It's all about corporate greed. I'm surprised they didn't name the new park something like Microsoft Stadium or something like that. I don't even know who or what owns the Yankees now. Don't care either. It's all crap now. And for all of you who say that Yankee Stadium was too old and could not be renovated, BULLSHIT! How old is the White House, the Crapitol Building, Buckingham Palace, The Kremlin, Wrigley Field, Fenway Park, etc,etc,etc....?
@@jayclarke9611 Cute, but wrong. You can say blow sox all you want, but they never BLEW a 7 game series after winning the first three. Neither has any other team in the history of major league baseball.
I was very fortunate to visit the old Yankee Stadium and catch couple of games back in 2007, the new stadium was in construction across the street and during the stadium tour as everyone was walking towards monument park i stopped on the outfield and thought of all the leyends that had played on that field like Ruth, Gehrig, Berra, Dimaggio, Larsen, Mantle, Marris, Reggie, etc. and got a bit emotional knowing that the stadium will be demolished very soon.
RenegadeX28, same here. I went there several times with my dad, uncle, and cousin in my youth. Going to Yankee Stadium and dinner at Sardi's Restaurant became a family tradition for many years.
Detroit tigers fan since 1976. We had Tiger stadium that I loved but Yankee Stadium was the Ultimate. Was 10 years old watching Reggie Jackson launch 3 homeruns in the world series. Epic iconic Yankee Stadium of old !
One of the most Majestic Places on Earth…I feel honored to Have Seen Games and to Have seen some of the most iconic moments of the Core Fours Playing years
Me too. I remember seeing the Yankees of the early '60s, the great teams of the late '70s, the awesome teams of the late '90s/early 2000s and the 2009 team. All so much fun to watch. The Yankee Stadium from 1923 to 2008 was a precious landmark. It was majestic. So many memories. They knocked down a cathedral. Shame on the greedy ash holes. The new place is pretty much like all the other parks....small field, too much fake noise, ridiculously high prices, and very little history. I won't go again unless I get a freebie.
I vividly recall seeing a game at Yankee Stadium in July 1976 against the Red Sox. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Chris Chambliss hit a walk off 3-run HR to win the game for the Yankees. Afterward was nothing short of pandemonium. What a memory! I loved this video for all the other memories fans got to see over the years.
Not a Yankees fan by any means, but you always respect greatness, and the Yankees are full of greatness, history, lore....I hope my favorite field will stand forever, and that's where my Cubbies play! This was a great video, just loved watching this! If your a baseball fan watch a video called saving Wrigley field.
Saving Wrigley Field (the second-oldest ballpark still in use) is a fantastic story, even if you're not a Cubs fan-- it's Chicago history along with Al Capone and deep-dish pizza.
I feel very lucky and fortunate that I was able to catch a game in 2004 at old Yankee Stadium, I was 17 years old at the time. I was on a trip with my mom to New York City and I made it a point that we go to a game at Yankee Stadium. I am so glad that I did, I will hold onto those memories forever.
That was sad.....I wish the old New York Yankees stadium was still active. 😢😭💥🔥 The New York Yankees are my Favorite Baseball team. Old Yankee Stadium: ❤1923 - 1976 - 2008❤
@@SuperPhilly5/ But I never went to the old Yankee Stadium before. If I would've know about baseball, and become a Yankees fan as a little kid, I would've been there before 2008. But they decided to demolish(ed) it anyways....
Imagine if yankee stadium wasn't destroyed, Fenway, yankee stadium, Wrigley, Dodger stadium, that just sound so beautiful and would be the faces of baseball park wise
I'm a Blue Jays fan but man the ol' barn in the Bronx was incredible especially during October baseball. :-) I know it eventually had to be replaced because it wasn't going to be around forever( remember during the 1998 season when a steel beam collapsed and forced the closure of the ballpark for a brief period until the repairs were completed and it was deemed safe enough to open again )but still, watching classic Yankees highlights when they still played there....was a sight to behold. I know anytime the Jays went and played there they had a tough time win or lose. If you ask me, Yankee Stadium was the equivalent of the Montreal Forum in hockey.
I’m so happy I had a chance to experience both stadiums. I remember watching from Reggie Jackson in the late 70s to Dave Winfield and Don Mattingly 80’s, Dereck Jeter late 90s- early 2000s and now Judge. I was born a Yankee fan. The memories of all the championships will last a lifetime in my heart. Watching this video brought happy tears to my eyes thank you for bring back the amazing memories as a child, teenager, and now adult.
I saw MANY games at the stadium. Each and every time walking through the tunnel and reaching the field goosebumps stood up on both my arms. EVERY TIME.
Got a chance to catch a game at old Yankee Stadium back in 2007. They should have put in the same effort Chicago did with Wrigley and preserved the historic landmark. As a Twins fan, I'm required to hate the Yankees, but you have to respect their tradition.
The remodeled stadium was not a cathedral of baseball. It was a hybrid of the original one and Shea. It was great for fan cheers though, but not comfortable and hard to get in and out of. The original was the Cathedral of Baseball.
