Photos from the 4 train today.

Center Field view


Left/center Field view







This would be the outside, approximately Right Field location.











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Thanks for the photos.

So they're not going to have any final farewell for the old stadium Bingo?

R they gonna blow it up?

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So they're not going to have any final farewell for the old stadium Bingo?

There was a bit of a farewell for the old place at the final Yankees home game in September.

The new place, which is across the street from the old one, looks like Yankee Stadium, but cleaner and more modern. It's as much Yankee Stadium as the current Madison Square Garden, the fourth building to have that name, is Madison Square Garden. Whether the memories and heritage of the old place make it to the new stadium remains to be seen.

I am not a Yankee fan at all, but I still find it disturbing that they're tearing down a piece of history, all in the name of the almighty dollar! You'd never see Red Sox Nation tearing down Fenway Park to add 20,000 more seats! NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, because we Sox fans have respect for History.

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I am not a Yankee fan at all, but I still find it disturbing that they're tearing down a piece of history, all in the name of the almighty dollar! You'd never see Red Sox Nation tearing down Fenway Park to add 20,000 more seats! NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, because we Sox fans have respect for History.

Give me a break on all this Red Sox Nation stuff.
They're building a new Yankee Stadium because it's time to build a new Yankee Stadium.
And the Sox don't have nearly as much history as the Yankees.
Yanks have won the World Series 26 times to Boston's 7. Boston has won the AL Pennant 12 times to the Yanks 39.
It's not even close.

If you don't think Fenway is going to hit the wrecking in the next 5 years, you are in fantasy land. There have already been plans floated about for a new Fenway. Fenway and Wrigley are now the dinosaurs. If they can tear down Yankee Stadium, they are all going.

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I am not a Yankee fan at all, but I still find it disturbing that they're tearing down a piece of history, all in the name of the almighty dollar! You'd never see Red Sox Nation tearing down Fenway Park to add 20,000 more seats! NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, because we Sox fans have respect for History.

And what history is that? 86 years between World Series titles? Red Sawx history consists largely of breakdown ('78), failure ('49), and heartbreak ('86). The current streak of two World Series championships in four years is a nice little run, but the Yankees won two within four years several times. Let's see the Sawx win five in a row, as the Yankees did in 1949-53; or four in a row, as the Yankees did in 1936-39; or four out of five, as the Yankees did in 1996-2000.

BTW, the new Yankee Stadium won't be adding 20,000 seats; it will have about 3,000 fewer seats than the old one. As for the old rathole Fenway, the Sawx' regard for the "almighty dollar" is such that they have squeezed just about every possible seat into the existing structure, including on top of the green monster, and every dollar out of that fanbase that calls itself a nation. Nice marketing: getting people to pay top dollar to sit on top of the left field wall. In other markets, sitting up there is just an obstructed view that would be priced accordingly.

AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOUR GRAPES! I hit a nerve! The Sox are IN THE PLAY OFFS folks, and the Yankees are golfing so I wouldn't hurry to pick on the Red Sox! As far as a NEW FENWAY, I have heard of no plans to tear it down and I bet it will never happen! As far as winning more World Series, I say SO WHAT? That was THEN, and this is NOW and your dynasty is OVER! By the way, none of the other teams had the money that the Yankees had to BUY the best players. It is only recently that other reams like the Sox could raise the cash to buy some great players. Fenway may be old, but it has that magic that most stadiums lack! The Steinbrenners are creepie, unusual team owners and they will not set the precedent for other stadiums. There's only one FENWAY, and it will stay!

Sad to see Yankee Stadium go. Will be sad to see Fenway and Wrigley fall to the all-mighty dollar too.

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Sad to see Yankee Stadium go. Will be sad to see Fenway and Wrigley fall to the all-mighty dollar too.

I don't think you'll see Fenway going anytime soon . They've made many upgrades and the ticket prices are high enough so that financing a competitve team is possible .

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AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOUR GRAPES! I hit a nerve! The Sox are IN THE PLAY OFFS folks, and the Yankees are golfing so I wouldn't hurry to pick on the Red Sox! As far as a NEW FENWAY, I have heard of no plans to tear it down and I bet it will never happen! As far as winning more World Series, I say SO WHAT? That was THEN, and this is NOW and your dynasty is OVER! By the way, none of the other teams had the money that the Yankees had to BUY the best players. It is only recently that other reams like the Sox could raise the cash to buy some great players. Fenway may be old, but it has that magic that most stadiums lack! The Steinbrenners are creepie, unusual team owners and they will not set the precedent for other stadiums. There's only one FENWAY, and it will stay!

