Overview

• Mets’ Beatles Night on August 15 features live tribute performances, a replica Shea Stadium ticket giveaway, ceremonial first pitches and themed fireworks at Citi Field.
• The original Shea Stadium concert attracted about 55,600 fans, shattering attendance records and proving large-scale rock tours were commercially viable.
• Fan hysteria and deafening cheers rendered much of the band’s 30-minute set nearly inaudible, exposing the limits of existing stadium sound systems.
• Organizers deployed roughly 2,000 security personnel, including police, ushers and karate-trained volunteers, plus multiple barricade lines to manage the unprecedented crowd.
• Film footage of the event, later aired with overdubbed audio recorded in January 1966, has continued to shape live-music production and concert-tour legacies.