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As Citigroup grovels for a bailout from public funds, the Mets insist the name of their new ballpark, Citi Field, will not change.

Critics say that the new stadiums for the Yankees and the Mets carry an immense public cost without yielding many lasting economic benefits for the city.

Shea Stadium may never get a headstone, but for nostalgic New York Mets fans, its epitaph could be seen on discarded relics strewn on the pavement outside the ballpark.

The Mets staged a lovely farewell to Shea Stadium that succeeded with its tacit admission that the last 44 years have not always been grand.

In a bittersweet farewell to Shea Stadium, Mets fans chanted and cheered for players from the past, while pushing aside the failure of the 2008 season.

Ron Swoboda is back at Shea Stadium for the weekend, nearly 39 years since he made one of the great catches in World Series history.

Shea Stadium, like others of its vintage, was built for efficiency, not beauty, and to serve baseball and football clients.

The Yankees and the Mets have said little, if anything, about their plans to say farewell to their old stadiums.

Rank has its privileges everywhere else — so why not here?.

Even as fans of the Mets, the Yankees, the Giants and the Jets look forward to state-of-the-art stadiums, some are also facing increases in ticket costs during an economic downturn.