How many seats does shea stadium have?

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Answer 1

Shea Stadium

Flushing, New York

Tenant: New York Mets (NL)

Opened: April 17, 1964

Surface: Bluegrass

Capacity: 55,601 (baseball)

Shea Stadium Trivia:

Designed to be expandable to 90,000 seats.

Right-center scoreboard is one of largest in the majors, 175 feet long and 86 feet high with Bulova clock on top, about 25 feet behind the outfield fence.

Behind the fence in center, just to the right of the 410 mark, is a Mets Magic Top Hat. When a Met hits a homer, a red Big Apple rises out of the black top hat, which actually looks more like a big kettle.

Worst visibility for hitters in the majors.

Churchlike spire beyond center-field fence formerly graced by "Serval Zippers" sign.

Christened April 16, 1964, with Dodgers Holy Water from the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn and Giants Holy Water from the Harlem River at the exact location where it passed the old Polo Grounds.

The only All-Star game to be played at Shea Stadium was in 1964, its inaugural season.

The Beatles played before 53,275 fans in August 1965 and again in August 1966.

The New York Yankees played there from April 6, 1974, to September 28, 1975 while Yankee Stadium was renovated.

Answer 2

I got 55,601 here

Answer 3

57,393 is the seating capacity.

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