I was lucky enough to have been a part of a MLB team.... As I walked up to the Stadium, I was greeted by the then clubhouse manager Pete Sheehy who promptly greeted me and took my team bag in hand as we walked into the bowels of the Stadium, and into the visitors clubhouse to plop down my bag. Then Pete took me over to the Yankee clubhouse and introduced me to several of the players there. Walking out onto the field had me tingling all over. Here I was, by myself, along with the Gods of baseball past. Having grown up in NJ, I had been to the Stadium many times, but not like this. I am one lucky fella indeed......
The plans to renovate Yankee Stadium were already finalized by the time George Steinbrenner and his team took ownership. Michael Burke, the team President under the CBS ownership, negotiated the deal with Mayor Lindsay. Burke is almost forgotten in the annals of Yankee history as the team and the stadium deteriorated during the CBS years. However, he should be rightfully credited for this one accomplishment. The makers of this documentary have incorrectly reported the facts in this instance.
I loved the original. Steinbrenner had the subtlety of a sledgehammer. He was even going to do away with the famous frieze (facade) until talked out of it by Cary Grant, who had some artistic sense. Wrigley Field has lasted. So has Fenway Park. Yankee Stadium could have too.
I am a Baby Boomer and was born in Riverdale approximately 5 miles from what we called as Little Leaguers "The Stadium". The new place is no longer that special place, and never will be. That Stadium, Fenway, Wrigley, and the Vatican 😮💨 should never be reduced to rubble. Too much has happened in these places. I went to the new place once in '09. I will never go again. However I will remain a Yankee fan for the rest of my life. 🇺🇸
I had the pleasure to visit this stadium in august 2008 on my trip to New York. The Yankees were playing the blue jays and the only thing my 11 year old mind could think of was how much old dried gum was stuck on the floors there. Literally decades worth of people littering the floors with gum. Looking back at it I never realized how historic this place was and after watching this documentary I’m grateful I was able to visit this stadium once throughout my life before they demolished it.
I consider myself very lucky that as a young kid, my Dad took me to Yankee Stadium a few times in the late 1960s before the Stadium's renovation in the mid-1970s. I'll never forget seeing the original facade in person.
I was born April 6 1976, 9 day later on April 15 the first game in the renovated stadium was played. I didn’t know much about the the original when I was young and considered this stadium as “Yankee Stadium”. I worshiped Don Mattingly and played first base throughout graduating college as a decent right handed first baseman. It wasn’t until I started talking to my Dad about Mickey Mantle, who after a few drinks doesn’t stop talking about him to this day, that I was told and looked at pictures of how the “House that Ruth built” looked like what I thought that the renovated stadium compared to the original was like comparing Danny Davito to Arnold Swawtzinager in the movie Twins! I just fell in love with the Stadium that opened in April 1923. As I was born after the renovation I never got a chance to visit it but my Father took my older brother and I to many games trough out the 80’s and as got a job on the NYSE in 1998 I started a tradition of taking my whole family to every opening day from 1999 to 2008, as well as many games throughout the years since I was giving tickets by many clients and my Company had a luxury box as well and even though I hated every minute of my job I made decent money if I ever wanted to just buy tickets when I got that itch to hop on subway and meet anyone I invited for a night out at 161st and River Ave in the Bronx. Since I lived in Hell’s Kitchen for 10 years getting to the Stadium for me was very convenient rather than when my dad battled traffic for hours when I was a kid so he could take my brother, me and sometimes my Mom to get to the game in the 3rd inning because of the traffic and long drive from Manhasset Long Island to watch 4 innings of magic and leaving in the 7th to try to beat the traffic since they were mostly school nights or we just didn’t want to get home at 3am if we stayed the hole game. I began realizing that the renovated stadium had some great upgrades. They added about 10 rows to the bottom of the 3rd tier so if you sat by the foul poles you could actually touch them. If I happen to have 1st row upper deck seats in the area of 1st or 3rd base it fell like you were right on top of the players and almost an extra fielder for the defense!!! My Dad told me some seats in the old Stadium had seats with poles directly in front of them and you had to sit at an angle to see anything. I began to realize much appreciated additions to a Stadium I always gave a backseat to the images of 3 tombstones and a flagpole that were placed right in front on the 462 feet center field wall and a 3 story size wall you would have to carry to hit a home run and needing to launch a baseball over 520 feet left of the 3 people buried next to a gigantic pole that for some reason nobody questioned and seemed to just accept was a great place for a small cemetery. Only “The Mick” from what my Father would love to repeat to me or whoever was listening to him after his first 3 martini’s, would hit it to the back rows of the bleachers 50 feet past the 20 foot high chain linked fence place on top of a 10 foot wall that was in front of the first row of the bleachers and last obstacle the ball needed to pass to hear “Holy Cow” in the early years of broadcasting from the Scouter inside your new black and white TV. A normal at bat for Mickey Mantle and something that is literally impossible for any other 5’ 11” man. A huge new digital scoreboard that could play video watched placed in the new home of the facad that used to circle the roof and when a cameraman would catch people kissing would display it to 50,000 fans. Instead of having monuments for 3 Yankee legends in deep center field created a park dedicated to Thirty-seven members of the Yankee organization. Properly named Monument Park , it honored 22 retired uniforms numbers of players and managers that include all 15 