Shea has 56,000 seats, Citifield will only have about 45,000... the mets claim they did this so that fans could have more comfortable seats that are closer to the action.

This claim by the mets that they have less seats so that the fans can be closer to the action is completely false and stupid...

first of all, look at the height on the new stadium... it's considerable shorter than shea... the upper deck in citifield is the same height as the mezzanine in shea.

now think about it... that means that the seats that currently exist behind home plate in the upper deck dont exist in citifield... but meanwhile, citifield has seats comparable to fair territiry in the mezzanine!!!

anyone who has ever sat in the upper deck at shea knows that sections 1-20 are great seats, (even if you're in row U) it's much better than sitting in section 32 of the mezzanine, which is in fair territory... if the mets were really concerned about the fans, they would build a third deck behind home plate that would be equivalent to the current upper deck at shea... thats easily an extra 10,000 seats.

here's why the mets are building a smaller stadium

less seats=more sellouts, and even if they don't sell out, the stadium looks very full... if all the seats in the stadium are filled... they can justify raising ticket prices, and turn a greater profit.

for a simplified example... if all tickets at shea were $10, 55,000 x $10 = $550,000

now if the tickets at citifield are all $13,
$45,000 x $13 = $585,000

now... in order to justify raising the ticket price at shea, they need to sell 50,000+ tickets to every game

whereas, to raise the ticket price at citifield, they only have to sell 40,000+ tickets to every game

therefore, it's easier to sell 45,000 tickets at $13
than it is to sell 55,000 tickets at $10, and at the same time, you make a greater profit...

all i know is, it's gonna be harder to get tickets, and it's gonna cost more