Yankees are building a new stadium

[ThePresence]

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Yankees reveal new stadium plans
By Tom Singer / MLB.com

NEW YORK -- A new Yankee Stadium leaped from past dreams to future reality Wednesday, when club and government officials parted the curtain on construction plans for an $800 million project to replace and honor the Major Leagues' third-oldest ballpark.
Plans for the new stadium, the centerpiece of a broad redevelopment project to revitalize the Bronx riverfront, were announced at a media conference in the Stadium Club of the current Yankee Stadium.

Numerous political dignitaries, including New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Gov. George Pataki and a host of city and Bronx elected officials, joined Yankees owner George Steinbrenner in an event highlighted by the unveiling of renderings of the 51,000-seat park targeted for a 2009 opening.

The Yankees plan to pay for all costs related to the stadium.

"We are staying at home in the Bronx," Yankees president Randy Levine said. "We are continuing our tradition in the Bronx.

"The Yankees, not the taxpayers, will pay for this project. The Yankees, not the taxpayers, will pay to maintain this ballpark."

New Yankee Stadium will feature modern convenieces -- such as dozens of luxury suites and wider concourses -- while also paying homage to the Yankees' home since 1923.

Not only will the new house retain the feel of the current ballpark with identical field dimensions and bullpen placements, but many planned features will actually recapture some of the original features eradicated by the extensive renovation that was done on the old stadium from 1973-75.

Among those features will be the exterior, a structure separate from the rest of the ballpark that will resemble the exterior of the original stadium.

The stadium's design is by the firm of Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum (HOK), whose retro touch is already visible on the MLB landscape in places such as Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Minute Maid Park in Houston and PNC Park in Pittsburgh.

Construction on the self-financed park is expected to begin in 2006. The state and city will combine to ante up an additional estimated $220 million for related projects, including new parking garages and road work.

Groundbreaking will culminate years of plans by the Yankees organization to develop a new ballpark in Macombs Dam Park, adjacent to and north of the current field.

Those plans were accelerated a few weeks ago, when club and city government officials reached agreement on a memorandum of understanding covering numerous aspects of the new Yankee Stadium's construction and eventual operation.

As conceived by Bronx burough president Adolfo Carrion Jr., the broader development includes a hotel, conference center and a magnet high school for sports-related careers.

Only Boston's Fenway Park (built in 1912) and Chicago's Wrigley Field (1914) are older than Yankee Stadium.

"We pledge to all our fans that this ballpark will be affordable," Levine said.

Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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[Indolent]

so are there pictures of the plans, I couldn't find any.

Who would announce a new building project without architectural drawings?

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: Indolent
so are there pictures of the plans, I couldn't find any.

Who would announce a new building project without architectural drawings?

The press conference is still going on.

 

[Gibson486]

When will the Red Sox build a new stadium? I love the Red Sox and everything, but you can only do so much to Fenway park........

 

[Indolent]

ahh, I just noticed that too.

 

[nakedfrog]

With baseball's current huge spike in popularity, why not.

 

[Indolent]

hrm, how big is this thing, planned cost 800 million. But, it won't have a retractable roof because the cost would be too high. (for reference, Miller Park costed 400 million)

 

[Muadib]

Yankees, Mets, Giants, everyone but the Jets!!!

 

[Qwest]

i dont like this one bit.
the current stadium may be old, but it's got so much history in it.
as a fan, i know that mantle, ruth, and all the greats played there at one time. they should renovate it like they did in 70s.
and please bloomberg, give up on the olympics...nyc isnt going to get it.

 

[cain]

yea! bronx represent bitches

 

[BrokenVisage]

I hope upon hope upon hope it's called something like LowerMyBills.com Park or something.. boy oh boy would that be sweet.

 

[EyeMWing]

:beer: to the Yanks for picking up the entire fscking tab on the stadium.

 

[surreal1221]

So the Yankee's are sucking hardcore this year, and they now have the money to build a new stadium. Why didn't they do this years ago when they were a dynasty.

 

[ThePresence]

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[m2kewl]

heard this on WFAN coming home.

i wished they keep using the current stadium...i love going to the park. so sad.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: m2kewl
heard this on WFAN coming home.

i wished they keep using the current stadium...i love going to the park. so sad.

It's bittersweet, but Ruth, Gherig, Mantle and Marris never played in today's Yankee Stadium anyway. It's a completely different ballpark since renovation. I love the stadium too, but I don't think a new one is such a bad thing. It's really getting old already.

 

[nageov3t]

"The Yankees, not the taxpayers, will pay for this project. The Yankees, not the taxpayers, will pay to maintain this ballpark."

woah. what's that about?

:thumbsup:

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: loki8481
"The Yankees, not the taxpayers, will pay for this project. The Yankees, not the taxpayers, will pay to maintain this ballpark."

woah. what's that about?

:thumbsup:

It's about the Jet's proposed West Side stadium that would have cost the taxpayers $3 Billion.

 

[Rudee]

The Yankees are building a Stadium, while I am building a BBQ meal fit for a King. I'll give 'em this round.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: loki8481
"The Yankees, not the taxpayers, will pay for this project. The Yankees, not the taxpayers, will pay to maintain this ballpark."

woah. what's that about?

:thumbsup:

It's about the Jet's proposed West Side stadium that would have cost the taxpayers $3 Billion.

well, yeah. it just suprised me that the yankees aren't trying to milk the city for a few billion too

 

[MikeMike]

that stadium looks boring. sorta like the yankees this year.

someone needs to design a sweet looking ballpark. i like SBC (or whatever SF's is called) Jacobs field is still a pretty high ranking field, Sky dome is cool, but the yankees looks just like any other stadium. basic.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: loki8481
"The Yankees, not the taxpayers, will pay for this project. The Yankees, not the taxpayers, will pay to maintain this ballpark."

woah. what's that about?

:thumbsup:

It's about the Jet's proposed West Side stadium that would have cost the taxpayers $3 Billion.

well, yeah. it just suprised me that the yankees aren't trying to milk the city for a few billion too

It's hard to milk the city now. They haven't even started building yet on ground zero, the taxpayers will never support it. The West Side stadium was never going to go for a vote, because the politico's knew it would get voted down in a heartbeat.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
that stadium looks boring. sorta like the yankees this year.

someone needs to design a sweet looking ballpark. i like SBC (or whatever SF's is called) Jacobs field is still a pretty high ranking field, Sky dome is cool, but the yankees looks just like any other stadium. basic.

The field dimensions will be exactly the same as the current stadium, the exterior will be a throwback to the original Yankee Stadium.

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: Rudee
The Yankees are building a Stadium, while I am building a BBQ meal fit for a King. I'll give 'em this round.

Yeah, but will it take your BBQ 5 years to complete? haha

 

[m2kewl]

it's a damn good thing they shot down the Jets stadium. it'd be a friggin travel nightmare in Manhattan if they erected that monstrousity.

ps, Go GIANTS