Bucky Dent.

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mickschix
AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOUR GRAPES! I hit a nerve! The Sox are IN THE PLAY OFFS folks, and the Yankees are golfing so I wouldn't hurry to pick on the Red Sox! As far as a NEW FENWAY, I have heard of no plans to tear it down and I bet it will never happen! As far as winning more World Series, I say SO WHAT? That was THEN, and this is NOW and your dynasty is OVER! By the way, none of the other teams had the money that the Yankees had to BUY the best players. It is only recently that other reams like the Sox could raise the cash to buy some great players. Fenway may be old, but it has that magic that most stadiums lack! The Steinbrenners are creepie, unusual team owners and they will not set the precedent for other stadiums. There's only one FENWAY, and it will stay!

Trade Babe Ruth lately?

Your nice little four year run in no way trumps DECADES OF DOMINANCE. Do the math: 26 World Series titles to 7.

Missing postseason for the first time since 1993 is just a blip on the radar. It's still the Yankees world. Derek Jeter just lets people live in it.

The new Yankee Stadium is no precedent. It's just the latest in a long line of new ballparks that started with Camden Yards in Baltimore in '92.



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I am not a Yankee fan at all, but I still find it disturbing that they're tearing down a piece of history, all in the name of the almighty dollar! You'd never see Red Sox Nation tearing down Fenway Park to add 20,000 more seats! NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, because we Sox fans have respect for History.

All due respect Debra. But the red Sox put seats on top of the green monster and sell them for a premium price. Every sports franchise is in it for the money.

Gotcha Baxlap!! You're still muttering, I can hear you from here!! LOL!!! And no one said that the Sox franchise doesn't want more $$ BUT they'd draw the line at destroying the old Fenway. And Baxlap, the NEW DYNASTY is starting with the Red Sox, in case you haven't noticed. The past is DONE, and the Yankees just have lost their way in recent years, and getting rid of Joe Torre was just a stupid move. They tossed out the only classy thing they had going for them.

I guess your not watching today's game huh?

As an Indians fan living in the Northeast, I'm exposed to more of this Yankee/Red Sox bickering than any human need endure. Just a reminder, the rest of the baseball viewing public laughs at the notion of your "rivalry" which only seems to exist because ESPN tells us all day, every day, that it does. And while Yankee fans can get on my nerves, they at least act like they've been there before. Red Sox fans, in just a few short years, have become the worst in sports...engaging in more acts of sports fan douchebaggery than any other team in any other league.

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They tossed out the only classy thing they had going for them.

Chix - come on. When in hole stop digging.

I completely understand that people either like the Yankees, or hate them.
But the above statement is ridiculous.
While I'm not crazy about Hank Steinbrenner, the Yankees of the last 10 years or so have been as classy as you can get. And as an organization, they've always had class. Suits & ties on the road, no facial hair and limits on how long your hair can be.
Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Bernie Williams, Torre, Mattingly, Stottlemeyer, etc.

Manny the headcase, Curt Shelling and all that Cowboy up crap is a joke.

Now put your pink BoSox hat on and run along like a good little bandwagon fan.

Nellcote, you can be as condesending as you want, but if you can't take a little good natured ribbing, well too bad really. And GOLDSMITH, who are you calling a DOUGHBAG, EXACTLY??? Now that exemplifies the KIND OF CLASSLESSNESS I was speaking of! Red Sox fans are loyal fans who have not had a lot to cheer about over the long haul and we do get excited, but that's what makes Red Sox Nation enduring and special. I don't believe IM THE ONE IN THE HOLE! My jesting has been very good natured, even indidcating LOL but you guys are totally CRUDE, RUDE and represent the YANKEES VERY WELL! I feel fine about lumping you all into the same category of louts!

Nellcote, my last post is to say that Bernie Williams, Jeter, Rivera and I already said Torre are all rather classy gentlemen, and yes going way back, Mattingly who is my boyfriend's hero. Arod is NOT a gentlemen, nor classy and falls into the OTHER category, IMO. I live with a rabid Yankee fan and we go at it constantly and I have enjoyed getting the best of him, and all Yankee fans lately! Remember, Sticks and Stones...... have fun guys, it must be rough being so miserable.

