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96-484: Indiana limestone is a more common term for Salem Limestone , a geological formation primarily quarried in south central Indiana , USA, between the cities of Bloomington and Bedford . It has been called the best quarried limestone in the United States. Indiana limestone, like all limestone, is a rock primarily formed of calcium carbonate . It was deposited over millions of years as marine fossils decomposed at

192-468: A Sunday Night Baseball telecast in 2012, commentator and former Red Sox manager Terry Francona spoke about the different atmospheres in the old and new stadiums saying that "As a visiting team, especially for the Red Sox, by the time the (national) anthem was over, you couldn't wait to get back in the dugout. Now (there is) a little different (kind) of fan sitting around down there by the dugout." Games at

288-443: A weight room , training room, video room, and lounge area, while both teams' clubhouses have their own indoor batting cages . The Yankees' therapy room features a hydrotherapy pool with an underwater treadmill. 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. The New York Yankees Museum , located on

384-598: A 42-story neo-gothic skyscraper that is the largest educational building in the Western Hemisphere, along with other nearby buildings of the University of Pittsburgh , are clad in Indiana limestone. The St. Anthony Society Chapter House at Yale University also is built of Indiana limestone. Many of the gargoyles on the buildings of Princeton University were carved from Indiana limestone, including "Flute Player", located on

480-520: A 5-by-383-foot (1.5 by 116.7 m) LED ( light-emitting diode ) ribbon display as well as a 25' by 36' LED video display above the entrance to the ballpark from Daktronics , a company in Brookings , South Dakota . Monument Park , which features the Yankees' retired numbers, as well as monuments and plaques dedicated to distinguished Yankees, has been moved from its location beyond the left field fences in

576-518: A Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Masonry Design, uses Indiana limestone on its exterior facade. Nationally, Indiana limestone has long been part of a high-end market. It has mostly been used on the exteriors of homes and commercial and government buildings. Many prominent public buildings in the United States — such as the National Cathedral , Biltmore Estate , Empire State Building ,

672-550: A Yankee Village, with shops, restaurants, and a museum. Steinbrenner rejected this as well. That same year, Mayor Rudy Giuliani unveiled a plan to relocate the Yankees to the West Side Yard for a $ 1 billion stadium . However, with most of the funding coming from taxpayers, Giuliani tabled the proposal, fearing rejection in a citywide referendum. The West Side Stadium plan resurfaced in December 2001, and by January 2002, months after

768-482: 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. However, the Yankees offense, as in previous years, had employed many home run hitters in 2009. The Yankees hit 108 home runs while playing on

864-455: A baseball stadium for the Yankees. Despite the rejection from New Jersey, Steinbrenner frequently threatened to move as leverage in negotiations with New York City. In 1988, Mayor Ed Koch agreed to have city taxpayers spend $ 90 million on a second renovation of Yankee Stadium that included luxury boxes and restaurants inside the stadium and parking garages and traffic improvements outside. Steinbrenner agreed in principle, but then backed out of

960-523: A friendly match at the stadium. On April 21, 2014, it was announced that New York City FC , a Major League Soccer expansion team owned jointly by the New York Yankees and Manchester City , would play in Yankee Stadium from 2015 until Etihad Park is completed in 2027. NYCFC played their first game at Yankee Stadium on March 15, 2015. Because of the unique dimensions of the Yankee Stadium field,

1056-597: A hands-on learning experience for local students and non-profit organizations. Although Yankee Stadium has been praised for its amenities, it also has been widely criticized for high ticket prices. Seats within the first eight rows in the lower bowl, called the "Legends Suite", are among the highest-priced tickets in professional sports. Tickets cost $ 510 on average; the most expensive tickets cost $ 2,600 each. 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

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1152-520: 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. Parking is expected to cost $ 25 per game. To enhance security and expedite entry, Yankee Stadium implemented a clear bag policy, allowing only transparent bags of specific dimensions for easier inspection and quicker access. As part of the 2012 World Football Challenge , Chelsea played Paris Saint-Germain on July 22, 2012, in