captains. Plaques in Monument Park are a great honor for players so distinguished. The monuments mounted posthumously on five large red granite blocks had the highest honor of all. While the original bleachers stretched from foul pole to foul pole the referbished bleachers closed and blacked out a large portion of section behind the 60 foot closer center field wall. Done so batters eyes wouldn’t loose the ball being pitched in a white shirt of fans who sat their now had a black backdrop to help. Thanks I’m not finished yet. Took some time off but have more to say about the “second generation of Yankee Stadium “.What people don’t understand is the renovated stadium has the same views from home plate of the Court House, I think of a prison also. I lot of the buildings over the facad weren’t built yet in Ruth’s time, just that the coordinates of both stadiums were the same. That’s all that mattered. But the views that Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle, Munson, Randoff, Mattingly, Beara, Scouter, Winfield, O’Neil, Williams, most of Jeter’s career, all saw the same views as the fans. I think that means something when someone could be staring at a part of a building for 10 minutes and it could have been the same thing the Mick starred at for 10 minute in the dugout one time. During any of the 1 game he played in wearing a Yankee uniform which his total amount is a record. No one else wore a Yankee uniform in a game more times than the “Mick”. Back to the “second original Yankee Stadium”. I don’t think as we reached into the late 70’s and into the 80’s. That the original stadium could have handled what was happening around the world. In no way could the fans exit through the outfield and leave through the opened gates of the bleachers. That had to come to a stop and another way to exit had to be assigned. If wasn’t a big problem to fix.
I like many others remember going to the old stadium as kid so many times with my father and brother. I still remember the first time walking through the tunnels to our seats and seeing HOW BIG it as. My father passed away back in 2003 so we were able to enjoy their last great run. I'm also super fortunate to be one of the fans who was there for the last game at the stadium. I had went the week before with a friend thinking it was the last time I was going to walk through the doors, when out of the blue the day before the last game I get a call from my father in-law, who was a Red Sox fan, asking me if I'd like to go see the last game? A friend of his had 2 tickets and he knew how much of a Yankees fan I was. Being able to experience all of the games as a kid with my father, and then the final game at the stadium with my father in-law, who also passed away in 2018 is something that I will cherish forever
8:2710:48 The great #7 Mickey Mantle running down two fly balls. The first in Death Valley sprinting all out to make a backhand catch. The 2nd going to the warning track in right center. Mickey could do it all. Hit for Average, Hit with Power, Field, Throw, and could run the bases until his legs were shot. GREATEST SWITCH HITTER OF ALL TIME !
I actually thought they were going to keep the stadium there for visits and tours for Yankee fans young & old when I found out that it was knocked down I got extremely upset and angry this is a historical place you don't knock down a place like this with such history such great moments in sports history
There will never be another stadium like it ever in history this was the holy ground of true baseball events & historys thats unmatched by any stadium in the world great games regular playoffs world series it doesn't matter all historical game moments in baseball history forever remembered by yankee fans all over the world the greatest fans in the world
She will be back. In 80 years when they need another new stadium the next stadium will be built on the exact spot as the old Yankee Stadium. She will be back.
People need to realize the "Old" Yankee Stadium only goes back to 1976 when it re-opened. Everything was changed and removed from the "House that Ruth Built". The original "Facade" was long gone when stadium reopened in '76. Different turf, different fences different seats etc etc
A friend of mine is a huge Yankees fan who told me the difference is the new stadium feels too corporate while the old place welcomed everyone as they were.
I was at the Stadium before and after its renovation. I was there in '76 when Chris Chambliss hit The Shot Heard Round the Bronx and seen the first World series pennant raised in 15 years. Had teats my eyes when Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris raised the pennant.
Happy i experienced both. Of course i love going to the new stadium and getting to see our Yankees play and although it'll never hold the historic relevance the old one does, atleast it is built directly across the street from the hallowed ground of the original. The cool thing is, there is now a park with a baseball field with homeplate right where it's always been (you can see it on Google map satellite view) and now kids get to play on it (assuming little leaguers in the Bronx use it). Either way, what a magical place... you feel it everytime. ❤️⚾️🏆
I was so lucky to have been at the Jeter Mr. November game, the Brosius game, and the Aaron Boone game the loudest sound you ever heard.....and then it goes UP to another level unheard of. Those crowds....that octave of everyone screaming at the same time in euphoria will never leave my soul.
Wow I had never seen this video before now. I don't know how I missed it but I'm really glad I've now seen it. My father took me to my first game in 1965 and everything people said about going through the tunnel and seeing the Stadium in color after watching it in Black and White on TV is definitely true. Then I heard Bob Sheppard's voice giving the lineups and I didn't know where it was coming from. I did think God was giving the lineups. I saw Mantle hit his 500th homerun. What a thrill that was. And I took the Stadium tour in 2008 and I stood out in centerfield and saw the majesty of the Stadium and also sat in the dugout just thinking about all the legendary players who sat where I was sitting. There's no place like it and there will never be anyplace like it. I'm so grateful I got to see this because all those memories came back. Thank you very much.
