Editing Shea Stadium (section)

===In popular culture===
In the television serial drama ''[[Mad Men]]'', the main character, [[Don Draper]], has his secretary buy a pair of tickets for the Beatles' concert at Shea Stadium in 1965.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hinckley |first=David |date= April 27, 2015 | url = http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/real-history-shaped-mad-men-top-10-article-1.2200572| title = 10 moments in history that helped shape 'Mad Men,' from the war to assassinations| website = [[New York Daily News]] |access-date=December 10, 2022}}</ref>

[[The Rutles]] film ''[[All You Need is Cash]]'' refers to the ballpark as Che Stadium, "named after the Cuban guerilla leader, [[Che Guevara|Che Stadium]]."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/observer/omm/the10/story/0,11109,1132388,00.html |last=Kermode |first=Mark |title=The 10 rock comedies |work=The Guardian |location=London, UK |date=February 1, 2004 |access-date=May 4, 2020}}</ref>

Shea Stadium was parodied as Spray Stadium in an episode of ''[[Batman '66]]''.

In 1987, [[Marvel Comics]] rented Shea Stadium to [[Spider-Man's wedding (live performance)|re-enact the wedding]] of [[Spider-Man|Peter Parker/Spider-Man]] and [[Mary Jane Watson]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Gross|first=Michael|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/02/style/spider-man-to-wed-model.html|title=Spider-Man to Wed Model|date=June 2, 1987|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

In the 2007 documentary series ''[[Seven Ages of Rock]]'', Shea Stadium was named the most hallowed venue in all of [[rock music]].

In ''[[Godzilla: The Series]]'', the stadium was destroyed in a fight between [[Godzilla]] and Crackler.

Shea Stadium was used for filming the 1973 movie ''[[Bang the Drum Slowly (film)|Bang The Drum Slowly]]'' starring Robert De Niro and Michael Moriarty and the 1978 film ''[[The Wiz (film)|The Wiz]]''. In the latter film, the exterior pedestrian ramps were used for a motorcycle chase scene with [[Michael Jackson]] and [[Diana Ross]].

A scene in the 2002 movie ''[[Two Weeks Notice]]'' takes place at Shea.

In ''[[Men in Black (1997 film)|Men in Black]]'', a Mets game at Shea was featured in the film, with outfielder [[Bernard Gilkey]] dropping a fly ball after being distracted by an alien spacecraft in the sky. Shea was also featured in ''[[Men in Black 3]]'' which is where K and J intercept Griffin and the ArcNet in 1969 before Boris the Animal can capture it.

Shea Stadium was also the setting for two episodes of ''[[The King of Queens]]'': "Doug Out" (1999) and "Catching Hell" (2005).

The exterior part of the Stadium is featured in the 2006 videogame ''[[Driver: Parallel Lines]]''.