1248-500: A playing field that closely mimics the 1988–2008 dimensions of the old stadium. The current stadium features 4,300 club seats and 68 luxury suites. The stadium was designed by the architectural firm Populous . The exterior was made from 11,000 pieces of Indiana limestone , along with granite and pre-cast concrete. The limestone is from the same quarry that produced the limestone for the Empire State Building . It features

1344-513: A poor investment. Bloomberg's blueprint for the stadium was unveiled in 2004, at the same time as the plan for the Mets' new stadium, Citi Field . The final cost for the two stadiums was more than $ 3.1 billion; taxpayer subsidies accounted for $ 1.8 billion. 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

1440-452: A replica jersey of Red Sox player David Ortiz underneath the visitors' dugout with the objective of placing a " hex " on the Yankees, much like the " Curse of the Bambino " that had allegedly plagued the Red Sox long after trading Ruth to the Yankees. After the worker was exposed by co-workers, he was forced to help exhume the jersey. The Yankees organization then donated the retrieved jersey to

1536-609: A specific stratigraphic formation in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Yankee Stadium Yankee Stadium is a baseball stadium located in the Bronx in New York City . It is the home field of Major League Baseball ’s New York Yankees and New York City FC of Major League Soccer . The stadium opened in April 2009, replacing the original Yankee Stadium that operated from 1923 to 2008; it

1632-568: 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. Aside from existing parking lots and garages serving the stadium, construction for additional parking garages is planned. The New York State Legislature agreed to $ 70 million in subsidies for a $ 320 million parking garage project. On October 9, 2007,

1728-452: Is equipped with a drainage system (featuring over 14,000 feet (4,300 m) of pipe) that makes the field playable an hour after taking 2 inches (51 mm) of rain. Yankee Stadium features a wide array of amenities. It contains 63% more space, 500,000 square feet (46,000 m ) more in total, than the previous stadium, with wider concourses and open sight lines on concourses. Along with 227 miles (365 km) of wired Ethernet cable ,

1824-438: Is located within the ballpark, but it is open to anyone at the 161st St. and River Ave. entrance year round. The Hard Rock Cafe at Yankee Stadium officially opened on March 30, 2009, and an opening ceremony took place on April 2, 2009. A steakhouse called NYY Steak is located beyond right field. Celebrity chefs will occasionally make appearances at the ballpark's restaurants and help prepare food for fans in premium seating over

1920-465: Is made of Indiana Limestone. (A work by Jules-Félix Coutan , it includes representations of Minerva , Hercules , and Mercury and, at its unveiling in 1914, was considered the largest sculptural group in the world.) The original 1930s buildings of Rockefeller Center use limestone from Bedford. In 1955 the Tennessee State Capitol exterior was renovated using Indiana limestone to replace

2016-455: Is owned by City Football Group and the Yankees. It will be an interim venue for the club until Etihad Park is constructed in Willets Point and opens in 2027. It has also occasionally hosted college football games, including the annual Pinstripe Bowl , concerts, and other athletic and entertainment events. New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner began campaigning for a new stadium in

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2112-416: Is situated on the 24-acre (9.7 ha) former site of Macombs Dam Park , one block north of the original stadium's site. The new Yankee Stadium replicates design elements of the original Yankee Stadium, including its exterior and trademark frieze, while incorporating larger spaces and modern amenities. It has the sixth-largest seating capacity among the 30 stadiums of Major League Baseball. Construction on

2208-715: The Arab Oil Embargo of 1973, the price of alternative building materials skyrocketed so Indiana limestone reemerged as an energy-efficient building material. Many of Indiana's official buildings, such as the State capitol building, the monuments in Downtown Indianapolis , the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law , many university buildings, and the Indiana Government Center, and most of

2304-513: The Jimmy Fund , a charity started in 1948 by the Red Sox' National League rivals, the Boston Braves , but long championed by the Red Sox and particularly associated with Ted Williams . The worker has since claimed to have buried a 2004 American League Championship Series program/scorecard, but has not said where he placed it. These attempts did not have much effect upon the home team, though:

