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Citi Field: March collegiate debut and April 2009 Mets regular-season opener

Citi Field in Flushing, Queens hosted its first baseball game on March 29, 2009, between St. John’s and Georgetown.

PlaceFlushing, Queens

Claim period2009-03-29 – 2009-04-13

Source record5 inspected references

Research context, not a current advisory. Claim assessments refer to their documented place and time. The source archive has partial coverage and has not undergone full independent semantic recertification. A located origin is not necessarily the first source anywhere. Read the original records.

What the evidence establishes

CLAIM 01

Citi Field in Flushing, Queens hosted its first baseball game on March 29, 2009, between St. John’s and Georgetown.

Scope: Flushing, Queens · 2009-03-29 – 2009-03-29

Assessment: SUPPORTED

The contemporary participant recap explicitly identifies the first game; its linked original box score confirms date and venue.

Review status: SOURCE_CHECKED_AI_REVIEW. This is not an independently certified universal verdict.

What is not established: The collegiate debut precedes the Mets regular-season opener. Native discussion is circulation evidence only.

CLAIM 02

The Mets played their first regular-season home game at Citi Field on April 13, 2009.

Scope: Flushing, Queens · 2009-04-13 – 2009-04-13

Assessment: SUPPORTED

The team catalog explicitly identifies the regular-season scope and day; the museum’s collected-ball history agrees.

Review status: SOURCE_CHECKED_AI_REVIEW. This is not an independently certified universal verdict.

What is not established: This is a later milestone in the same venue opening, not another counted story. Catalog/event dates are not web publication dates.

Limits and open questions

The collegiate debut precedes the Mets regular-season opener. Native discussion is circulation evidence only.

This is a later milestone in the same venue opening, not another counted story. Catalog/event dates are not web publication dates.

First game, first Mets game and first regular-season game have different scopes. The native post’s exact publication date is unknown.

Original sources

The source date is not always the event date. Links point to the publishing organizations.

Original linked box score identifies the date and Citi Field venueSt. John’s University · Date not established
The game-record date is not an independently known upload day.
Same-day university recap identifies the first completed gameSt. John’s University · 2009-03-29
Midnight in the CMS is not assumed to be a real publication clock.
Museum collection history corroborates the April Mets openingNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum · Date not established
An undated living article is not assigned a search-engine date.
Native post circulates the March 29 debut and discusses opening phasesReddit user u/ColdYellowGatorade · Date not established
The poster says the attached video is not their recording.
Mets artifact catalog dates the first regular-season gameNew York Mets · Date not established
The object/event date is not the page’s publication date.

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Citi Field: March collegiate debut and April 2009 Mets regular-season opener

What the evidence establishes

Citi Field in Flushing, Queens hosted its first baseball game on March 29, 2009, between St. John’s and Georgetown.

The Mets played their first regular-season home game at Citi Field on April 13, 2009.

Limits and open questions

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