The Mets new outfield wall will be 8 feet long across the whole field, and blue!- Two Shea Stadium traits.
October 31, 2011 – The New York Mets today announced they are moving in portions of the outfield wall at Citi Field as much as 12 feet and lowering the height of the home run line to 8 feet throughout the outfield.
The outfield wall will become blue in 2012 concurrent with the Mets 50th Anniversary season.
The home run line and distance markers will remain orange.The Mets will erect a new wall in leftfield starting between the New Era and Caesars signs and angled to the Citi sign in left-centerfield (see renderings).
The new wall will be closer to home plate by approximately 4 feet in leftfield and up to approximately 12 feet in deep left-centerfield.A new wall will start in right-centerfield and extend toward the bullpen, and be as much as approximately 11 feet closer to home plate. The fence in front of the Mo's Zone/Modell's Clubhouse will move in approximately 10 feet. The distances from home plate to centerfield and the foul poles in leftfield and rightfield will remain the same."We wanted to make Citi Field fair to both pitchers and hitters," said Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson."
After conferring with Sandy and all members of his staff, Ownership concurred with the recommendation to change the dimensions at Citi Field," said Mets COO Jeff Wilpon. "We decided to change the outfield wall from black to Mets blue, which many of our fans have wanted."As a result of moving the walls in, the Mets will create a unique seating section in leftfield between the new and existing wall to accommodate about 100 fans.
The club will also expand the Modell's Clubhouse in rightfield to incorporate an outdoor seating area for approximately 40 additional fans.
