The plan also said that the teams would be allowed to keep all parking revenues, which state officials had already said they wanted to keep to compensate the state for building new garages for the teams. Of $1.5 billion sought for the stadiums, city and state taxpayers would pick up half the tab for construction, $800 million, along with $390 million on extra transportation. Shortly before leaving office in December 2001, he announced "tentative agreements" for both the New York Yankees and New York Mets to build new stadiums. New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani had already been instrumental in the construction of taxpayer-funded minor league baseball facilities MCU Park for the Mets' minor league Brooklyn Cyclones and Richmond County Bank Ballpark for the Staten Island Yankees.
The Yankees also considered moving to the West Side of Manhattan, which was where the proposed West Side Stadium would later be considered for the New York Jets. Yankees ownership allegedly planned to move the team across the Hudson River to New Jersey. New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner began campaigning for the building of a new stadium in the 1980s, even alleging unsafe conditions around the original Yankee Stadium despite the possibility that such statements could discourage attendance at his own team's games. 2.2 Field dimensions and playing surface.It was the third most expensive stadium after Wembley Stadium in London and New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Also controversial was the price tag of $2.3 billion, including $1.2 billion in taxpayer subsidies. Replacement ballfields, slated to open when the new stadium did, have not been completed. The stadium was built on what had been Template:Convert of public parkland. Although stadium construction began in August 2006, the project of building a new stadium for the Yankees is one that spanned many years and faced many controversies. Much of the stadium incorporates design elements from the previous Yankee Stadium, paying homage to the Yankees' history. The first regular season game was played on April 16, a 10–2 Yankee loss to the Cleveland Indians. The first game at the new Yankee Stadium was a pre-season exhibition game against the Chicago Cubs played on April 3, 2009, which the Yankees won 7–4. The ballpark opened April 2, 2009, when the Yankees hosted a workout day in front of fans from the Bronx community. The new ballpark was constructed across the street, north-northeast of the 1923 Yankee Stadium, on the former site of Macombs Dam Park. It serves as the home ballpark for the New York Yankees, replacing the previous Yankee Stadium, built in Template:By. For Upstaters, let's call it balmy.Yankee Stadium is a stadium located in The Bronx in New York City, United States. This park has yet to be experienced in the ice tong grip of New Year's weekend. (All-time records: high 58, low 2.) The old Yankee Stadium was known for brutal, swirling December winds that killed passing attacks and stuffed field goal attempts. 30 in New York City is 38 degrees the low, 25. The Pinstripe Bowl - nine days after the solstice - starts at 3:30 p.m. 2) Last Tuesday for the city's high school championship, after dark in the 30s about 5,000 people watched an 8-6 defensive struggle.
20, between Notre Dame and Army, in sunshine and mid-40s temperatures, which sold out. The new stadium has hosted two football games: 1) Nov. Staying all week? A seven-day unlimited pass costs $27. Subway fares are $2.25 each way or $8.25 for a one-day pass good for unlimited subway and local bus rides. If you're partying at Blarney Rock before the game head to nearby Penn Station where A and C line trains will connect you to B and D trains to the ballpark. Subway.If you do decide to take the subway, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority tells Yankee fans to take the 4 B and D trains to the 161st Street-Yankee Stadium complex.
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