A tour of Citi Field

One of the more interesting things about going to a sporting event: there's TONS you don't get to see. The most "common" example of this would be luxury areas for people/companies who pay hundreds to thousands of dollars to access them, but there are areas of stadiums even they don't see on a typical gameday.

Take, for example, the Gotham FC Open House I attended back in October 2025¹. While it allowed fans to see some of the luxury areas (which, again, cost HUNDREDS of dollars for a game), there was also access to one of the changing rooms and the tunnel the players walk through at the start of each match. However, many stadiums in the United States offer special guided tours which offer access to these areas to fans.

This time, I decided to take a tour of Citi Field. I've talked about the place before, but I did not get to see EVERYTHING that it had to offer on that trip (most of which was NOT part of this tour, but I may get to at some point in the future, as I'm thinking of going back for another game). Of course, much like the Gotham Open House, there's parts of the stadium that are completely inaccessible to fans - such as our starting area: the press conference room.

The tour was neat in that while yes, decent chunks of it were luxury areas (one of which I had access to during the game I went to), and we did go into the press box for a bit though I felt it was mostly just okay (though the Home Run Apple went off while we were there), a lot of it was actually in the first floor tunnels connecting the two team clubhouses (though we were not allowed IN the clubhouses as rehabbing players were present). This included a visit to the right field premium area, which has probably the best physical seats in the stadium in my opinion.

However, the most interesting stop of the tour was the last stop, as we got to stand on the track around the field behind home plate:

Which included a close up view of the Mets' dugout:

I will end this by admitting that part of the reason I made THIS trip was because I made plans for later that day - something I NEVER thought I would do...