Check out Eater NYs guide to the best Yankee Stadium eats right here. More than 70,000 people attended the first game at the House that Ruth Built; it was a match against the Boston Red Sox, which the Bronx Bombers won, 4-1. [65] The fans that left the ballpark were not permitted to re-enter, per the stadium's re-entry policy, and many subsequently got into arguments with stadium personnel. [120], On April 3, 2016, an episode of the HBO news-comedy series Last Week Tonight aired, where host John Oliver responded to Trost's remarks, arguing that he was "saying that rich people couldn't bear to sit next to people who aren't as rich." Yankee Stadium is accessible by car via the Major Deegan Expressway (I-87), with connections to the Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95), Bruckner Expressway (I-278), and other highways and roads. See subway delays visualized in real time. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong. It was easier to come here. And you can take Uber or Lyft, or a regular ol yellow taxi, but traffic before and after games tends to be a nightmare; prepare accordingly. [36] These attempts didn't have much effect upon the home team, though: the Yankees went on to win the 2009 World Series at the end of their first MLB season in the new stadium.[37]. The seats are laid out similar to the original Yankee Stadium's stands, with grandstand seating that stretches beyond the foul poles, as well as bleacher seats beyond the outfield fences. [46] The first monuments were put in place on February 23, 2009. Monument Park is now situated under the sports bar; black shades cover the monuments on the back wall during games to prevent interference with the vision of the batter. Ahead of the 2020 season, the Yankees added two new "social spaces"; the Stella Artois Landing at sections 232A and 232B in left field and the Michelob ULTRA Clubhouse at sections 207 and 208 in right field. ), the food options are more diverse, andcruciallythere are more bathrooms. Empty seats in the Legends Suite could even be seen during the 2009 playoffs, including World Series games. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. Even though the stadium's home run rate decreased slightly for the 2010 season to 2.73 per game, it was still the highest figure in the majors. The stunt was successful, leading to the presence of several costumed attendees in Legends Seats during the opening games. The Rangers also faced off against the New York Islanders on January 29, 2014, under the deep cold outdoor weather. This has created an embarrassing image on television of the seats behind home plate being almost completely vacant. [65], Late in the stadium's first season, cracks were seen on the concrete ramps of the Stadium. The New York State Legislature agreed to $70 million in subsidies for a $320 million parking garage project. Cotton Eye Joe by Rednex: Why? [87] Jorge Posada hit the first Yankee home run in the new ballpark hitting his off Lee in the same game. [97] Chelsea also played Manchester City there on May 25, 2013, which ended in a 53 win for City. At the time, Bloomberg said that publicly funded stadiums were a poor investment. [41] The new stadium's seating is spaced outward in a bowl, unlike the stacked-tiers design at the old stadium. 4, was retired (Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth); the only perfect game in World Series history, pitched by Don Larsen in 1956; Roger Mariss record-setting 61st home run; and the World Series-winning game against the Atlanta Braves in 1996, which began the teams late-aughts heyday. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. However, it was also believed that the team was trying to specifically hinder the ticket resale service StubHub, which competed against an official resale service run by TicketMaster known as the Yankees Ticket Exchange. The interior, a modern ballpark with greater space and increased amenities, features a playing field that closely mimics the 19882008 dimensions of the old stadium. Though the bid ultimately failed, a new stadium was approved in 2006. [40] This also marks a decrease from the previous Yankee Stadium, where the outfield walls stood at a height of approximately 10 feet (3.0m). Cotto captured the WBA super welterweight title and his fourth world title, before a crowd of 20,272. [61][62] Overall, the average ticket price is $63, the highest in baseball. In 2011, it became home to the PSAL Football City Conference Championship. If youre coming with kids, snag tickets at the 300 level on the right-field sidethat seating is close to the Kids Clubhouse, which