everybody doing the fish Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2449846 Total cost of new stadiums combined: $1,350,000,000 wow...the Yankee's one looks pretty sweet too. Don't think it's worth it IMO though. Yankees: http://www.ballparkwatch.com/images/new_ya...w_yankees_1.jpg http://www.ballparkwatch.com/images/new_ya...w_yankees_3.jpg this looks cool and classic: http://www.ballparkwatch.com/images/new_ya...w_yankees_2.jpg Mets: http://espn-att.starwave.com/photo/2006/05..._mets01_412.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildMarlinMan2003 Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Wow.....both look nice. Too bad I've neevr seen a game from Yankee Stadium....just Shea and Fenway. The Mets park will be a huge upgrade. Marlins need one bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonataArctica121 Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 in NJ it's VERY old news, almost 2 months old, but nice picks. Mets want an ebbets field look. Man I wish the Dodgers stayed in the bronx :confused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Festa Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 in NJ it's VERY old news, almost 2 months old, but nice picks. Mets want an ebbets field look. Man I wish the Dodgers stayed in the bronx :confused They were never in the Bronx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passion Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Do the Yankees really need one? You been to Yankee Stadium lately? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rorod Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 idk yankee stadium has so much tradition... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenman04 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 eh, the mets and yankees both suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureGM Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 The current Yankee Stadium is in a bad location. Shea Stadium has been a dump for years. They need a new stadium a lot more than the Yankees do. The proposed Yankee Stadium looks almost exactly like the current one, while the Mets' stadium reminds me of Ebbets Field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarHeel324 Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Do the Yankees really need one? You been to Yankee Stadium lately? No, is it bad in terms of structure or location? It seems that the new one will be built in the same spot, so the problem shouldn't be location. Not every baseball stadium needs to have a goddamn ball pit on every concourse to drop your wiseass kids that refuse to watch the game unless you spend your entire life savings on $5 cotton candy that is so massive that it blocks my view of the game. I'm starting to fall in love with shitholes like RFK. I mean I'm used to Camden Yards but people need to learn what is really most important. man RFK is a piece of sh*t, not one good thing about it and Yankee is bad in terms of both structure and location. hopefully this new Stadium improves the area. i really love how theyre integrating both of the facades of the old stadium into the new one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Festa Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 I think those who complain about Yankee Stadium's location should know the new stadium is going to be built down the block from the current one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 How is Yankee Stadium in a bad location exactly? Because its in the Bronx? If you don't feel safe in the Bronx, you don't feel safe anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Who cares about location? From what I've heard, Yankee Stadium is full of health code violations as far as concessions are concerned and bums piss all over the place when they sneak in there at night to sleep. Either a new stadium or a complete steralization is needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallen Apple Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Who cares about location? From what I've heard, Yankee Stadium is full of health code violations as far as concessions are concerned and bums piss all over the place when they sneak in there at night to sleep. Either a new stadium or a complete steralization is needed. lolz its true I live 4 blocks away from the stadium :lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankeefan21 Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Here's all you need to know about the structural integrity of Yankee Stadium: Part of Yankee Stadium Crumbles As much as I love the history of Yankee Stadium, it is definately showing its age and battle scars. It really hasn't been "The House that Ruth Built" since the 1974-75 remodel anyway. Monument park used to be part of the outfield for goodness sakes! I would love to see them move the fences back [which is not part of the plan] and give the field its original dimensions. Cest la vie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Festa Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 More than 20,000 people had been expected at Monday night's game at the stadium, which turns 75 years old Saturday. Mayor Rudy Giuliani said someone almost certainly would have been killed if the collapse had happened during the game. :whistle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankeefan21 Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 20,000 fans on a Monday night in April against a non-divisional opponent? Is that the part you are laughing about? You guys had 11,000 fans at last night's game against the CUBS... Oh yeah - the Yankees finished 3rd in attendance in 1998. WIthout looking it up, my guess is Baltimore and Cleveland had the best attendance figures... UPDATE Baltimore finished 1st - 97 DIV Champs Cleveland finished 2nd - 97 AL Champs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Festa Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 20,000 fans on a Monday night in April against a non-divisional opponent? Is that the part you are laughing about? You guys had 11,000 fans at last night's game against the CUBS... Oh yeah - the Yankees finished 3rd in attendance in 1998. WIthout looking it up, my guess is Baltimore and Cleveland had the best attendance figures... UPDATE Baltimore finished 1st - 97 DIV Champs Cleveland finished 2nd - 97 AL Champs Holy sh*t calm down, I wasn't taking a shot at the Yankees. I was trying to point out that the usual suspects (big markets teams) didn't always draw as well on a nightly basis. It stems from a previous thread so you wouldn't know what I'm taking about. :thumbup :thumbup :thumbup Get off the rag. BTW I don't know where you're from but that emoticon doesn't mean laughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankeefan21 Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Holy sh*t calm down... Get off the rag. In other words, you've just been pwned. That's cool. I can dig it. BTW I don't know where you're from but that emoticon [ ] doesn't mean laughter. :lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasesLoadedWalk Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 http://www.nycedc.com./About_Us/getPressRe...ilxx.cfm?id=359 This is mainly for those who are "Business of Baseball" buffs. Everyone else can skip it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlins Troll Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 So when are the Marlins ever going to get their new stadium? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasesLoadedWalk Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Yankees, Mets Bonds Get Investment-Grade Ratings (Update1) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasesLoadedWalk Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 New YS virtual tour: http://www.boston.com/partners/worldnow/ne...continuous=true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelmsE Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 The proposed new stadium for the Mets reminds me a lot of the outside of Coors Field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankeefan21 Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Two interesting points about this stadium: 1. they are keeping the same EXACT ballpark dimensions [would have been nice to see the 1923 dimensions!] 2. they are REDUCING the seating capacity by about 5,000 [do they have a problem drawing crowds - especially in October?!] I have to say, though, I absolutely love that the design is a reflection of their past. The exterior facade is reminiscent of a time gone by when architecture wasn't just about a building - it was about art. I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasesLoadedWalk Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 The new Yankee Stadium will be across the street from the original stadium and will include a museum. (Courtesy of N.Y. Yankees) http://www.latimes.com/sports/printedition...lines-pe-sports Yankees' new home won't be a House Beginning in 2009, New York will play in a stadium complete with luxury boxes and a bar with the view of the Empire State Building. It won't have the old ghosts, but it will be called Yankee Stadium. Bill Shaikin June 3, 2007 NEW YORK ? Say the words: Yankee Stadium. Say them slowly. Let the syllables linger, in the distinguished manner of Bob Sheppard, the public address announcer there since 1951. The words drip with tradition, with excellence, with history. This is the House That Ruth Built, the house in which Gehrig and DiMaggio and Mantle played, the house in which Marciano and Ali fought, Rockne coached, Pele played and two popes prayed. This is the cathedral of American sport. They don't tear down the Vatican, but they're about to tear down Yankee Stadium. You wonder why. "There's an aura here at Yankee Stadium, taking the field and knowing all the people that have played here before you," said Yankees captain Derek Jeter, heir to the legends in pinstripes. "You have to be here to witness it ? all the tradition, all the winning, all the great things that have happened here." You have to be here. Get here soon. You have this summer, and next season, and then comes the wrecking ball. You wonder why. "Because it's an old ballpark," Yankees Manager Joe Torre said. "It's got a great museum feel." So does Fenway Park, but the Red Sox are fixing it up for the new century. So does Wrigley Field, but the Cubs are remodeling. The Yankees renovated their stadium in the 1970s and looked into it again this time. The repair job would have cost as much as ? if not more than ? the new ballpark, Chief Operating Officer Lonn Trost said. The problem: too many fans, or so they say. Oy, every team should have such a problem. Ruth homered in the inaugural game at Yankee Stadium, in 1923, when the team attracted a million fans. George Steinbrenner, aching for a new ballpark in Manhattan a decade ago, bellowed that the Yankees never could draw 3 million to the big, bad Bronx. Now they're winning and attracting 4 million, and they're building that new ballpark across the street from the current one. It is not, Trost insists, all about the money. "Listen, we'll make more money over there. No question about it," he said. "But we're moving because we have to. This building has reached its limit. "We're drawing 4 million, and we can't service them. You can't keep drawing people in here and asking them to wait on line for three innings to go to the bathroom or get concessions. We have to make it comfortable for the fans." And so they will. The concourses will be twice as wide, with triple the number of luxury suites, 22 elevators instead of two and a martini bar with a view of the Empire State Building. "This facility will be treated and developed like a prime five-star hotel," Trost said. Said Jeter: "It's pretty much keeping up with the times."The new ballpark will include an actual museum, perhaps with all 26 championship trophies. They display two now, in a cramped reception area outside the executive offices. The new ballpark will be called Yankee Stadium, and bless the Yankees for that. They could be leaving a billion dollars on the table. The Mets sold naming rights to their new ballpark to Citibank for $400 million, a major league record. The Yankees, presumably, could have sold their naming rights for twice that much. "I would say you're kind of low," Trost said. "Yankee Stadium is not ABC Field. It is not XYZ Stadium. Our advertisers, our sponsors, our partners want to be associated with the Yankees and Yankee Stadium, not with Somebody's Field." The Yankees assuredly will make up that money from those advertisers, sponsors and partners, in the ABC Club and the XYZ Pavilion. The accountants can worry about that. The players can enjoy the creature comforts of a swanky new clubhouse, and an adjacent batting cage. And the fans can relax, in particular those fans worried that the charms of Yankee Stadium will be lost forever. On the outside, the Yankees will reproduce the original 1923 exterior, with limestone and cathedral windows and arches atop the stands. On the inside, the Yankees will replicate the current field and its dimensions, including Monument Park in center field and the short porch in right field. The modest differences: The Yankees will have fewer seats in the upper deck and more in the lower deck, with the best seats closer to home plate. They'll add a restaurant atop the batter's eye beyond center field. And, according to Trost, they'll move the tarp from the third-base side to the first-base side so Jeter does not injure himself by running into it. Alas, even the most faithful reproduction is, well, a reproduction. "You walk into an old ballpark, and you know it's an old ballpark, with a lot of history," Torre said. "That won't be the case over there." So, if you're a devoted baseball fan, make the pilgrimage this year, or next. Even Bud Selig, who delights in celebrating the All-Star game in new ballparks, awarded the 2008 All-Star game to Yankee Stadium, for its farewell season. And then the mystical, mythical ghosts of Yankee Stadium will be gone forever, buried under rubble. "The ghosts are going to have to relocate," Jeter said. "They don't have to go far. It's just across the street." [email protected] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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