Never been a yankee fan but they should have redone Yankee Stadium like theyve kept Wrigley field and Fenway Park going. To much great history to just demolish
I was only a year old when Yankee Stadium was demolished. Man I wish I got to go to the old stadium as a yankees fan. I did get to go to Derek Jeters last home game tho. That was actually my first yankees game. I go 2 times a year now.
I love it. Sad to say I didn’t ever make it to The Cathedral. I didn’t make it to Yankee Stadium until 2010 , as Defending Champs Vs The Tigers. Oddly The Tigers have been Visitors to Safeco and Angel Stadium the 1st time I made it there as well. My cousins made it to The House That Ruth Built in the 6th to last Game ever played there , in 08. Not the easiest trip coming from Vegas but I’ve been a couple times to The New Yankee Stadium. Love it. Safeco is still My Favorite Stadium. Petco is Great and so is GABP , they’re in contention as My Favs. Coors Field is hard to believe it was built in 94 , it’s So Nice. Seems like it’s maybe a decade old , it’s in perfect condition & looks beautiful. Angels need a New BiG A Stadium Seem some fun games there though.
I am so lucky to have had a beloved father who took me to the original House that Ruth Built, and then to Shea Stadium when the Yankees played there, to the newer House that Ruth built. He was a die hard Dodgers fan, so he hated the Yankees, and was more comforatable going to Mets games.💜💜💜💜
I never went to the original Yankee Stadium so I can't provide a direct comparison of the two since I've only been to the new one. For starters, I'm not from New York City; New York state; or, hell, even from the Northeastern United States altogether. Neither am I a Yankees fan. I'm just a guy from Alabama who's waaaay more passionate about college football than baseball, who could be considered little more than an arms length Braves fan for his entire life. I had the opportunity to go to a Yankees game back in 2014 while I was in NYC for a few days that summer. While I don't know what it's predecessor was like, I can at least tell you the new one didn't really feel like the mythical battleground I thought it would. Certain parts of the stadium felt more like being inside a shopping mall than a ballpark, in all honesty. Souvenir shops; memorabilia retailers; concession stand; independent vendors hawking stuff; etc. It was all a little much for my taste. And don't get me started on the prices.... Jesus Christ, they're astronomical! The amount they charge you for even the most basic stuff is utterly absurd. It did have one positive feature going for it that I liked though, and that was it's spaciousness. What they never tell you about all of the old ballparks and stadiums out there that are still standing is their uncomfortable dimensions. These places love to sell their facilities as 'intimate' and 'cozy'. In other words, they're small. Too small for the modern era. The concourses and causeways are narrow; the seats you sit in are wooden and tiny; the restrooms don't have enough utilities to move everyone along efficiently. Therefore, I did appreciate the larger parameters of this new Yankee Stadium. I probably need to make a return trip and see another game there one day in order to get a better grasp of the situation. I'm sure it has it's charms going for it that I simply missed by being an out-of-towner unfamiliar with everything. However, what I remember most about that game (aside from all the Yankees fans being irritated and disgruntled over losing to a shitty Texas Rangers team) was how hollow the overall experience was. I went there on a last minute decision mainly just to take it all in since I was already in NYC, and also because this was Jeter's final year. I don't think he played but a few innings that night, and the only time he got on base was when he drew a walk. Again, the whole experience never really came together for me the way I hoped it would. The overall impression it left me with was the undeniable reality that I never once felt grateful for being one of the select few who can say they've had the great fortune of being inside baseball's most sacred site. To put it bluntly, the impression I left with was just how artificial it all felt. I never once felt that vaunted "Yankee magic" I'd heard so much about all throughout my life, and was desperately hoping to encounter that evening. You could just feel it in your soul that there's a very important key ingredient floating around out there in the ether somewhere that's currently missing. It's as though the U Haul people lost an important piece of furniture in the 500 ft separating the original from the new Yankee Stadium. It just wasn't what I was hoping for.
The first time I went to Yankee Stadium I was 10 years old in 1980 and I remember that Lou Piniella got the winning hit off the wall, that when we werr leaving the stadium they were playing New York New York by Sinatra, and my dad scolded me for trying to pick up a liquor bottle as a souvenir
There’s something about this stadium there’s something about this stadium, history history history, yet it got torn down. Fucking shame, no respect. Owners don’t care about the game it’s just a business to them.
Lucky Enough to have been at the last July 4th game at Old YS. Playing the RedSox, which is my team. I made it to Yankee Stadium before getting to Fenway.