has a tiny baseball diamond and Yankees-themed playground equipment, among other diversions. The Yankees love traditions; for example, with very few exceptions, the teams uniformspinstripes, no names on the back of each players jerseyhavent changed since the early 20th century. The old stadium, if you were at the stadium, in the stands, the only place you could see the game was in your seat. [66], The stadium has also been criticized for its lack of fan noise. This page was last edited on 22 August 2021, at 03:34. Tickets to a Yankees game can be inexpensive, depending on where you want to sit; bleacher seats can be had for as little as $15, and at the Grandstand Levelaka the nosebleedstickets are occasionally as low as $10. [115] Taylor Swift received her honorary doctorate in fine arts at the 2022 ceremony.[116]. In 2014, Yankee Stadium became the home of the Double A and Triple A New York City High School Public School Athletic League Championship. On October 6, 2011 Detroit Tigers in game five of the ALDS were the first team to eliminate the Yankees at the new Yankee Stadium in the postseason. On June 11, 2013, Spain defeated the Republic of Ireland 20 in a friendly match at the stadium. [50] All these differences make the current Yankee Stadium more batter-friendly than the original one. [53][54] Displaying 5,925sqft (550.5m2) of video, the scoreboard can display four 1080p HD images simultaneously. The Frank's Red Hot Terrace and Toyota Terrace overlook the visitors' and Yankees' bullpens respectively. There are bike lanes around the stadium, but bike parking is harder to come byyoull have to take your ride into a parking garage to lock it upso youre better off taking the subway. [82] However, the Yankees offense, as in previous years, had employed many home run hitters in 2009. The stadium is also served by a lot of bus lines, and the MTA has all the info you need about them right here. As long as the bottle is not opened, you can bring it into the stadium. Want to grab a beer before (or after) a game? The original Yankee Stadium opened on April 18, 1923, after an 11-month contruction period. Water outside is usually $1, much cheaper than inside.Greg Kirkland, staff writer, Pinstripe Alley, Yankee Stadium has the benefit of being close to two express train lines, the 4 and the D. Both stop at 161 St-Yankee Stadium, which is across the street from the ballparkfollow the crowds out of the subway stop, and you cant miss it. The game was moved back to Rutgers' home stadium due to potential conflicts with the Yankees' postseason. [57] A steakhouse called NYY Steak is located beyond right field. [43] Celebrity chefs will occasionally make appearances at the ballpark's restaurants and help prepare food for fans in premium seating over the course of the season. Also in 2014, Lehigh and Lafayette played the 150th edition of their college football rivalry game at Yankee Stadium on November 22, 2014. A signature by Babe Ruth is one of many autographs in the "ball wall", the centerpiece of the Yankee Museum. The Yankees are in the postseason, and facing off against the Houston Astros this week at the ballpark; consider this your cheatsheet to Yankee Stadium, whether youre a newbie or a frequent visitor. Tickets cost $510 on average; the most expensive tickets cost $2,600 each. The new Budweiser Party Decks located at sections 311 and 328 in the upper deck feature shaded standalone bar areas serving beer, cocktails and food. But unlike Citi Field, the options arent especially NYC-centric; among the local vendors slinging chow at the ballpark are Lobels, a longtime Upper East Side butcher shop that has an outpost there (try the steak sandwich; they have locations in sections 134 and 321) and Mighty Quinns, the BBQ hotspot. [51], The outfield fences measure 8feet 5inches (2.57m) high from the left-field foul pole until the Yankees' bullpen, when the fences begin to gradually descend in height until the right field foul pole, where they are 8 feet (2.4m) tall. The community was left without parkland for five years. Both teams played to a sold out stadium; Lafayette winning, 277. The new Yankee Stadium, designed by Populous, harks back to the old in some ways; the firm created a four-story limestone and granite facade thats similar to the one found on the old ballpark, and the curved frieze that adorned the ballparks upper decks was re-created anew. [38][48], The field dimensions for the outfield fences have the same distance markers as the original facility prior to closing yet the dimensions are not identical. [40] Made of steel coated with zinc for rust protection, it is