After the 1999 season , the New York Mets purchased the St. Catharines Stompers of the New York – Penn League , planning to move them from Ontario to Brooklyn . However , the stadium for the newly minted Brooklyn Cyclones would not be ready until 2001 ( nor would their affiliation contract with the Toronto Blue Jays expire until then ) , so the Mets decided to " park " the franchise in Queens for the 2000 season , dubbing them the Queens Kings . Striking a deal with St. John 's University , the Mets built a ballpark for the Kings , then donated it to the school and the Red Storm college baseball team , which plays in Division I Big East Conference of the NCAA . In 2007 , the stadium was named for St. John 's All-American baseball player John W. " Jack " Kaiser . Kaiser , who played in the late 1940s , was head coach of the baseball team from 1956 – 1973 , athletic director from 1973 – 1995 , and is currently emeritus athletic director at St. John 's University . The stadium holds 3,500 people
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Jack Kaiser Stadium