Ground-breaking ceremony for Shea Stadium

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On October 28, 1961 ā€” Three thousand spectators witnessed the ground-breaking ceremony for the $18,000,000 Municipal Stadium in the Queenā€™s Flushing Meadow Park. The future home of the Mets, as well as the NFLā€™s Titans, is expected to ready for Opening Day in 1963, will be known as Shea Stadium in honor of Bill Shea, the lawyer who helped to bring back the National League to the Big Apple.

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