Citi Field (new home of the New York Mets)

Check out the 360-degree panoramic views of the park, learn about Citi Field's amenities, get questions answered in an A-to-Z guide and buy tickets at the official Major League Baseball team site.

The newspaper's Web site has dozens of photos of the completed field and its construction, tips for eating at the park and nearby, a columnist's review of the park, various lists of top five features of Citi Field, directions to the park, and more.

The Mets have dedicated the main entrance to Citi Field -- the Jackie Robinson Rotunda -- to the man who broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

When Mets fans clamored to have the Home Run Apple moved from Shea to Citi Field (a Web site, www.savetheapple.com was even established), the team came up a  compromise: A bigger and better apple would be installed in the new ballpark behind the outfield wall, and the old one (pictured here) would be displayed in the bullpen plaza, always available for a photo op or good-luck pat.



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A side-by-side comparison chart of Citi Field and Shea Stadium, the Mets' former home.

The Mets hosted a media tour of the park in December 2008. This video from The Record of North Jersey explains some of the differences between Citi Field and Shea Stadium.

Both New York baseball teams, the Mets and the Yankees, are enjoying new ballparks this season.

Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver delivers the ceremonial first pitch to former Mets catcher Mike Piazza on April 13, 2009, before play begins at Citi Field.

The Mets' Mike Pelfrey throws the first pitch, a called strike, to Jody Gerut of the San Diego Padres.

The Mets' former home, Shea Stadium, was known for its stray and feral cats. In 1969, a black cat infamously circled the Cubs' Ron Santo in the on-deck circle at Shea, adding to the legend of a curse on the Chicago team. And in just the first game at Citi Field, sure enough, there was a cat on the track behind home plate.

MLB lists the first hit, homer, balk and other scorekeeping stats from the first game at Citi Field. The April 13, 2009, matchup against the San Diego Padres was the Mets' first loss in the new stadium. The score: 6-5.

 

Here's a rundown of top memories from at Shea -- from baseball, to football, to the Beatles (twice), to a Mass with Pope John Paul II

The last homer, hit, Mets win and other stats from Shea.

 

This unofficial Mets data site has box scores and stats from the team's 1962 and '63 home seasons

Among memorable moments at the Polo Grounds is Bobby Thomson's homer known as "The Shot Heard Round the World" in a Giants-Dodgers game (pictured).