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OK you Yankee fans - do you hate the new stadium? - freeradical - 05-15-2009
Or will everything work out?
"For more than 80 years, Yankee Stadium was the most revered sports venue on the planet. The new Yankee Stadium's fate is yet to be determined.
Since it opened in April, scads of empty seats in prime locations have compelled the team to cut prices. Tickets to a recent Boston Red Sox game, usually a hot item, were selling for $8 on StubHub, the online reseller. Home runs are flying out of the place at an alarming rate (the park's average of 3.62 per game led the majors before Thursday night). The Yankees absorbed a 10-2 loss in the park's first regular-season game and allowed a stunning 22 runs in its third.
As the Yankees return Friday for their third homestand at the new "Taj Mahal," as outfielder Nick Swisher calls the park, here's a sobering thought for the franchise and its fans: What if this $1.5 billion ballpark doesn't help the team? Is it possible that this magnificent facility could fail?"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124234030890821201.html
Re: OK you Yankee fans - do you hate the new stadium? - mattkime - 05-15-2009
I don't understand why we keep building stadiums to look like the ones we build 50 years ago. It always looks like a tacky motif on modern steel.
Re: OK you Yankee fans - do you hate the new stadium? - RgrF - 05-15-2009
I'm really happy with the stadium built the year the Titanic sank.
Re: OK you Yankee fans - do you hate the new stadium? - DRR - 05-15-2009
I grew up a Yankee fan but the sport has done little to keep my interest. Plus, the fact that the Yankees are currently mired in mediocrity sure doesn't help ticket sales, does it?
Re: OK you Yankee fans - do you hate the new stadium? - troywellbuilt - 05-15-2009
It's totally worth $2625 a seat to watch the Yankees lose. C'mon, you cheapskates!
Re: OK you Yankee fans - do you hate the new stadium? - N-OS X-tasy! - 05-15-2009
troywellbuilt wrote:
It's totally worth $2625 a seat to watch the Yankees lose. C'mon, you cheapskates!
I've been doing that a lot at home for free lately (go BoSox!) - and in HD, natch!
Re: OK you Yankee fans - do you hate the new stadium? - decay - 05-15-2009
$70 a ticket is unAmerican.
seriously.
Re: OK you Yankee fans - do you hate the new stadium? - threeprong - 05-15-2009
How much are the peanuts and cracker jacks?
Re: OK you Yankee fans - do you hate the new stadium? - bhaveshp - 05-15-2009
Thanks for the link - I'll be checking out Stubhub for cheap Yankees tix for an upcoming NYC trip.
Yes, the team is mediocre this year, but I've been a fan for 30+ years so an off year doesn't change that.
Re: OK you Yankee fans - do you hate the new stadium? - Jimmypoo - 05-15-2009
For more than 80 years, Yankee Stadium was the most revered sports venue on the planet.
Huh? I thought the most revered venue was the Amphitheatrum Flavium in Rome.....
