Opened: April 13, 2009

First Built: November 2006

Owner: New York Mets

Architect: Populous

Capacity: 41,800

Location: 126^th Street and Roosevelt Avenue, Flushing, New York

Since 2009, baseball betting> fans have come to love watching the Mets rip it up at Citi Field. Online betting enthusiasts have the ability to buy stock in the Mets as they were purchased by the Citigroup, a financial company in Queens.

After playing at Shea Stadium since 1964, the New York Mets moved into Citi Field at the beginning of last season. Citi and Shea are adjacent to one another at 126^th street and Roosevelt Avenue. The first home game was played on April 13^th 2009 against the Padres, a Mets loss six to five.

Opening Day Firsts at Citi Field:

Former Mets greats Tom Seaver and Mike Piazza were involved in the ceremonial first pitch, as Seaver threw to Piazza.

Mike Pelfrey, was the opening day starter and gave up the inaugural first hit, home run and run batted in to Padres leadoff man Jody Gerut.

Conversely, current Mets star third baseman David Wright got the Mets back in the game by hitting the first Mets home run at Citi Field.

Notable Firsts:

The Mets' first northbet.com wagering win at Citi Field came two days later on April 15^th 2009 as they won seven to two. Oliver Perez was the winning pitcher.

Francisco Rodriguez got his first save as a Met and at Citi Field on April 18^th 2009.

However it would take 13 months for the Mets to hit their first back to back home runs at Citi Field as on May 7^th 2010 Ike Davis and Rod Barajas went back to back.

Features:

Citi Field has a capacity of 41,800 with all of the seats being green rather than the classic blue red and orange colors of the Mets.

In June of 2009, Chase Utley hit three home runs in two games at Citi Field all into the area near the right foul pole. This was later coined Utley’s Corner.