Steve Cohen is liking what he’s seeing at Citi Subject thus far — and it’s not simply the crew on the sphere.
After ending 2024 within the NLCS and buying Juan Soto to a 15-year, $765 million contract in a five-team bidding battle, the Mets have grow to be increasingly more concerned within the World Sequence conversations, which can also be giving followers one thing to right away imagine in.
And in addition, value shopping for into.
Final season, Cohen was upset with the shortage of attendance Citi Subject noticed throughout their pennant race. Now, he’s loving the ambiance and desires to maintain it going.
“Citifield was rocking last night . Big crowd and a (Francisco)Lindor walk off. Come on out everybody and join the fun!” the proprietor posted on X Saturday morning following the Mets’ 5-4 win over the Cardinals.
The Mets are 13-7 and in first place within the NL East.
The Mets are presently ranked No. 8 in common residence attendance this season (35,795). Final season, which noticed them go from 0-5 to the playoffs, they sat in 18th with a median attendance of 28,757.
It’s additionally possible skewed to the gradual begin the Mets noticed in the beginning of the season, which had a median attendance of simply north of 24,000 by the top of Might.
“That really bothered me, 18th in attendance when we’re right in the middle of a pennant race,” Cohen stated throughout spring coaching. ”I’ve stated this earlier than, the sequence towards the Nationals, proper earlier than the ultimate Philly sequence. I feel there have been 18,000 followers within the stadium throughout an important pennant race.”
Cohen was referring to a Monday, Sept 16 recreation, which had an attendance of 21,694. Mets radio announcer Howie Rose was additionally thrown off by the numbers.
“Here’s what I don’t get. Shea Stadium used to get big weeknight September crowds when the Mets were in a pennant race, and the games started an hour later too,” Rose wrote in an X submit on the time.
For the reason that Mets’ busy offseason, the franchise has seen a “decent, significant percentage increase” in ticket gross sales. That is the wall Cohen has been hoping to interrupt for his crew.
“There’s always been skepticism with the Mets and believing that we’re going to be sustainable winners, you know, sustainably in the playoffs,” Cohen stated this spring. “I think … Mets fans have had this negative perception of the Mets and their fandom, and one of my goals is to break that negativity and have them believe that we’re going to be a sustainable winner year in and year out.”
