#62 Shea Stadium

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Places & Travel, History, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2008

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The Mets are movin' out to Citi Field, but we can't overlook the great stories contained in their own home, Shea Stadium, a Robert Moses project took years to get off the ground. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys

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0:00.0	The Bowery Boys Episode 62, Shay Stadium.
0:03.9	Hey, it's The Bowery Boys.
0:05.4	Hey.
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0:20.8	Hello there and welcome to The Bowery Boys.
0:22.4	My name is Greg Young.
0:23.6	Tom is not here this week.
0:25.1	This fall we'll see the closure of two major sports stadiums here in New York City.
0:29.2	Everyone is of course more focused on the closure of Old Yankee Stadium,
0:33.1	which opened in 1923.
0:35.2	The site of a great many classic sports moments and showing no bias, I swear.
0:40.2	Home of the greatest team in American sports history.
0:42.8	In comparison, there's a lot less sex appeal associated with that other stadium closure.
0:48.0	Shay Stadium, Home of the New York Metz, and situated in Queens, sitting next to Flushing Metopark.
0:53.5	The Metz are moving to a new field next year.
0:56.1	The new city field.
0:57.7	That's C-I-T-I as in city bank.
1:01.3	But believe it or not, they leave behind an old stadium with history no less dramatic
1:05.9	than its more popular sister stadium in the Bronx.
1:08.7	So let's take a few minutes to reflect on the history of this unsung old 1960s stalwart.
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