2400-514: The Metro-North Railroad , opened on May 23, 2009; this station routinely features Hudson Line train service, but on game days, Harlem Line and New Haven Line trains from upstate New York and Connecticut—as well as shuttle trains from Grand Central Terminal --also stop there. The stadium is also served by the Bx1 , Bx2 , Bx6 , Bx6 SBS , and Bx13 New York City Bus routes. Yankee Stadium

2496-626: 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. Plans initially called for a fourth new garage, but this was eliminated before the final approval. The garages will be built (and renovated) by the Community Initiatives Development Corporation of Hudson ,

2592-647: The Seattle Mariners became the first player to hit a home run off of the Mohegan Sun Restaurant in center field. Like its predecessor, the new Yankee Stadium hosted the World Series in its very first season. The first World Series game at the venue was a 6–1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on October 28, 2009; coincidentally, Phillies starter Cliff Lee, who won the first regular season game at

2688-526: The September 11 attacks , Giuliani announced "tentative agreements" for both the New York Yankees and New York Mets to build new stadiums. He estimated that both stadiums would cost $ 2 billion, with city and state taxpayers contributing $ 1.2 billion. Michael Bloomberg , who succeeded Giuliani as mayor in 2002, called the former mayor's agreements " corporate welfare " and exercised the escape clause in

2784-490: The University of Chicago is almost entirely constructed out of Indiana limestone; in keeping with the trend of post-Fire buildings using the material. The campus of Washington University in St. Louis – both for new construction and original buildings – makes use of Indiana limestone in its collegiate gothic architecture. Many buildings on the north side of Michigan State University use Indiana limestone. The Cathedral of Learning ,

2880-504: The 2022 season. Between the exterior perimeter wall and interior of the stadium is the "Great Hall", a large open air concourse that runs between Gates 4 and 6. With seven-story ceilings, the Great Hall is the largest open air public entry way at any sports venue in the world and features more than 31,000 square feet (2,900 m ) of retail space and is lined with 20 banners of past and present Yankees superstars. The Great Hall features

2976-622: The Kids Clubhouse, was created and is located on the 300 level in the right field grandstand above Gate 6 and is outfitted with Yankees-themed playground equipment. 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. Both sections are available to fans with tickets anywhere in

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3072-636: The Pentagon , The Crescent in Dallas , and the Hotel Pennsylvania — feature Indiana limestone in their exteriors. Some 35 of the 50 state capitol buildings in the United States are made of Indiana limestone. It was used extensively in rebuilding Chicago after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The sculptural group atop the main façade of New York City's Grand Central Terminal — known as Glory of Commerce —

3168-495: The Stadium. In May 2022, the Yankees unveiled the "Yankee Stadium Tower Garden" inside Gate 2. The tower garden is a vertical aeroponic garden consisting of ten structures that allow for the growth of fresh produce that require minimal resources and will be served to fans in salads and other food items at the stadium's concession areas and restaurants. It is also part of the "New York Yankees Healthy Home Plate Program" which provides

3264-597: The Yankees 3–2 in Game 5 of the ALDS to become the first team to eliminate the Yankees at the new stadium in the postseason. On October 30, 2024, the Los Angeles Dodgers became the first visiting team to win a World Series at the venue when they erased a 5–0 deficit to defeat the Yankees 7–6 in Game 5 of the 2024 World Series . Many historic milestones and records have been achieved at Yankee Stadium. In 2009, Derek Jeter became

3360-402: The Yankees all-time hits leader with his 2,722nd hit, surpassing Lou Gehrig 's 72-year record. The following season, Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th home run at the Stadium, becoming the youngest player to accomplish the feat. In 2011, three significant milestones were achieved at the stadium. In July, Jeter became the first Yankee to join the 3,000 hit club and collect all 3,000 hits with

3456-530: The Yankees hosted a two-game exhibition series at the stadium in early April against the Chicago Cubs . The Yankees lost the stadium's first regular-season game to the Indians and 2008 Cy Young Award winner Cliff Lee by a score of 10–2. Before the Yankees went to bat for the first time, the bat that Babe Ruth used to hit his first home run at the old Yankee Stadium in 1923 was placed momentarily on home plate. In

