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September 07, 2009

Citi Field springs a leak

With the New York Mets' season long since having passed the laughingstock stage, the media have turned their sights on their new stadium: Yesterday's New York Post reported that the new $830 million stadium "has been plagued by water damage to several luxury suites -- including Jerry Seinfeld's -- as well as mold, falling signs and concrete, flooding in outfield seats, faulty electrical wiring and shoddy tile work, sources said." One "insider" (hey, remember when newspapers weren't going to rely on anonymous sources anymore?) told the Post: "Shitty Field -- that's what we call it." Get in line, pal.

To be fair, this is the sort of thing a lot of new buildings go through when they first open, and all the problems seem fixable. Still, after taxpayers devoted more than $600 million to building the place, water dripping on Jerry Seinfeld's head must seem like adding insult to injury and injury and injury...

COMMENTS

I guess that's not as bad as Poppy peeing on his sofa.

Posted by Mark on September 8, 2009 12:16 PM

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