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Shea Stadium

1964-2009 sports stadium in Queens, New York, USA
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Shea Stadium
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Facts

21 properties

Identity

Instance of
defunct sports venue
Inception
October 28, 1961[11]

Location

Country
United States[3]
Location
Queens[8]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 40.756°, -73.848°[13]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Flushing[2]
More facts +15
Owned by
New York City[5]
Located in
Flushing
Architect
Emil Praeger[4]
Coordinates
🗺️ 40.756°, -73.848°
Date of official closure
September 28, 2008
Date of official opening
April 17, 1964
Dissolved
October 14, 2008
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
October 14, 2008[12]
Maximum capacity
57333.0[16]
Named after
William Shea[7]
Occupant
New York Mets (1964–2008), New York Jets (1964–1983)[9][10]
Operator
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation[6]
Sport
baseball[15]
Street address
123-01 Roosevelt Ave, New York NY 11368
Structural engineer
Thomas Christian Kavanagh[14]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 5
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Shea-Stadium
Freebase ID
/m/074nc
GeoNames ID
6352910, 5137831
MusicBrainz place ID
cf9c9bf1-814e-456e-8cff-8ca9ac2e4f9a
Topic's main category
Category:Shea Stadium
📚 Sources · 1
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Elevation above sea levelP2044
4 m 2026-09-26 L/PRK · US GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
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Credit
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🔗 Connections
Located in this place 3
1969 World Series, 1986 World Series, 1986 National League Championship Series
Occupant 2
New York Jets, New York Mets
Country 1
United States
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Flushing
Location 1
Queens
Named after 1
William Shea
Operator 1
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Owned by 1
New York City
Owns / has subsidiaries 1
City of New York
Sport 1
baseball
← Filming location 1
Men in Black
← Home venue 1
New York Yankees
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Summary

Shea Stadium is a defunct sports venue[1].

Related Entities

Men in Black New York City United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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