part of the support system for the cantilevers holding up the top deck and the lighting on the roof. [113], A New York University graduation ceremony took place on May 13, 2009, with the address being delivered by U.S. Secretary of State and former New York Senator Hillary Clinton. [72], A variety of theories have been posited to account for the dramatic increase in home runs at the new Yankee Stadium over the original stadium, foremost among these the sharper angles of the outfield walls[50] and the speculated presence of a wind tunnel. Both games drew a little more than 50,000 spectators, almost the full capacity of the stadium. The Frank Sinatra tune plays at the end of every game, and its been that way since the 1980 season. [92], On April 20, 2016, the Oakland Athletics' Kendall Graveman became the first starting pitcher to bat at Yankee Stadium.[93]. It contains 63% more space, 500,000 square feet (46,000m2) more in total, than the previous stadium, with wider concourses and open sight lines on concourses. You can check out a virtual Yankee Stadium seating chart here. [49] Due to the design of the right-field stands and the inclusion of an embedded manual scoreboard, the right-field wall is an average of 5 feet (1.5m) closer to home plate. [43] With seven-story ceilings, the Great Hall features more than 31,000 square feet (2,900m2) of retail space and is lined with 20 banners of past and present Yankees superstars. Even though all playoff games were sellouts, Legends Suite ticket holders were in the lounges and the restaurant underneath instead of their seats. Bloomberg's blueprint for the stadium was unveiled in 2004, at the same time as the plan for the Mets' new stadium, Citi Field. [101], The Notre Dame Fighting Irish played a college football game at Yankee Stadium against The Army Black Knights on November 20, 2010, with the Irish defeating the Black Knights 273. [80], The number of home runs hit at the new stadium slowed significantly as the season progressed,[81] but a new single-season record for most home runs hit at a Yankee home ballpark was nonetheless set in the Yankees' 73rd home game of 2009 when Vladimir Guerrero of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim hit the 216th home run of the season at the venue, surpassing the previous record of 215 set at the original Yankee Stadium in 2005. The stadium was designed by the architectural firm Populous. The Field Level and Main Level comprise the lower bowl, with suites on the H&R Block Level, and the Upper Level and Grandstand Level comprising the upper bowl. The Yankees hit 108 home runs while playing on the road, the second most in baseball behind the Philadelphia Phillies. Original file (1,024 446 pixels, file size: 404 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg). All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. The roof of the new facility features a replica of the frieze that was a trademark of the previous ballpark. [96], As part of the 2012 World Football Challenge, Chelsea played Paris Saint-Germain on July 22, 2012, in the first soccer match at Yankee Stadium, the match ended in a 11 tie, before a crowd of 38,202. [56] The centerpiece of the museum is a tribute to Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series, with a commemorative home plate in the floor and statues of Larsen pitching to Yogi Berra. [71] During construction of the new ballpark, engineers commissioned a wind study, the results of which indicated there would be no noticeable difference between the two stadiums. [42] The wall beyond the bleacher seats is "cut out" to reveal the 4 subway trains as they pass by, like they were in the original facility. [40], The Yankees clubhouse features 30,000 square feet (2,880 m2) of space, over 2.5 times the space of the clubhouse from the previous facility. The West Side Stadium plan resurfaced in December 2001, and by January 2002, months after the September 11 attacks, Giuliani announced "tentative agreements" for both the New York Yankees and New York Mets to build new stadiums. [43] Above Monument Park is the Center Field Sports Bar, whose tinted black glass acts as the ballpark's batter's eye. Over 56 suites are located within the ballpark, triple the amount from the previous stadium. So a lot of times it looks like it's empty, but it's really not. The garages will be built (and renovated) by the Community Initiatives Development Corporation of Hudson, a nonprofit entity that will use the parking revenue to repay the bonds and pay a $3 million yearly land lease to the City of New York. [65] Fans were told by some staff members that the