New York Mets
What can you bring into Citi Field?
Outside Food
AllowedOutside food is allowed. Bring it in a permitted bag or small soft-sided cooler (up to 16x16x8 in). No glass, cans, or hard-sided coolers.
Outside Beverages and Water Bottles
AllowedOne factory-sealed plastic water bottle (20 oz or less) and one sealed, soft-sided child's juice box per child. Neither may be frozen.
Outside Alcohol
Not allowedAlcoholic beverages may not be brought into Citi Field.
Coolers
AllowedSmall soft-sided coolers are allowed. Glass bottles, metal cans, and hard-sided coolers aren't.
Bags and Purses
AllowedBags up to 16x16x8 in are allowed: purses, totes, drawstring, messenger, fully-clear backpack-style bags, and small soft-sided coolers. Backpacks aren't allowed; ADA/medical exceptions apply.
How New York Mets compares
- You can bring your own food into Citi Field, as you can at 27 of 30 MLB stadiums.
- Its 20 oz bottle limit sits between the 16 oz cap at Boston Red Sox and the 32 oz allowed at Milwaukee Brewers.
- It lets you bring a cooler. 11 of 30 MLB stadiums permit them.
- Outside alcohol is banned here, as it is at every one of the 30 MLB stadiums we track.
Based on all 30 MLB policies on this site. See the full MLB comparison.
The Spaghetti Policy
Citi Field bars the hard cooler and the metal can yet expressly blesses the small soft-sided cooler, and a vessel built to carry food is, by the implication, a vessel built to carry spaghetti. I rule YES: pack your noodles and sauce into a soft cooler no bigger than 16-by-16-by-8, tuck in one sealed 20-ounce water (and, if a child vouches for you, a juice box), and stroll past the gate an honest pasta pilgrim. Freeze nothing, bring no alcohol, and let the Home Run Apple bear witness that the marinara entered Queens entirely within the letter of the law.
Unofficial, untangled, and legally meaningless. Trust the real rules above.