category Rank (1-30)
30		Food
How would you rate the food at the ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
14.2% 25.4% 44.2% 12.7% 3.5%
 
How would you rate the cost of food and beverages at the ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
41.3% 30.9% 16.1% 10.5% 1.2%
 
What is the must-have food item offered at the ballpark and what makes it so good?
  • "Something brought from home. It's the only thing in the entire park that's affordable."
  • "Nathan's Cheese Fries. They make me happy in my mouth."
  • "Carvel ice cream. It's so good because it tastes like it does when you get it at a Carvel store. The Nathan's fries, for example, taste nothing like what you'd get on the Coney Island boardwalk."
  • "The beer. It makes all the other crap taste better."
  • "You're kidding, right? This is Shea you're asking about."
Category Rank (1-30)
7		Team Quality
How would you rate the quality of the product currently being put on the field by the hometown team?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
0.9% 2.3% 4.9% 51.7% 40.3%
 
Which player on your team is the most worth paying to watch?
Jose Reyes David Wright Johan Santana Pedro Martinez John Maine
40.6% 31.2% 16.7% 7.1% 1.1%
 
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Category Rank (1-30)
19		History & Tradition
How would you rate the sense of tradition and history at the ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
6.3% 19.5% 37% 27% 10.3%
 
Category Rank (1-30)
24		Ballpark Atmosphere
How would you rate the atmosphere at the game?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
2.7% 6.4% 18.5% 41.1% 31.4%
 
How would you rate the level of personal comfort when you are sitting in your seat?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
15.5% 28.3% 39.3% 10.6% 6.3%
 
Category Rank (1-30)
5		Fan Intelligence
How would you rate the "baseball intelligence" of the home fans?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
2.3% 3.3% 12.1% 38.3% 44%
 
Category Rank (1-30)
29		Fan Hospitality
How would you rate the hospitality offered to fans of the opposing team?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
16.1% 29.1% 39.1% 11.4% 4.3%
 
What is the worst incident you've witnessed against an opposing fan or yourself?
  • "Every year Mets and Yankees fans fight. I saw a Yankees fan brawl with a Mets fan when the Mets were playing the Pirates. Yankees fans just show up and cause trouble."
  • "Yanks-Mets. Do I need to say more?"
  • "Too much alcohol."
  • "One time my 7-year-old son was yelled at by a drunken Yankees fan for wearing a Mets hat and shirt. Once he saw me, well, let's just say he could not run fast enough. I'll never attend another Yankees-Mets game again, especially with my children."
  • "During the interleague Subway Series, things usually get out of hand in the upper deck. I have seen plenty of bottles thrown, drunken fights and ejections."
Category Rank (1-30)
28		Promotions
How would you rate the quality of the promotions/giveaways offered by the home team?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
6.5% 16.5% 51.1% 18.3% 7.7%
 
What is the best promotion/giveaway your team has offered? What is the worst? What is a promotion you'd like to see?
  • "Best: Trade in old cap for new cap, Worst: Lanyard, Like to see: Free Parking."
  • "Keith Hernandez Mustache Night was the best. Cap Day was not that great. Jersey Day would be nice to see."
  • "Mets' 1986 World Series Reunion."
  • "By far the best was the Ralph Kiner/Bob Murphy Bobblehead. The worst was probably SNY announcer cards that a lot of people tried to throw onto the field."
Category Rank (1-30)
25		Getting To The Game
How would you rate the traffic to and from the ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
36.3% 26.8% 26.9% 7.1% 2.9%
 
How would you rate the parking availability/cost at the ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
45.9% 28.6% 19.1% 4.5% 2%
 
How would you rate the public transportation options to and from the ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
3.5% 4.3% 18.1% 37.1% 37%
 
Category Rank (1-30)
28		Neighborhood
How would you rate the dining and drinking options within walking distance of the ballpark?
Poor Below Average Average Above Average Excellent
65% 18.5% 10.2% 3.2% 3.1%
 

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