MCU Park Schedule

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If the combined minor league stadium project did not involve the approval of both the Mets and Yankees, it is likely that it would not have happened.The park's naming rights were sold to KeySpan Energy, a utility company whose primary holding is the former Brooklyn Union Gas, until 2020.

Fans who have tried to pass security and move between the field and stadium have been removed from the concert.In 2003, Björk performed two shows at MCU park.[1] [2] Portions of these concerts appear in the Icelandic music documentary Screaming Masterpiece.In the summer of 2004, the jam band Phish began what was billed as its last tour with a two-night stand at MCU Park, with a guest appearance by rapper Jay-Z, a native of Brooklyn, on the second evening.

In the same year, The White Stripes performed one of their recent tours following the release of their album, Get Behind Me Satan.In the summer of 2005, Def Leppard and Bryan Adams performed at MCU Park on July 9th as a part of their efforts to bring major league Rock `N Roll to America's Minor League Baseball Parks during their 2005 Cross-Country ``Rock `N Roll Double-Header Tour.During 2006, the ballpark hosted Jamie Farr for four consecutive nights of sold-out performances of his one-man musical revue "Mandela," loosely based on the life of Nelson Mandela.The French electronic music duo Daft Punk performed their robotic costumes in MCU Park on August 9, 2007.311 and Snoop Dogg played a show together on July 16, 2008.On July 13, 2009, Wilco performed with "very special guests" Yo La Tengo.

The Yankees had to approve the construction of MCU Park, and the Mets had to approve the Yankees' minor league park, since the Major League Baseball organizations share territorial rights to the New York City market, and have veto power over each other (and any other MLB organization).

MCU Park was built on the old site of Steeplechase Park, an old-time Coney Island amusement park that closed in 1964 amid crime and general deterioration of Coney Island and the subways that run to the area.Part of a general reinvestment in the Coney Island neighborhood, the park opened in 2001 with a capacity of 6,500.

MCU Park prohibits fans from bringing outside food into the stadium, a policy in every minor league stadium, but not in effect at Citi Field and Yankee Stadium.MCU Park and the Staten Island Yankees' Richmond County Bank Ballpark were paid for with public money, part of a deal that involved both the Mets and Yankees.