3552-524: The Yankees in a 3–0 win. The Astros were also the last team to no-hit the Yankees at the original Yankee Stadium in 2003. 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 . It is also served by the Yankees – East 153rd Street station of

3648-412: The Yankees went on to win the 2009 World Series at the end of their first MLB season in the new stadium. The new stadium is meant to evoke elements of the original Yankee Stadium, both in its original 1923 state and its post-renovation state in 1976. The exterior resembles the original look of the 1923 Yankee Stadium. The interior, a modern ballpark with greater space and increased amenities, features

3744-444: The agreements to back out of both deals, saying that the city could not afford to build new stadiums for the Yankees and Mets. Bloomberg said that Giuliani had inserted a clause in this deal that loosened the teams' leases with the city and would allow the Yankees and Mets to leave the city on 60 days' notice to find a new home elsewhere if the city backed out of the agreement. At the time, Bloomberg said that publicly funded stadiums were

3840-543: The ballpark selling out. This has created an embarrassing image on television of the seats behind home plate being almost completely vacant. Consequently, a surplus of tickets for Legends Seats have emerged in the secondary market, and with supply exceeding demand, resale prices have dropped. Empty seats in the Legends Suite could even be seen during the 2009 playoffs, including World Series games. Even though all playoff games were sellouts, Legends Suite ticket holders were in

3936-557: The bottom of a shallow inland sea which covered most of the present-day Midwestern United States during the Mississippian Period. Native Americans were the first people to discover limestone in Indiana. Not long after they arrived, American settlers used this rock around their windows and doors and for memorials around the towns. The first quarry was started in 1827, and by 1929 Hoosier quarries yielded 12,000,000 ft (340,000 cubic meters) of usable stone. The expansion of

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4032-403: The bottom of the fifth inning of the same game, Jorge Posada hit the first Yankee home run in the new ballpark off of Lee, which also served as New York's first run at the new venue. Later in that game, Grady Sizemore of the Indians hit the first grand slam at the stadium, doing so off of Yankee relief pitcher Dámaso Marte in the top of the seventh inning. On July 2, 2009, Russell Branyan of

4128-475: The building has sufficient fiber-optic cable wiring that Cisco Vice President and Treasurer David Holland calls the building "future proof". Over 1,100 HD video monitors are placed within the stadium and approximately $ 10 million worth of baseball merchandise is housed within the ballpark. The center field scoreboard, manufactured by Mitsubishi Diamond Vision, measures 59 x 101 feet (31 m) and offers 5,925 square feet (550.5 m ) of viewing area. It

4224-529: The building's name V-cut and gold-leaf lettered above each gate. The interior of the stadium is adorned with hundreds of photographs capturing the history of the Yankees. 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. Sports & The Arts

4320-579: The course of the season. Above Monument Park is the Center Field Sports Bar, whose tinted black glass acts as the ballpark's batter's eye . After the 2016 season, the Yankees made significant upgrades to Yankee Stadium including the Masterpass Batter's Eye Deck and Frank's Red Hot Terrace and Toyota Terrace. 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

4416-414: The current Yankee Stadium more hitter-friendly to right field than the original one. The outfield fences measure 8 feet 5 inches (2.57 m) 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 (2.4 m) tall. This also marks a decrease from the previous Yankee Stadium, where

4512-608: The deal. 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. In 1993, New York Governor Mario Cuomo proposed using the West Side Yard , a 30-acre (12 ha) rail yard along the West Side of Manhattan and owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority , as

4608-649: The early 1980s, just a few years after the remodeled Yankee Stadium opened. Steinbrenner at the time was reportedly considering a move to the Meadowlands Sports Complex in New Jersey. New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean in 1984 authorized the use of land for a new baseball stadium in the Meadowlands, but the state legislature did not provide financing for the stadium. In a statewide referendum in 1987, New Jersey taxpayers rejected $ 185 million in public financing for

