Editing Queens (section)

==Sports==
{{See also|Sports in New York City}}
[[File:Citi Field and Apple.JPG|thumb|upright=1|[[Citi Field]], the home of the [[New York Mets]]]]
[[File:US Open 2014 (15048888245).jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Arthur Ashe Stadium]] during the 2014 [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]]]
Queens is home of the [[New York Mets]] of [[Major League Baseball]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/mets|title=The Official website of the New York Mets|website=[[New York Mets]]|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|access-date=August 26, 2022}}</ref> Founded in 1962 as an expansion team, the Mets have won 2 [[World Series]] championships and 5 [[National League (baseball)|National League]] pennants. [[Citi Field]] is a 41,922-seat stadium opened in April 2009 in [[Flushing Meadows–Corona Park]] that is the home ballpark of the Mets.<ref name="Citi-Field" /> [[Shea Stadium]], the former home of the Mets and the [[New York Jets]] of the [[National Football League]], as well as the temporary home of the [[New York Yankees]] and the [[New York Giants|New York Giants Football Team]] stood where Citi Field's parking lot is now located, operating from 1964 to 2008.<ref name="NYTs 2009 Apr 4" /> Queens is the future home of the [[Etihad Park (New York City)|Etihad Park]] for [[New York City FC]] of [[Major League Soccer]], which is expected to be completed in 2027.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amny.com/sports/nycfc-and-nyc-reach-deal-soccer-stadium/|title=Nomads no more: NYCFC and NYC reach deal on soccer stadium in Queens |date=November 15, 2022|website=AM New York|language=en|access-date=November 15, 2022}}</ref>

The [[US Open (tennis)|U.S. Open]] tennis tournament has been played since 1978 at the [[USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center]], located just south of Citi Field.<ref name="Rennert 2009" /> With a capacity of 23,771, [[Arthur Ashe Stadium]] is [[List of tennis stadiums by capacity|the biggest tennis stadium in the world]].<ref name="NYTs 2015 Jun 10" /> The U.S. Open was formerly played at the [[West Side Tennis Club]] in [[Forest Hills, Queens|Forest Hills]].<ref name="6sqft 2015 Sep 1" /> [[South Ozone Park]] is the home of [[Aqueduct Racetrack]], which is operated by the [[New York Racing Association]], and offers [[Thoroughbred]] horse racing from late October/early November through April.<ref name="Aqueduck-Racetrack-info" /> (The [[Belmont Park]] racetrack and the adjacent [[UBS Arena]] (home of the [[New York Islanders]] of the [[National Hockey League]]) sit entirely in [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]], just over the City line; however, small sections of the properties of both venues are in Queens, as is the [[Belmont Park station]] of the [[Long Island Rail Road]].)
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