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Nellcote, you can be as condesending as you want, but if you can't take a little good natured ribbing, well too bad really. And GOLDSMITH, who are you calling a DOUGHBAG, EXACTLY??? Now that exemplifies the KIND OF CLASSLESSNESS I was speaking of! Red Sox fans are loyal fans who have not had a lot to cheer about over the long haul and we do get excited, but that's what makes Red Sox Nation enduring and special. I don't believe IM THE ONE IN THE HOLE! My jesting has been very good natured, even indidcating LOL but you guys are totally CRUDE, RUDE and represent the YANKEES VERY WELL! I feel fine about lumping you all into the same category of louts!

AH!!!!!!!!!! Sour Grapes!!!!!! I hit a nerve!!!!!!!
Don't dish it out if you can't take it.

No sour grapes, I have nothing to be sour over EXCEPT CRUDE people name call. Like I said, typical Yank fans, chalk it up to the kind of characters who follow that team.

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Gotcha Baxlap!! You're still muttering, I can hear you from here!! LOL!!! And no one said that the Sox franchise doesn't want more $$ BUT they'd draw the line at destroying the old Fenway. And Baxlap, the NEW DYNASTY is starting with the Red Sox, in case you haven't noticed. The past is DONE, and the Yankees just have lost their way in recent years, and getting rid of Joe Torre was just a stupid move. They tossed out the only classy thing they had going for them.

New dynasty, my arse! Winning two championships in four years ain't no dynasty, particularly if you consider that they didn't win a single postseason game in '05 and didn't qualify for postseason in '06.

I'll give you A-Rod, however. A-Rod will never be a true Yankee. The only bigger choker in postseason is the guy the Yankees traded to get him, Alphonso Soriano. His agent's announcement during last year's series that he was opting out of his contract was pretty low-rent. But you Red Sawks fans are well-versed in low-rent after putting up with Manny for all those years.

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Nellcote, you can be as condesending as you want, but if you can't take a little good natured ribbing, well too bad really. And GOLDSMITH, who are you calling a DOUGHBAG, EXACTLY??? Now that exemplifies the KIND OF CLASSLESSNESS I was speaking of! Red Sox fans are loyal fans who have not had a lot to cheer about over the long haul and we do get excited, but that's what makes Red Sox Nation enduring and special. I don't believe IM THE ONE IN THE HOLE! My jesting has been very good natured, even indidcating LOL but you guys are totally CRUDE, RUDE and represent the YANKEES VERY WELL! I feel fine about lumping you all into the same category of louts!

AH!!!!!!!!!! Sour Grapes!!!!!! I hit a nerve!!!!!!!
Don't dish it out if you can't take it.

Hey nellcote. I don't have a dog in this fight. I live on the west coast. But seriously,chill out. It's just baseball. If your team wins great. If not,get over it. Plus mickshix has been on this board for a very long time and always treats everyone with respect. Agree,or disagree. Please try to show the same respect to her and everyone else. If not,then peace and love to you Ringo style my friend.

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

You live on the west coast. People on the west coast are so freakin' mellow from all their years of listening to fourth-generation audience tapes of Dark Star jams that they only get wigged when they're on highways. Don't shoot, I'll pull over!

As a friend of mine said, when I took him to Yankee Stadium years ago, "this is like religion to these people." Amen, brother! The Yankees and the Red Sox are like holy war, except with less bloodshed. If you don't drive I-95, you won't get it.

Aren't season tickets ridiculously expensive in "new" yankee Stadium? Like a normal fan can't even go? I heard it's 3 billion dollars per seat or something!

The ticket prices for the new place are ridiculous. $2,500 for a baseball game? Regular folks can't go anymore without a connection. I tried to get single-game seats for this past season through Ticketmaster and was shut out for the dates I wanted to go.

On the other hand, don't let Jagger find out about those ticket prices!

In case this got lost in all the hype about the new Yankee Stadium (I guess it goes hand in hand with the new New York - too many rules and can't have fun anymore, make some noise, etc...it's NYC ain't it?) they have LESS seats in the new stadium.