If Yankee Stadium was such a shrine or cathedral to baseball, then WHY WHY WHY didn’t they just spend the money on renovating the shit out of it and bringing it up to date?? You don’t tear down the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, the Washington Monument, or the Capitol Building and build a new one because it’s old. For Pete’s sake, there were even RED SOX fans that were saying that it was wrong or it was a sin! WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY THINKING?? Once again, the almighty dollar wins again!!
your right they should have kept it as a historical shrine a museum for everyone for generations to come to see to experience to walk in that great stadium to feel & experience the greatest moments in sports history games & the players that were there great home & visiting players that were in awe of such a great place to stand in there and look around just takes your breath away and you imagine all the greatest players in baseball history that have played there from the smallest games to the biggest games were usually played with capacity filled crowds the majority of the time if I played for the Yankees 1 day or a few days no matter what amount of time I was given I would have considered it my greatest honor to play in that great uniform that great stadium we've all come to call baseballs cathedral no other name could ever be so fitting to a place so great called yankee stadium ive always been proud to live just a few blocks away from yankee stadium I used to look at it every day, or night all seasons too
1:27:00Some adjustments made was moving tarp from right feild to left feild. Removing the black bleachers for a bar (one of the most iconic views from the 1976 renovation) And moving the very long back stop 20ft closer. Also saying “we are brining back the old ball park” by putting in a clubhouse behind the back stop and it’s the reason why you don’t see a lot of fans sitting behind home plate Bc the seat tickets are so damn expensive. Avg $400 a ticket at least compared to other ball parks
The new stadium is nice but it’s something about the old Stadium. The first time I visited, it was in 2005 against the Blue Jays. I will never forget it. I know there’s some debate that Yankee Stadium died when George Steinbrenner took over and they renovated it for like that two year period. And also in that two-year period, the Yankees were playing at Shea Stadium. In 2008 they were celebrating the fact that it’s no longer going to be on the current grounds that they were on and they were going to move across the street. As a Yankee fan, I felt that even Shea Stadium should’ve never been torn down as well.
I'm from Toronto. Was lucky enough to see two games at the Cathedral of baseball. Saw one game in August of 2000 and another in July of 2007 on old timers day. Loved it! Absolute disgrace they tore it down. I have absolutely no desire to see the new place! None at all!
On the one hand, I understand why the Steinbrenners, etc. needed to build a wall Yankee Stadium. On the other, I wish they had made some kind of deal to keep the old one usable, etc.
Britton Thompson don’t forget about my Fenway park ,oldest park in the mlb history,there’s a lot of history there too,at least we still have our park,I don’t like the Yankees but this Yankees decision was the worst they ever made 🤦🏽♂️
The worst thing was to tear down the old stadium. Now it is a parking garage. Will never go to another game again. Will never go to another baseball game again..
I still wish the playing field was kept in the original spot......would have been worth a few years on the road or a temporary place to keep the original location and home plate.
@@SuperPhilly5 yeah...but the exact same spot on which the original yankees playing field was located, where everyone from Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Reggie Jackson, Thurmon Munson, Don Mattingly, Derick Jeeter, and so on actually played the game and world series games were won is now a park with a little leage ball field and soccer field, would have been nice for tradition if the yankees could have kept the new stadium on the original spot.....at least it is not a parking lot and and kids can use it.
How could they tear down this historic shrine? It should have been preserved forever. 😡
it was a very old building they couldnt preserve it again be realistic
It would have been a waste of money maintaining it and it was breaking down.
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It's all about corporate greed. I'm surprised they didn't name the new park something like Microsoft Stadium or something like that. I don't even know who or what owns the Yankees now. Don't care either. It's all crap now. And for all of you who say that Yankee Stadium was too old and could not be renovated, BULLSHIT! How old is the White House, the Crapitol Building, Buckingham Palace, The Kremlin, Wrigley Field, Fenway Park, etc,etc,etc....?
@@michaelward9880 Fenway park is a different structure than yankees stadium with triple decks around the stadium. That’s why it’s different.
I'm a Red Sox fan and I loved the old Yankee Stadium
Im a Dodger fan who never got to tour the stadium. Parents saw the final game. Dad was a big NYY fan
I'm a dodgers fan and yankees I miss the old yankee stadium
A question I always ask my Yankee friends: What was the last pennant won in old Yankee Stadium? Answer: 2004 Red Sox...
@@stevebrooks4th old Yankee Stadium ended in 1973…so last Pennant was ‘64…the decade where Blow
Sawx went to 1 WS and lost
@@jayclarke9611 Cute, but wrong. You can say blow sox all you want, but they never BLEW a 7 game series after winning the first three. Neither has any other team in the history of major league baseball.
I was very fortunate to visit the old Yankee Stadium and catch couple of games back in 2007, the new stadium was in construction across the street and during the stadium tour as everyone was walking towards monument park i stopped on the outfield and thought of all the leyends that had played on that field like Ruth, Gehrig, Berra, Dimaggio, Larsen, Mantle, Marris, Reggie, etc. and got a bit emotional knowing that the stadium will be demolished very soon.
I went to the last game at the old Yankee Stadium in 1973 .. I took my seat home with me .. I still have it ..... Sec. 33 Box 165E Seat 5.
I loved old Yankee Stadium she was a grand old lady I miss her. Greatness.
@jbond5150 you might be the only person who doesn't like the old stadium
So happy that I was able to attend several games at the old Stadium as a kid. The energy of the old stadium isn't the same in the new one.
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RenegadeX28, same here. I went there several times with my dad, uncle, and cousin in my youth. Going to Yankee Stadium and dinner at Sardi's Restaurant became a family tradition for many years.
