Shea Stadium was the home of the New York Mets starting in 1964, and it hosted what would be its only All-Star Game that first year, with Johnny Callison of the Philadelphia Phillies hitting a walk-off home run in the ninth inning to win the only

Nov 1, 2008 · A walk through the mezzanine at Shea

Nov 10, 2015 · Shea Stadium was the second of the architecturally bland "cookie-cutter" (or "doughnut") circular hybrid stadiums (designed for baseball as well as football), being built two years after D.C. Stadium (later called RFK).

Dec 29, 2021 · Shea Stadium was a multipurpose stadium. The Jets played there until they relocated to Giants Stadium in 1984. The amount of money to renovate the stadium would better off be used to build a new stadium.

Oct 31, 2008 · A walkthrough of the Shea Stadium loge level

Filmed in August 2008

May 14, 2011 · Shea Stadium was the greatest place on earth for Mets fans. Now, to honor the ballpark, here are 43 photos and stories from the home of the NY Mets.

Yankee Stadium’s entrance behind home plate is shown on the left above, and Shea’s home-plate entryway is above right. Concourses and walkways were also much, much less roomy and opulent compared to today’s newer parks.

Once inside the park, you'll enter into the dark and dingy concourse area. The variety of concessions here is certainly better than at Yankee Stadium , though almost as expensive. As with most parks, the seating on the field level is fine, but once you get into the loge and upper deck levels, the seats are just too far away from the action.

An excess of access: A jumble of ramps and escalators crisscross through Shea Stadium’s concourse, often referred to as dark and depressing—especially in its later years. (Flickr—Gary Dunaier)