It was demolished in 2009 to create additional parking for the adjacent Citi Field, the stadium built to replace it and the current home of the Mets.

Description. Shea Stadium BK is a recording studio/all-ages space dedicated to documenting live performances. Formed in the spring of 2009 by a couple of native Brooklynites, Live @ Shea Stadium has already amassed an archive of well over 1,000 sets by hundreds of different bands and artists from all over the globe.

Originally known as Flushing Meadows Park, the Mets played the first game at the stadium in April 1964. The New York Jets made their debut at the stadium on September 12, 1964 against the Denver Broncos. The five tiered stadium seated nearly 60,000 fans for football.

On August 15, 1965, two weeks before their second Hollywood Bowl appearance, The Beatles put on a show that would mark the beginning of true stadium rock concerts, playing to a record crowd of 55,600 at William A. Shea Stadium in Queens, N.Y.