World's Fair Information Manual
ATTRACTION
- Shea Stadium
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
- Mr. Thomas Meany
- New York Mets
- 680 Fifth Avenue
- New York 19, New York
- LT 1-2300
- and
- Mr. William J. Tooley
- Stadium Director
- New York City Department of Parks
- 64th Street and 5th Avenue
- New York 21, New York
- RE 4-1000
FAIR CONTACT
- Mr. William Adams
TICKET OFFICES
- N. Y. Mets
- Shea Stadium
- 126th Street & Roosevelt Ave.
- Flushing, New York, 11368
- NR 2-3000
- N. Y. Jets
- Ticket Office-N. Y. Jets
- 660 Madison Avenue
- New York, New York
- TE 2-9200
LOCATION
- At Grand Central Parkway and
- Roosevelt Avenue, between
- 126th and 114th Streets
AREA
- 63.5 acres
ARCHITECT
- Praeger, Kavanaugh and Waterbury
- 126 East 38th Street
- New York 16, New York
- MU 5-5850
CONTRACTOR
- Carlin-Crimmins
SOURCE: 1964 World's Fair Information Manual
FEATURES
The William A. Shea Stadium, scheduled to open April 17, 1964 is the home of the National League New York baseball team, the "Mets" and the American Football League team the "Jets".
The stadium seats 55,000 for baseball and 60,000 for football, and can be enlarged by 25,000 more seats in the future, without disturbance of the initial construction, and a retractable cover can be added.
The stadium is surrounded by a 35 acre parking field, which accommodates 5,500 cars. Immediately adjacent is the Willets Point Boulevard station of the Flushing IRT subway lines. A short distance further is the Long Island Rail Road, and parkways and expressways provide easy access by automobile.
When not in use by the ball teams, the Fair Corporation may use the stadium for special events, sport attractions, etc.