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On a cold and blustery day on October 28, 1961, shovels broke ground in Queens for the first stadium to be built in New York City since 1923. The steel and concrete structure that grew in Flushing was originally going to be named "Flushing Meadows Stadium" but in the fall of 1962, civic leader Bernard Gimbel spearheaded a campaign to rename the facility Shea Stadium in honor of the man (popular attorney William A. Shea) who was the driving force in bringing a National League team back to the Big Apple.
Get a complete history of the Mets' first home of Amazin', Shea Stadium.
At 5:05 p.m. on September 28, 2008, the Mets closed out Shea Stadium for the final time.
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The New York Mets and the City of New York are giving all Mets fans the opportunity to purchase pairs of seats by seat color - orange, green and red.