Detroit tigers fan since 1976. We had Tiger stadium that I loved but Yankee Stadium was the Ultimate. Was 10 years old watching Reggie Jackson launch 3 homeruns in the world series. Epic iconic Yankee Stadium of old !
One of the most Majestic Places on Earth…I feel honored to Have Seen Games and to Have seen some of the most iconic moments of the Core Fours Playing years
Me too. I remember seeing the Yankees of the early '60s, the great teams of the late '70s, the awesome teams of the late '90s/early 2000s and the 2009 team. All so much fun to watch. The Yankee Stadium from 1923 to 2008 was a precious landmark. It was majestic. So many memories. They knocked down a cathedral. Shame on the greedy ash holes. The new place is pretty much like all the other parks....small field, too much fake noise, ridiculously high prices, and very little history. I won't go again unless I get a freebie.
I vividly recall seeing a game at Yankee Stadium in July 1976 against the Red Sox. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Chris Chambliss hit a walk off 3-run HR to win the game for the Yankees. Afterward was nothing short of pandemonium. What a memory! I loved this video for all the other memories fans got to see over the years.
I watched the game on TV!! We swept Boston in a 3 game weekend series. Talk about foreshadowing!!!
Not a Yankees fan by any means, but you always respect greatness, and the Yankees are full of greatness, history, lore....I hope my favorite field will stand forever, and that's where my Cubbies play! This was a great video, just loved watching this! If your a baseball fan watch a video called saving Wrigley field.
Saving Wrigley Field (the second-oldest ballpark still in use) is a fantastic story, even if you're not a Cubs fan-- it's Chicago history along with Al Capone and deep-dish pizza.
I'm a Mets fan, but always enjoyed going to Yankee stadium with my Yankee fan buddies. It's such a shame it was torn down.
I feel very lucky and fortunate that I was able to catch a game in 2004 at old Yankee Stadium, I was 17 years old at the time. I was on a trip with my mom to New York City and I made it a point that we go to a game at Yankee Stadium. I am so glad that I did, I will hold onto those memories forever.
That was sad.....I wish the old New York Yankees stadium was still active. 😢😭💥🔥
The New York Yankees are my Favorite Baseball team.
Old Yankee Stadium:
❤1923 - 1976 - 2008❤
@MAN UTD CAN YOU PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD JUST FUCKING FUCK OFF!! No one cares what some stupid Man United fan has to say.
new yankee stadium is better in every way
@@SuperPhilly5/ But I never went to the old Yankee Stadium before. If I would've know about baseball, and become a Yankees fan as a little kid, I would've been there before 2008. But they decided to demolish(ed) it anyways....
Imagine if yankee stadium wasn't destroyed, Fenway, yankee stadium, Wrigley, Dodger stadium, that just sound so beautiful and would be the faces of baseball park wise
I'm a Blue Jays fan but man the ol' barn in the Bronx was incredible especially during October baseball. :-) I know it eventually had to be replaced because it wasn't going to be around forever( remember during the 1998 season when a steel beam collapsed and forced the closure of the ballpark for a brief period until the repairs were completed and it was deemed safe enough to open again )but still, watching classic Yankees highlights when they still played there....was a sight to behold. I know anytime the Jays went and played there they had a tough time win or lose. If you ask me, Yankee Stadium was the equivalent of the Montreal Forum in hockey.
I’m glad I was able to catch a game at old Yankees stadium.
I love baseball so much. I watch this and sometimes wish I grew up a Yankee fan. So emotional, but such a great video
Jankee Stadium
I’m so happy I had a chance to experience both stadiums. I remember watching from Reggie Jackson in the late 70s to Dave Winfield and Don Mattingly 80’s, Dereck Jeter late 90s- early 2000s and now Judge. I was born a Yankee fan. The memories of all the championships will last a lifetime in my heart. Watching this video brought happy tears to my eyes thank you for bring back the amazing memories as a child, teenager, and now adult.
I saw MANY games at the stadium. Each and every time walking through the tunnel and reaching the field goosebumps stood up on both my arms. EVERY TIME.
I had this dvd when I was little. Me and my family got this when we went to the 2008 MLB All Star fan fest at Jacob Javits Center
Got a chance to catch a game at old Yankee Stadium back in 2007. They should have put in the same effort Chicago did with Wrigley and preserved the historic landmark. As a Twins fan, I'm required to hate the Yankees, but you have to respect their tradition.
Wrigley Field is wonderful, and "Saving Wrigley Field" is a great story.
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The old stadium was great during the 77 & 78 seasons!
The Old Yankee is still Yankee stadium and always will be.
I can not watch this without crying Everytime not one time. I love Yankee Stadium and the Yankees
The remodeled stadium was not a cathedral of baseball. It was a hybrid of the original one and Shea. It was great for fan cheers though, but not comfortable and hard to get in and out of. The original was the Cathedral of Baseball.
I was lucky enough to have been a part of a MLB team.... As I walked up to the Stadium, I was greeted by the then clubhouse manager Pete Sheehy who promptly greeted me and took my team bag in hand as we walked into the bowels of the Stadium, and into the visitors clubhouse to plop down my bag. Then Pete took me over to the Yankee clubhouse and introduced me to several of the players there. Walking out onto the field had me tingling all over. Here I was, by myself, along with the Gods of baseball past. Having grown up in NJ, I had been to the Stadium many times, but not like this. I am one lucky fella indeed......
