DOME!!!!!!!!

BY MARK HALPERN

     Baseball returns today and most of America is happy that their teams will be kicking off the season today. However, for the New York Mets had to postpone their day to Friday March 28th due to inclement weather. Mets fans and fans in the Northeast have become accustomed to this problem and the chant for a Retractable Dome to be put over Citi Field and potentially every other ballpark.

    In 2021 the Mets fans endured over 10 rainouts and over a dozen rain delays, in 2022 the number increased on both rain developments. When you have games that are rained out the fans have the advantage for getting a rain event ticket for when the game is made up (that’s if they can go) or you just have to eat the final cost. For a team like the Mets who are owned by Billionaire and brilliant businessman Steve Cohen you have to wonder why it hasn’t even been mentioned or even considered.

   Obviously, a Retractable Dome would cost in the hundreds of Millions of Dollars and no matter how much money you have that’s still a swift kick to the gonads. That being said Steve Cohen is in the current process of the complete re-beatification of Flushing Park in Queens New York. He is investing over $2billion dollars to make it a real destination for tourists and athletic attraction. This is all great of course but, the one thing he needs to add is a Retractable roof over Citi Field. It would be an advantageous move for him on a lot of fronts. First with no rainouts the Mets play as predicted and don’t have to make up games from a home standpoint. Obviously if games get rained out when they are on the road there is nothing we can do. Second the fewer double headers that they will have to to play (again on a home field basis) and again taking more stress off players and finally, the Fans won’t have to worry about having to reschedule any of their plans and possibly be put a lot of money because they can’t come back on the rain date. 

   I know this whole idea makes sense and probably would make sense to Steve Cohen as well but when it comes down to Brass Tax the all-mighty Dollar wins all and if the cost is too cost perspective we will have to just endure. This isn’t just a Mets problem, but a problem across Baseball.