4704-722: The exterior of Firestone Library . Both structures of the Kenosha County Courthouse and Jail in Kenosha, Wisconsin , were built out of the limestone. This stone was used as far north as the Hotel Macdonald in Edmonton . The Nebraska State Capitol is clad in Indiana Limestone, after native limestone was deemed too prone to weathering. Because of the awareness of acid rain , which wears Indiana Limestone relatively quickly,

4800-461: The first soccer match at Yankee Stadium, the match ended in a 1–1 tie, before a crowd of 38,202. The Stadium hosted another soccer match between A.C. Milan and Real Madrid on August 8, 2012. Real Madrid won 5–1, before a crowd of 49,474. Chelsea also played Manchester City there on May 25, 2013, which ended in a 5–3 win for City. On June 11, 2013, Spain defeated the Republic of Ireland 2–0 in

4896-409: The floor and statues of Larsen pitching to Yogi Berra . Along with a facsimile of a current locker from the Yankees' clubhouse, fans can view the locker of the late Thurman Munson , which sat unoccupied in the previous stadium's Yankee clubhouse in honor of Munson. The ballpark offers a wide choice of restaurants. There are 25 fixed concessions stands, along with 112 movable ones. A Hard Rock Cafe

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4992-463: The franchise. The following month, the Yankees became the first team in history to hit three grand slams in a single game. As the regular season drew to a close, Mariano Rivera became the all-time leader in regular season saves , when he earned his 602nd save. On April 20, 2016, the Oakland Athletics' Kendall Graveman became the first starting pitcher to bat at Yankee Stadium. Due to

5088-449: The game to eventually resume play. 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. 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. Late in

5184-471: The game was in your seat. Now there's so many suites and places people can go. So a lot of times it looks like it's empty, but it's really not. The old stadium, it was more intimidating. The fans were right on top of you." Starting in 2017, the new stadium began to sound like the old stadium especially during the 2017 American League Championship Series against the Houston Astros . In Game 4 specifically,

5280-479: The highest figure in the majors. However, the prolific home run rate of April and May 2009 that drew criticism has not sustained itself over any season thus far, and while through the first two months of the 2011 season the Yankees hit far more homers than any other team in the majors, Yankee Stadium was not the top home run park. Before the official Opening Day against the Cleveland Indians on April 16, 2009,

5376-423: The home runs hit at the new ballpark would not have been home runs at the old ballpark due to the gentle curve of its right field corner, and its 10-foot (3.0 m) wall height. Nothing was observed in wind speeds and patterns that would account for the increase. The number of home runs hit at the new stadium slowed significantly as the season progressed, but a new single-season record for most home runs hit at

5472-543: The lack of games scheduled for teams not in the own league, San Diego Padres in the NL West was the final team to visit the Yankee Stadium in its new configuration on May 27, 2019. Yankees amassed a record of 24–5 for homes games against every opposing teams' first games visiting the current Yankee Stadium. On June 25, 2022, new Yankee Stadium witnessed its first no-hitter when three Houston Astros pitchers ( Cristian Javier , Héctor Neris , and Ryan Pressly ) combine to no-hit

5568-552: The large outfield fences have the same distance markers as the original facility prior to closing yet the dimensions are not identical. 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 (1.5 m) closer to home plate. Overall, the fences measure 318 feet (97 m) to left field, 399 feet (122 m) to left-center field, 408 feet (124 m) to center field, 385 feet (117 m) to right-center field, and 314 feet (96 m) to right field. At

5664-405: The location for a new stadium for the Yankees. However, Cuomo lost his re-election bid a few months later. By 1995, Steinbrenner had rejected 13 proposals to keep the Yankees in the Bronx. In 1998, Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer proposed spending $ 600 million in public money to add dozens of luxury boxes to the stadium, to improve highway and public transportation access, and to create

5760-410: The lounges and the restaurant underneath instead of their seats. Overall, the average ticket price is $ 63, the highest in baseball. Legends Suite seats are also separate from the other lower bowl seating and are vigorously patrolled by stadium security, with the divider being described as a "concrete moat." Fans who do not have tickets within this premium section in the front rows are not allowed in

