Yankee Stadium versus the Mets Stadium (Citifield)

Now having been to both stadiums within the last couple of weeks, I can speak from first hand knowledge about the two.

Yankee Stadium sucks. What a waste of a couple of BILLION dollars and change. It's sterile, ugly as sin, has a ridiculous thin electronic ad strip that doesn't even fit the ads on it, it's so narrow. Has crappy graphics for introducing who is at bat ( I mean really, having a player's face arrive in a subway window or having their face show up after dusting off a base piled high with dirt).  And what a lame game race between the three subway lines, the 4, the B, and the D.  I mean really????? The food choices are nothing to write home about either. The only good thing was the very cushy, padded seats and that they played Louie, Louie (Seattle's anthem). Bob actually liked the electronic ad strip that goes around the inside of the stadium (he thought it was awesome), I just thought it was tacky, tacky, tacky. We are pretty much of the same mind that we will likely not be going back to see any more games there unless there comes a time when the Mariners are having a phenomenal year and it looks really good that they would beat the pants off the Yankees.  Luckily (and I do mean luckily) the game was rain interrupted in the 5th inning which gave us a good excuse to leave early. Bob was so torn about going to tonight's game because he's got a lot of work to do right now but we did have the tickets that we paid for (discounted but still not cheap), and I am leaving town for five days starting early tomorrow morning. So it was a nice way for us to spend some time together before my trip. So we got home by 9:15 and Bob was able to log some work time. So it worked out well for both of us.

Now the Mets Citifield stadium is a whole 'nother story.  They put their $850 Million to excellent use and produced a beautiful, fan friendly, inviting, and intimate stadium.  While I still feel Seattle has better hot links and kettle corn, overall, the food choices at Citifield are amazingly diversified and plentiful.  There are great views from all around the park and their electronic boards and graphics are fun and engaging while still being utilitarian and practical.  I would say that by way of appearance and structurally it is on par with Seattle's Safeco Field which has been noted to be one of the most beautiful ballparks in the country.  So KUDOS to you Citifield and the Mets.  We definitely will go to Citifield again when we want to have a really great baseball going experience while living in NYC. (Even if we don't get comp tickets again from Scott's brother--thank you, thank you, thank you!!)