“Let’s go Mets,” Mr. Thompson, a resident of Manhattan, told the guard. The couple walked into the Cadillac Club to catch a game between the Mets and their crosstown rival Yankees. feel, but you are a little isolated from the normal ballpark,” said Mr. Thompson, who was given the tickets (membership cost: up to $25,000 each per season) through a friend. Hip lounges, inventive culinary offerings and original in-game vantage points are some of the ways M.L.B. teams are elevating the ballpark experience this summer.

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