Sunday, March 29, 2009

THE CITI FIELD DRESS REHEARSAL.

If you are looking for information about Citi Field, I would refer you to my comprehensive Citi Field Guide instead.

Like everyone else, we went out to Citi Field today to check the place out during the St. John’s vs. Georgetown game. Most people just wanted to walk around and see the new place. There were cameras everywhere. I felt sorry for the people who genuinely came to watch the game; at one point I suggested to TBF that we take our section 110, Row 2 seats, head up to the top of the Promenade level, and hand them over to someone sitting up there. He looked at me, horrified. “But I’m never ever going to sit in these seats ever, ever again.”

We spent three hours walking around the ballpark, and 15 minutes sitting in Section 110, Row 2. They’ve done A LOT in a week; you have to give them credit for hustle. Now that we’ve had a chance to spend some quality time there, there’s a lot more to say, especially after having had the initial infatuation already. I will be incorporating a lot of my thoughts about thinto my Unofficial MetsGrrl Citi Field A-Z (which will take a few weeks to be written), but here are some initial thoughts:

• Do not try to go into the ballpark through the Jackie Robinson Rotunda for at least three months. Go in through any other gate and then make your way to the rotunda. The security there seemed to be the most disorganized, you have to deal with all the people walking around reading and looking at the bricks for the Mets Fan Walk, and it’s the first gate from the subway so it’s going to have the largest influx of people… all who will want to stop and take their photo with the ballpark in the background. Head to your left or your right and avoid all that, plus have better access to the good food.
  
• Conversely, the Left Field gate, which had the initial influx since it’s the gate that opens first, seemed to go very smoothly. Plus you want to see all the photo banners in that corner anyway.

[the rest of the list, and more photos, after the jump]