Just happened to stumble on to your site and wanted to comment.

In my article comparing the new ballparks, I never said that Citi Field will be better than the new Yankee Stadium. All I said was that the Mets organization was not burdened to tie their new park to Shea Stadium’s design in any way. If anything, they wanted to move away from Shea’s design as much as possible. Because of the Yankee’s tremendous history, the Yankee brass had more reason to recapture the look and feel of the original Yankee Stadium. And don’t foget, unlike Shea, Yankee stadium was designed originally as a baseball only facility even though the football Giants played there for many years. Shea’s multi purpose design provided poor site lines for both baseball and football again highlighting the Mets flexibility in creating a baseball only facility.

My criticism of new Yankee Stadium was only in the placement of the lights and what looked like an overbearing restaurant in the bleacher section. In capturing more of the look of the original ballpark, not the renovated one from ’76, I felt the older fashioned light towers would have added to the original feel and enhance the famous frieze. I’m fearful that the lights ringing the top of the frieze will detract, especially at night when the glare will make it difficult to see that classic ornamentation. The newer computer models on http://www.stadiumpage.com show that the center field restaurant is not as monstrous as the original artist renderings. That’s a good thing.

Let me say, as a Mets fan, I look forward to seeing the new Yankee Stadium as much as I do Citi Field. Both stadiums are going to be great, very likely the best in the country. To say one is better than the other is silly and was certainly not my intent. The real winners here are the New York fans and next year during the subway series, fans of each team will appreciate each other’s park.

Lou

Objectivity from a Mets fan? C’mon, Steve. And in the unlikely event that the new Mets stadium is better than the new Yankee Stadium, does it even come close to making up for more than 30 years of “treating” their fans and opposing players to the crappiest facility in the majors…this by universal acclamation? At least we can look forward to Howie Rose never uttering the words “Big Shea” ever again in his hysterical promos for upcoming home games.

He makes a fair case that the Mets will have a better park.
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Seeing as Mr. DiFalco’s a Mets fan, it should come as no suprise

If the new Stadium mimics the old stadium, it will be better, hands down. I don’t like the idea of a restaurant in the bleachers. But I suppose we have to give with the times…

I will enjoy watching games in both venues