Now that we’ve had another 40,000 or so fans see Citi Field…I’m sure some of you are (unfortunately) upset this morning that your seats look like this.
Well, some good news. Dan from the Mets Police voiced his concern to a Citi Field rep who was quite understanding, and referred him to the ticket office. As of this writing that situation is unresolved….
…better news is that the guy in the red hat (pic on the left) told us that he complained to the ticket office and the Mets changed his seat location.
So, if you find yourself blocked by a railing, take some pictures of the situation, go visit a Citi rep, and be sure to call the ticket office at (718) 507-TIXX. The early reports are that the Mets are being quite understanding about the situation.
I really don’t have any suggestions on how to make the sightlines any better. I imagine there are state safety laws that require the glass and railing to be a certain height….you can’t move the stairs….so unless you want the Mets to massively re-do the Promenade in the offseason, it is what it is.
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They can move people around all the want, but SOMEBODY is going to eventually wind up sitting in these obstructed view seats. And for a fairly high ticket price too.
As a season ticket holder for many years who had great mezzanine box seats on the 3rd base line at Shea I called the Mets and was told that anything better than our seats in Promenade Section 425 (where we can’t see the left hand corner of the field) were going to cost us more money. I also found out that we are not entitled to eat in that 350 seat restaurant Drew Nierpont is running. It’s only for the ticket holders of the “better” seats. As far as I’m concerned, this whole situation stinks. Citifield is a stadium built by the rich for the rich!
For the amount of money we pay for seats there should be no obstructed views. This ballpark seems to have been designed by someone who had never been to a baseball game. I could see if a few seats had obstructed views due to poles, but when tv announcers (who sit in the place with the best vantage) complain about not being able to see the entire field then you know something is wrong.