game was unlikely to resume and consequently, many fans exited the stadium, only for the game to eventually resume play. [40] To allow for the extra seating space, the stadium's capacity is reduced by more than 4,000 seats in comparison to the previous stadium. [26] In a statewide referendum in 1987, New Jersey taxpayers rejected $185 million in public financing for a baseball stadium for the Yankees. Groundbreaking ceremonies for the stadium took place on August 16, 2006, the 58th anniversary of Babe Ruth's death, with Steinbrenner, Bloomberg, and then-Governor of New York George Pataki among the notables donning Yankees hard hats and wielding ceremonial shovels to mark the occasion. Although Yankee Stadium's construction began in August 2006, the project spanned many years and faced many controversies, including the high public cost and the loss of public parkland. [39] Sports & The Arts was hired by the Yankees to curate the nearly 1,300 photographs that adorn the building from sources including the Daily News, Getty Images, the Baseball Hall of Fame and Major League Baseball. [73] Likewise, Gammons' ESPN colleague Buster Olney described the stadium as "a veritable wind tunnel"[71] and likened it to his childhood Wiffle-ball park. IDA Approves $325.3 Million, Most for Yankee Stadium Garages", "More Soccer At Yankee Stadium: AC Milan vs. Real Madrid In August! [99][100], Despite having soccer matches played in Yankee Stadium, it is not approved for CONCACAF matches, most notability for the CONCACAF Champions League, meaning that any CONCACAF match that has New York City FC playing in it would be required to played at another stadium. He suggested that Babe Ruth could have potentially hit 120 or more homers if he played in the new Stadium. [40] The new stadium replicates the frieze in its original location along the upper deck stands. [55] The Yankees are believed to be the first team to chemically treat their uniforms, as well as the showering surfaces with an anti-bacterial agent that reduces the risk of infection. However, with most of the funding coming from taxpayers, Giuliani tabled the proposal, fearing rejection in a citywide referendum. In 1993, Mayor David Dinkins expanded on Koch's proposal by offering his Bronx Center vision for the neighborhood, including new housing, a new courthouse, and relocating the Police Academy nearby. The stadium is reachable via the 161st Street Yankee Stadium station complex, the same that served the old Yankee Stadium, by the 4, B, and D trains of the New York City Subway. Theres a group of regulars, known as the Bleacher Creatures, whove claimed the cheap seats as their territory, and you wont find more die-hard fans in the stadium. [55] The dressing area alone features 3,344sqft (310.7m2) of space, with each locker equipped with a safety deposit box and touch-screen computer. In the Bronx Bombers 118-year history, theyve called four different venuesincluding the long-lost Polo Grounds and the original Yanks ballparkhome, with the new iteration of Yankee Stadium opening in 2009. [40], Between the exterior perimeter wall and interior of the stadium is the "Great Hall", a large concourse that runs between Gates 4 and 6. [58], Although Yankee Stadium has been praised for its amenities, it also has been widely criticized for high ticket prices. 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The Devils and Islanders never played an outdoor game before this series.[107]. This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. The exterior resembles the original look of the 1923 Yankee Stadium. The Bronx Zoo. Cotto defeated Foreman with a TKO in the ninth round. Maybe I'm wrong, but it's hard to see that the new place can ever quite duplicate that. [40] Many lower-level seats are cushioned, while all seats are equipped with cupholders. YMCA by the Village People: During the seventh inning stretch, the grounds crew at Yankee Stadium comes out to do their thing, but they also do the YMCAarm gestures and all. This is due to a clause in an agreement between the city and Madison Square Garden: if either the Rangers or the New York Knicks "cease playing" home games at the Garden, the venue would lose its tax exemption and be subject to penalties. The final cost for the two stadiums was more than $3.1 billion; taxpayer subsidies accounted for $1.8 billion.