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Citi Field Citi Field is a baseball park located in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in the New York City borough of Queens. Completed in 2009, it is the home field of the New York Mets of the National League division of Major League Baseball. The stadium was built as a replacement for and adjacent to Shea Stadium, which opened in 1964 next to the site of the 1964 New York World's Fair.
History of the New York Mets The new team required a new name, and many were suggested. Among the finalists were "Bees", "Burros", "Continentals", "Skyscrapers", "Skyliners", and "Jets" (which would eventually be used by the city's American Football League team), as well as the eventual runners-up, "Empires" and "Islanders" (the latter nickname would be used by a future NHL team in the area).[5][6] Although Payson had admitted a preference for "Meadowlarks", the owners ultimately selected "Mets",[7] because it was closely related to the club's already-existing corporate name, "New York Metropolitan Baseball Club, Inc.", it hearkened back to "Metropolitans", a name used by an earlier New York team in the American Association from 1880 to 1887,[7] and because its brevity would naturally fit in newspaper headlines.[5] The name was received with broad approval among fans and the press.[6]