best seats in the house

you might have heard that this is the last year for shea stadium (and that other stadium up in the bronx). new stadium called citi field is being built in what was once one of the shea parking lots, and will open for the 2009 season. shea will go away to make more parking room, but because of building codes in NYC, the old stadium cannot be imploded and must be disassembled.

ostensibly to raise money for the "mets foundation" (whatever that is) and to offer a once-in-a-lifetime memorabilia opportunity to fans, the seats from shea are being sold in pairs to any and all comers.

took the leap and ordered mine yesterday as soon as they went on sale to the general public at 9am. purchased a pair of orange field level seats. thought about getting the red upper-deck seats to remind me of the times we'd go when i was a kid and pay $3 for day-of-game tickets. but, red's not really the color associated with los mets, so i opted for the more traditional orange. i was sure the seats would sell out quickly (hence my 9am purchase yesterday), but it appears only the orange ones have sold out so far. a disappointing commentary on met fans in general, i think.

seats will reportedly be shipped 8-12 weeks after the final game at shea. hoping for a january delivery, which would mean that last game was played in late october.