Citi Field

Citi Field CHARGE!!!, the crowd went wild as the song was playing in the stadium. As I got closer to the seats it got louder and louder I felt like I was at a monster truck show. Then I got to the seats I turned my head to look at the field and it look a lot more greener than on TV. The home team was practicing on the field ready to beat the Washington Nationals. The mascot was going around the stadium and went on to the field. His main name is Mr. Met. The game was about to start and the

Maybe you think New York Mets pitcher Matt Harvey hit rock bottom last week when he stood in front of his home crowd at Citi Field and proceeded to get thrashed by the division rival Washington Nationals to the tune of nine runs (six earned) in just 2.2 innings. Then, the Dark Knight of Gotham stepped on the mound this week with a chance at redemption against the Nats, only to get knocked around again, allowing three home runs and five earned runs in 5.0 innings. The Nationals won both games, which

“I’ve been a Yankees fan since I was 3 years old and I’ve never been to a baseball game.” “Oh, my God I want to go to a baseball game so badly!” From this very conversation, my dream and my girlfriends dream came true. Let me tell you a little bit more about us and explain why this is a dream come true for the both of us. Let me start by saying a couple things you need to know about me first. Growing up as a kid in a Hispanic household we would mainly watch sports, such as soccer and baseball but

Introduction & Background Google Inc is an American multinational technology; provide internet related services and products including online search engine, online advertising technology, etc. So, it is big and important question for Google to invest on naming rights of NHL’s San Jose Sharks’ stadium. The current contract is with Hewlett Packard that will expire in 2016. The buying naming rights of the sports’ arena or stadium are latest marketing strategies in the market. The rights help in construction

Root, Root, Pay for the Home Team? Taxpayers Funding Professional Sports Stadiums Kayla Thompson MBA 578 SB FT Managerial Economics April 13, 2013 ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to address the issue of the public (taxpayers) funding the construction and/or renovation of privately owned sports stadiums. The use of public funds has skyrocketed since the early 1980s. Why has there been an increase in the trend and what is really going on behind the scenes? Through my research, I

First, the BID should re-visit its District Plan and focus on Tier I activities, especially sanitation, to change the look and negative perception on the area. Close to 3.5 million people visit the Yankee games annually (Records), and they should have a positive impression when visiting the area. Currently the BID uses only 20% of its budget for the Tier I activities, and as Gopal and Hoyt pointed out in their study, majority of the successful BID used over 50% of their budget for these activities

INTRODUCTION      The sentiment can be heard in any office break room, local tavern, or play field. The utter discontent of the increasing cost of attending professional sporting events. Distain ranges from players salaries to cost of parking and concessions. One local newscaster, channel 5 in Chicago, Illinois – April, 2003, reports that for a family of four to attend a major league baseball game on opening day costs between $160 and $200 dollars.      The

as many would say of El Paso. Construction started on May 30th of 2013, and a few days before El Paso City Hall had been demolished by implosion. I remember a lot of people from the community gathered up to see the explosion. It is a baseball field park, called Southwest University Park Stadium, the city’s newest attraction. It has been opened since April 28th 2014 at the heart of the city, downtown El Paso, and is located on 1 Ballpark Plaza. Currently identified as one of the bests. A lot

million dollars (Munsey & Suppes, 2009). Munsey and Suppes also stated that the total project cost of Citi Field was approximately $600 million, this is tremendous amounts of money. Sources of funding for this major project came from bonds, subsidies, and mostly the New York Mets pockets. The City of New York Independent Budget Office (IBO) stated that the present value of the subsidies for Citi Field adds up to $138 Million (Sweeting, 2014). Munsey and Suppes also stated information that

With that said, it was still fun to run around a stadium I have never been in get to run on the baseball field. I am not really a huge fan of the stadium races because after a while it just all looks the same to me, but I do love the shorter distances and chances to visit new places. This stadium race wasn’t much different than the others, it included many