Designer athletelogos has become the keeper of Shea Stadium's neon glow. He spoke with joedelessio about his love for the old ballpark's minimalistic neon figures and his dream of seeing his work inside Citi Field
Shea Stadium and its neon figures. Photo: Jerry Driendl/Getty Images Since 2016, a graphic designer named Dan Abrams has marked each and every Mets victory by opening up Adobe Illustrator, creating a drawing of a key moment in the style of the minimalistic neon figures that once lit up the exterior of Shea Stadium, and posting it to social media. Shea has been gone since 2008, but Abrams has become the keeper of its neon glow in recent years.
Four of Abrams’s designs. Clockwise from top left: Endy Chavez, Starling Marte, Pete Alonso, and Gary Carter. Photo: Courtesy of Dan Abrams Abrams was first inspired to create one of these neon drawings during the spring of 2016, when Yoenis Cespedes, then a star Mets outfielder, celebrated a home run with a bat flip. The real Neon Guy origin story came later that year, though, when the website Barstool Sports used a similar motif on a shirt depicting popular pitcher Bartolo Colón.
Abrams’s rendering of what his designs would look like inside Citi Field’s Jackie Robinson Rotunda. Photo: Courtesy of Dan Abrams For a while, the drawings were a labor of love. Abrams, who’s done design work for athletes, sports leagues, and individual teams, briefly tried selling shirts with his illustrations years ago, but ran into legal issues over the players’ image rights.
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