5856-512: The lower bowl, with suites on the H&;R Block Level, and the Upper Level and Grandstand Level constituting the upper bowl. Approximately 2 ⁄ 3 of the stadium's seating is in the lower bowl, the inverse from the original Yankee Stadium. 50,287 fans can be seated, with a standing room capacity of 52,325. The new stadium's seating is spaced outward in a bowl, unlike the stacked-tiers design at

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5952-399: The lower level at Gate 6, displays a wide range of Yankees' memorabilia. A "Ball Wall" features hundreds of balls autographed by past and present Yankees, and there are plans to eventually add autographs for every living player who has played for the Yankees. 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

6048-460: 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". Likewise, Gammons' ESPN colleague Buster Olney described the stadium as "a veritable wind tunnel" and likened it to his childhood Wiffle-ball park. Newsday columnist Wallace Matthews joined in the criticism, labeling

6144-462: The new place can ever quite duplicate that." Derek Jeter echoed this sentiment in a September 2014 article in New York magazine, in which he said he missed the original Yankee Stadium: "It was a different feel. The new stadium, its second to none—all the amenities. For the players, it really doesn't get any better. The old stadium, if you were at the stadium, in the stands, the only place you could see

6240-574: The new stadium do not feature the same deafening crowd moments and often sound eerily silent. The lack of fan noise was noticeable in the 2012 playoffs as well, with thousands of unsold seats for Game 5 of the ALDS and Games 1 and 2 of the ALCS . "This is a very easy place to play now," said Quintin Berry of the Detroit Tigers , the Yankees' ALCS opponents. "Coming from Oakland , the fans there were so rowdy. It

6336-403: The notables donning Yankees hard hats and wielding ceremonial shovels to mark the occasion. The Yankees continued to play in the previous Yankee Stadium during the 2007 and 2008 seasons while their new home stadium was built across the street. The community was left without parkland for five years. During construction of the new stadium, a construction worker and avid Boston Red Sox fan buried

6432-458: The old Yankee Stadium, the right field wall curved from the right-field corner to straightaway center, while at the new ballpark the fence takes a sharp, almost entirely straight angle. This results in a difference at certain points between the right field markers of as much as 9 feet (2.7 m). The dimensions in left field are substantially the same despite the presence of an embedded auxiliary scoreboard there as well. All these differences make

6528-441: The old stadium. This design places most fans farther back but lower to the field, by about an average of 30 feet (9.1 m). Over 56 suites are located within the ballpark, triple the amount from the previous stadium. Seats are 19–24 inches (48–61 cm) wide, up from the previous stadium's 18–22-inch (46–56 cm) wide seats, while there is 33–39 inches (84–99 cm) of leg room, up from 29.5 inches (75 cm) of leg room in

6624-436: The original Yankee Stadium to its new location beyond the center field fences at the new facility. 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. The new location of the monuments is meant to mirror their original placement in center field at the original pre-renovation Yankee Stadium, albeit when they were on

6720-471: The person next to you, but you can’t hear a thing. It was crazy.” Todd Frazier said “We still felt confident, and the crowd played a huge part in it.” and Brett Gardner , a Yankee since 2008, said “Tonight was about as loud as it gets.” In its first season, Yankee Stadium quickly acquired a reputation as a "bandbox" and a "launching pad" because of the high number of home runs hit at the new ballpark. Through its first 23 games, 87 home runs were hit at

6816-502: The playing field available to all ticketed guests. The Frank's Red Hot Terrace and Toyota Terrace overlook the visitors' and Yankees' bullpens respectively. The new AT&T Sports Lounge is behind section 134 on the main level and features a full bar, tables, stools and large screen TVs. 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. An 2,850 sq ft (265 m ) outdoor area, known as

6912-466: The playing field. The transfer of Monument Park from the old stadium to the new stadium began on November 10, 2008. The first monuments were put in place on February 23, 2009. Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera requested that the Yankees reposition the team's bullpen, as well as add a door to connect the Yankees' bullpen to Monument Park, in order to allow access to it by Yankee relievers. The organization complied with his request. The field dimensions for