The plans to renovate Yankee Stadium were already finalized by the time George Steinbrenner and his team took ownership. Michael Burke, the team President under the CBS ownership, negotiated the deal with Mayor Lindsay. Burke is almost forgotten in the annals of Yankee history as the team and the stadium deteriorated during the CBS years. However, he should be rightfully credited for this one accomplishment. The makers of this documentary have incorrectly reported the facts in this instance.
I loved the original. Steinbrenner had the subtlety of a sledgehammer. He was even going to do away with the famous frieze (facade) until talked out of it by Cary Grant, who had some artistic sense. Wrigley Field has lasted. So has Fenway Park. Yankee Stadium could have too.
The frieze was ripped out of old YS before Steinbrenner even bought the team.
saw a game there in the last season in 2008, yankees vs mets. will never forget that
I am a Baby Boomer and was born in Riverdale approximately 5 miles from what we called as Little Leaguers "The Stadium". The new place is no longer that special place, and never will be. That Stadium, Fenway, Wrigley, and the Vatican 😮💨 should never be reduced to rubble. Too much has happened in these places. I went to the new place once in '09. I will never go again. However I will remain a Yankee fan for the rest of my life. 🇺🇸
I still regret not visiting Yankee Stadium, I think I always will.
me too
There is a Yankee stadium.
@@Patrick-hf5yiI think he’s/she’s talking about the old Yankee Stadium.
@@carljustinenuestro8771 sounds like she'll regret not visiting the new one.
The greatest stadium to ever exist.
in 1975 Shea Stadium was the first stadium to host 4 teams (Jets, Mets, Giants, Yankees) in one calendar year
what about the Beatles ??
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The Beatles was in 1964.
That place was a dump. My first Yankee game was 1975 @ Shea. Vs Angles. Pat Dobson started.
It was a shithole.
No matter how they bad-mouth the old place, the new place can't touch it, and never will.
Dead center, no pun
I had the pleasure to visit this stadium in august 2008 on my trip to New York. The Yankees were playing the blue jays and the only thing my 11 year old mind could think of was how much old dried gum was stuck on the floors there. Literally decades worth of people littering the floors with gum. Looking back at it I never realized how historic this place was and after watching this documentary I’m grateful I was able to visit this stadium once throughout my life before they demolished it.
I consider myself very lucky that as a young kid, my Dad took me to Yankee Stadium a few times in the late 1960s before the Stadium's renovation in the mid-1970s. I'll never forget seeing the original facade in person.
I love that place.....I miss seeing it as I drive past 161 & River Sts
I was born April 6 1976, 9 day later on April 15 the first game in the renovated stadium was played. I didn’t know much about the the original when I was young and considered this stadium as “Yankee Stadium”. I worshiped Don Mattingly and played first base throughout graduating college as a decent right handed first baseman. It wasn’t until I started talking to my Dad about Mickey Mantle, who after a few drinks doesn’t stop talking about him to this day, that I was told and looked at pictures of how the “House that Ruth built” looked like what I thought that the renovated stadium compared to the original was like comparing Danny Davito to Arnold Swawtzinager in the movie Twins! I just fell in love with the Stadium that opened in April 1923. As I was born after the renovation I never got a chance to visit it but my Father took my older brother and I to many games trough out the 80’s and as got a job on the NYSE in 1998 I started a tradition of taking my whole family to every opening day from 1999 to 2008, as well as many games throughout the years since I was giving tickets by many clients and my Company had a luxury box as well and even though I hated every minute of my job I made decent money if I ever wanted to just buy tickets when I got that itch to hop on subway and meet anyone I invited for a night out at 161st and River Ave in the Bronx. Since I lived in Hell’s Kitchen for 10 years getting to the Stadium for me was very convenient rather than when my dad battled traffic for hours when I was a kid so he could take my brother, me and sometimes my Mom to get to the game in the 3rd inning because of the traffic and long drive from Manhasset Long Island to watch 4 innings of magic and leaving in the 7th to try to beat the traffic since they were mostly school nights or we just didn’t want to get home at 3am if we stayed the hole game. I began realizing that the renovated stadium had some great upgrades. They added about 10 rows to the bottom of the 3rd tier so if you sat by the foul poles you could actually touch them. If I happen to have 1st row upper deck seats in the area of 1st or 3rd base it fell like you were right on top of the players and almost an extra fielder for the defense!!! My Dad told me some seats in the old Stadium had seats with poles directly in front of them and you had to sit at an angle to see anything. I began to realize much appreciated additions to a Stadium I always gave a backseat to the images of 3 tombstones and a flagpole that were placed right in front on the 462 feet center field wall and a 3 story size wall you would have to carry to hit a home run and needing to launch a baseball over 520 feet left of the 3 people buried next to a gigantic pole that for some reason nobody questioned and seemed to just accept was a great place for a small cemetery. Only “The Mick” from what my Father would love to repeat to me or whoever was listening to him after his first 3 martini’s, would hit it to the back rows of the bleachers 50 feet past the 20 foot high chain linked fence place on top of a 10 foot wall that was in front of the first row of the bleachers and last obstacle the ball needed to