[7]. The YTE is subject to a price flooring policy, meaning that tickets may only be discounted up to a certain amount. The current Yankee Stadium is a baseball stadium located in the Bronx, New York City. The best place to enter Yankee Stadium is usually via the Bleacher Entrance, Gate 8. [43] A Hard Rock Cafe is located within the ballpark, but it is open to anyone at the 161st St. and River Ave. entrance year round. ESPN commentator Peter Gammons denounced the new facility as "one of the biggest jokes in baseball" during an appearance on Mike and Mike in the Morning, and concluded that "[it] was not a very well-planned ballpark". Steinbrenner rejected this as well. In 2009, Derek Jeter became the Yankees all-time hits leader with his 2,722nd hit, surpassing Lou Gehrig's 72-year record. Babe Ruth hit a home run that day, and according to the New York Times, the biggest crowd in baseball history rose to its feet and let loose the biggest shout in baseball history.. The Masterpass Batter's Eye Deck above the Center Field Sports Bar is an outdoor gathering space in center field with clear full views of the playing field available to all ticketed guests. At the team's March 13, 2016 home opener, although the team stated that they would be phasing in mobile ticketing by introducing additional verification steps for printed tickets before the policy takes full effect in April, reports indicated that the stadium was turning away fans with printed tickets, leading to long queue lines, as well as few attendees inside the stadium itself. [50] This results in a difference at certain points between the right field markers of as much as 9 feet (2.7m). [65] In response to the backlash the Yankees received for the incident, the staff members were required to sign a gag order preventing them from speaking to media, but they did indicate that communication for rain delays would be improved. If a game isnt a nail-biter, its fine to leave early; plenty of fans will do that, since it helps beat the crowds filing into the subway station after a match. [34][35] The worker has since claimed to have buried a 2004 American League Championship Series program/scorecard, but has not said where he placed it. [59] Legends Suite Seats have been regularly empty, with many ticket holders in this section having given up their tickets, and others remaining unsold, despite most other seats in the ballpark selling out. (Its a 15-minute ride from Grand Central Terminal.). The team justified the decision by stating that it was meant to combat fraud associated with printed digital tickets. [64], The Yankee Stadium staff was also criticized for an incident during a May 4, 2009 game, which was interrupted by a rain delay. Games at the new stadium do not feature the same deafening crowd moments and often sound eerily silent. Both sections are available to fans with tickets anywhere in the Stadium. On October 9, 2007, the New York City Industrial Development Agency approved $225 million in tax-exempt bonds to finance construction of three new parking garages that will have 3,600 new parking spaces, and renovation of the existing 5,569 parking spaces nearby. The New York Daily News newspaper partnered with the Yankees for the exhibition "The Glory of the Yankees Photo Collection", which was selected from the Daily News' collection of over 2,000 photographs. [30], Michael Bloomberg, who succeeded Giuliani as mayor in 2002, called the former mayor's agreements "corporate welfare" and exercised the escape clause in the agreements to back out of both deals, saying that the city could not afford to build new stadiums for the Yankees and Mets. For the original stadium, see, The completed venue next to the remains of the former facility in 2010, The Indiana limestone exterior, shown in both pictures, at Gate 6 and 4, mirrors that used on the original Yankee Stadium in 1923. Before the official Opening Day against the Cleveland Indians on April 16, 2009, the Yankees hosted a two-game exhibition series at the stadium in early April against the Chicago Cubs. [59][60] Seats within the first eight rows in the lower bowl, called the "Legends Suite", are among the highest-priced tickets in professional sports. [79], An independent study by the weather service provider AccuWeather in June 2009 concluded that the shape and height of the right field wall, rather than the wind, is responsible for the proliferation of home runs at the stadium. [105], The stadium was intended to host a game between Rutgers and Maryland on November 4, 2017. [And] one of the most important things to remember is to buy bottled water outside. Steinbrenner at the time was reportedly considering a move to the Meadowlands Sports Complex in New Jersey. Aside from existing parking lots and garages serving the stadium, construction for additional parking garages is planned.
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