7008-463: The poorer-quality Tennessee limestone that had started to deteriorate. Some 15,000 cubic feet of Indiana limestone was used in the rebuilding of the Pentagon after the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2001. The new Yankee Stadium in the Bronx , which opened in 2009, extensively uses Indiana limestone paneling on its exterior facade. Indiana limestone has been particularly popular for the construction of university buildings. The Neo-Gothic campus of

7104-408: The previous stadium. Many lower-level seats are cushioned, while all seats are equipped with cupholders. 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. Many design elements of the ballpark's interior are inspired by the original Yankee Stadium. The roof of the new facility features a replica of the frieze that

7200-489: The railroads brought great need for limestone to build bridges and tunnels and Indiana was the place to get it. American architecture of the late 19th and early 20th century included a lot of limestone detail work on buildings, but as architectural styles changed, so did the demand for limestone. Indiana limestone was officially designated as the state stone of Indiana by the Indiana General Assembly in 1971. With

7296-461: The right field wall stood at a height of approximately 10 feet (3.0 m). The distance from home plate to the backstop is 52 feet 4 inches (15.95 m), a reduction of 20 feet (6.1 m) from the previous facility. The field is made up of Kentucky bluegrass , the same surface as the previous stadium, which is grown on a 1,300-acre (530 ha) farm in Bridgeton, New Jersey . The grass

7392-404: The road, the second most in baseball behind the Philadelphia Phillies . In 2010, the early rate of home runs were markedly less through May 15, 2010, with 35 home runs hit in 14 games for 2.5 per game (a projection of 205—in 2009, the stadium finished at 2.93 per game for a total of 237). Even though the stadium's home run rate decreased slightly for the 2010 season to 2.73 per game, it was still

7488-404: The scoreboard can display four 1080p HD images simultaneously. The Yankees clubhouse features 30,000 square feet (2,880 m ) of space, over 2.5 times the space of the clubhouse from the previous facility. The dressing area alone features 3,344 sq ft (310.7 m ) of space, with each locker equipped with a safety deposit box and touch-screen computer. The Yankees clubhouse features

7584-415: The seating on top of the center field club with standing terraces, drastically reducing the number of obstructed views from center field in the process. The Yankee Stadium staff was also criticized for an incident during a May 4, 2009 game, which was interrupted by a rain delay. Fans were told by some staff members that the game was unlikely to resume and consequently, many fans exited the stadium, only for

7680-635: The section. This includes standing behind the dugouts during batting practice and to seek autographs. The least expensive seats, the bleachers, initially left many fans disappointed, as the indoor club seating area in center field obstructed the views from bleacher seats on both sides in sections 201 and 239. These severely obstructed sections would ultimately be removed during the 2016–2017 off-season in favor of outdoor bars and patio called Franks Red Hot Terrace in left center and Toyota Terrace in right center. These new areas are complete with standing terraces accessible to all ticket holders, in addition to replacing

7776-408: The stadium "ridiculous" and accused "the franchise that took ownership of the home run" of cheapening it. He suggested that Babe Ruth could have potentially hit 120 or more homers if he played in the new Stadium. For his column, Matthews interviewed former Yankee Reggie Jackson , who termed the park "too small" to contain current player Alex Rodriguez . Jackson estimated that the park might enable

7872-542: The stadium began in August 2006, and the project spanned many years and faced many controversies, including the high public cost and the loss of public park land. The $ 2.3 billion stadium was built with $ 1.2 billion in public subsidies and is one of the most expensive stadiums ever built. Yankee Stadium hosted the 2009 and 2024 World Series . Yankee Stadium became the home field of the MLS expansion club New York City FC in 2014, which

7968-495: The stadium was raucous and loud where the Yankees rallied and won 6–4. The crowd noise and atmosphere may have even caused an Astros miscue in the eighth inning. After the game, several Yankees commented on the crowd noise and the atmosphere it created. In a New York Times article following the game, CC Sabathia said “It felt like the old stadium tonight” and “This is as loud as I’ve ever heard it”. Aaron Judge said “Deafening, just deafening.” He went on to say “You try to talk to

8064-465: The stadium's first season, cracks were seen on the concrete ramps of the Stadium. The Yankees are trying to determine whether there was something wrong with the concrete, or the ramps' installation or design. The company involved in inspecting the concrete was indicted on charges that its employees either faked or failed to perform some required tests and falsified the results of others. The stadium has also been criticized for its lack of fan noise. During

8160-512: The state's 92 courthouses are all examples of Indiana architecture made with Indiana limestone. The majority of Indiana University, Bloomington , was constructed out of limestone. 1959's architecturally significant St. Augustine's Episcopal Church , in Gary, Indiana , uses Indiana limestone in the interior. The Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church in Merrillville, Indiana , consecrated in 1991 and awarded

8256-556: The stone is not as often used in monuments today as it was in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Salem Limestone The Salem Formation is a geologic formation in Illinois , Indiana , Kentucky , and Missouri . It preserves fossils dating back to the Mississippian subperiod . This formation is quarried and used as a building material, known as " Indiana limestone ", also called Bedford limestone. This article about

8352-490: The support system for the cantilevers holding up the top deck and the lighting on the roof. 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. A manually operated auxiliary scoreboard was built into the left and right field fences, in the same locations it existed in the pre-renovation iteration of the original Yankee Stadium. They were removed in favor of digital advertising signage prior to

8448-466: The third baseman to hit 75 home runs in a season. 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 and the speculated presence of a wind tunnel . During construction of the new ballpark, engineers commissioned a wind study, the results of which indicated there would be no noticeable difference between

8544-493: The two stadiums. The franchise planned a second study, but Major League rules prohibit a team from making any changes to the playing field until the off-season. 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. AccuWeather's analysis found that roughly 20% of

8640-482: The venue with the Indians prior to being traded to Philadelphia, was the winning pitcher in Game 1. The Yankees, however, rallied to win four of the next five, defeating the Phillies four games to two to win their 27th World Series championship. With the series-clinching 7–3 New York victory in Game 6 on November 4, 2009, Yankee Stadium also became the latest stadium to host a World Series-clinching victory by its home team in

8736-512: The venue's first season (after the St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series at Busch Stadium in 2006). The Yankees also became the only team to inaugurate two stadiums with World Series wins and also appeared in the 1976 World Series following the refurbishment of the original Yankee Stadium, losing to the Big Red Machine in a four-game sweep. On October 6, 2011, the Detroit Tigers defeated

8832-467: The venue, easily besting Enron Field 's (now called Minute Maid Park) previous record set in 2000. Early in the season, Yankee Stadium was on pace to break Coors Field 's 1999 single-season record of 303 home runs allowed, and the hometown Daily News (using the back-page headline " HOMERS ODYSSEY ") started publishing a daily graphic comparing each stadium's home run totals through a similar number of games. ESPN commentator Peter Gammons denounced

8928-409: Was a trademark of the previous ballpark. In the original Yankee Stadium, a copper frieze originally lined the roof of the upper deck stands, but it was torn down during the 1974–75 renovations and replicated atop the wall beyond the bleachers. The new stadium replicates the frieze in its original location along the upper deck stands. Made of steel coated with zinc for rust protection, it is part of

9024-407: Was easier to come here." In his autobiography The Closer , the Yankees' longtime relief pitcher Mariano Rivera wrote about the new stadium's atmosphere: "It doesn't hold noise, or home-team fervor, anywhere near the way the old place did. The old Stadium was our 10th man—a loud and frenzied cauldron of pinstriped passion, with a lot of lifers in the stands. Maybe I'm wrong, but it's hard to see that

9120-535: 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. 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. The Field Level and Main Level constitute

9216-490: Was the third-largest HD scoreboard in the world when it opened (behind the 8,736-square-foot (811.6 m ) board at newly renovated Kauffman Stadium and the new 8,066-square-foot (749.4 m ) board at the renovated Tokyo Racecourse ). Since then, it has also been surpassed by what was the world's largest scoreboard at AT&T Stadium and the new scoreboard at the Philadelphia Phillies ' Citizens Bank Park . Displaying 5,925 sq ft (550.5 m ) of video,

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