pass to hear “Holy Cow” in the early years of broadcasting from the Scouter inside your new black and white TV. A normal at bat for Mickey Mantle and something that is literally impossible for any other 5’ 11” man. A huge new digital scoreboard that could play video watched placed in the new home of the facad that used to circle the roof and when a cameraman would catch people kissing would display it to 50,000 fans. Instead of having monuments for 3 Yankee legends in deep center field created a park dedicated to Thirty-seven members of the Yankee organization. Properly named Monument Park , it honored 22 retired uniforms numbers of players and managers that include all 15 captains. Plaques in Monument Park are a great honor for players so distinguished. The monuments mounted posthumously on five large red granite blocks had the highest honor of all. While the original bleachers stretched from foul pole to foul pole the referbished bleachers closed and blacked out a large portion of section behind the 60 foot closer center field wall. Done so batters eyes wouldn’t loose the ball being pitched in a white shirt of fans who sat their now had a black backdrop to help. Thanks I’m not finished yet. Took some time off but have more to say about the “second generation of Yankee Stadium “.What people don’t understand is the renovated stadium has the same views from home plate of the Court House, I think of a prison also. I lot of the buildings over the facad weren’t built yet in Ruth’s time, just that the coordinates of both stadiums were the same. That’s all that mattered. But the views that Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle, Munson, Randoff, Mattingly, Beara, Scouter, Winfield, O’Neil, Williams, most of Jeter’s career, all saw the same views as the fans. I think that means something when someone could be staring at a part of a building for 10 minutes and it could have been the same thing the Mick starred at for 10 minute in the dugout one time. During any of the 1 game he played in wearing a Yankee uniform which his total amount is a record. No one else wore a Yankee uniform in a game more times than the “Mick”. Back to the “second original Yankee Stadium”. I don’t think as we reached into the late 70’s and into the 80’s. That the original stadium could have handled what was happening around the world. In no way could the fans exit through the outfield and leave through the opened gates of the bleachers. That had to come to a stop and another way to exit had to be assigned. If wasn’t a big problem to fix.
Longest comment I ever seen,but,enjoyed every word of it and can relate being from Glen cove. Thanks
I appreciate that you read every word and said you enjoyed it! That’s makes me very happy!
A true Yankee fan could only write that
I like many others remember going to the old stadium as kid so many times with my father and brother. I still remember the first time walking through the tunnels to our seats and seeing HOW BIG it as. My father passed away back in 2003 so we were able to enjoy their last great run. I'm also super fortunate to be one of the fans who was there for the last game at the stadium. I had went the week before with a friend thinking it was the last time I was going to walk through the doors, when out of the blue the day before the last game I get a call from my father in-law, who was a Red Sox fan, asking me if I'd like to go see the last game? A friend of his had 2 tickets and he knew how much of a Yankees fan I was. Being able to experience all of the games as a kid with my father, and then the final game at the stadium with my father in-law, who also passed away in 2018 is something that I will cherish forever
I never got to see it :-(. Always wanted to go there but never made it happen, being from Boston. Greatest franchise in baseball, New York Yankees.
8:27 10:48 The great #7 Mickey Mantle running down two fly balls. The first in Death Valley sprinting all out to make a backhand catch. The 2nd going to the warning track in right center. Mickey could do it all. Hit for Average, Hit with Power, Field, Throw, and could run the bases until his legs were shot. GREATEST SWITCH HITTER OF ALL TIME !
That catch saved a perfect game and win for Don Larsen. Every bit as iconic as Willie's 'catch' in the '54 World Series.
And yet they tore it down... As a Mets fan I lost my shit driving up the Deegan & noticed the Yankee Stadium was tore down
Not a yankee fan but definitely a baseball fan and I get chills watching this documentary it’s sad I never got to go and see it
I actually thought they were going to keep the stadium there for visits and tours for Yankee fans young & old when I found out that it was knocked down I got extremely upset and angry this is a historical place you don't knock down a place like this with such history such great moments in sports history
There will never be another stadium like it ever in history this was the holy ground of true baseball events & historys thats unmatched by any stadium in the world great games regular playoffs world series it doesn't matter all historical game moments in baseball history forever remembered by yankee fans all over the world the greatest fans in the world
She will be back. In 80 years when they need another new stadium the next stadium will be built on the exact spot as the old Yankee Stadium. She will be back.
Cathedral MY ASS. The Yankees betrayed all of us by tearing it down and building that souvenir shop with sushi bars...
they had to rebuild it was old and utdated
the new stadium is a wonderful place moron
People need to realize the "Old" Yankee Stadium only goes back to 1976 when it re-opened. Everything was changed and removed from the "House that Ruth Built". The original "Facade" was long gone when stadium reopened in '76. Different turf, different fences different seats etc etc
It was gutted out from 1974-1976 like Madison Square Garden in 2012 and other venues but it was still the original stadium and structure.
A friend of mine is a huge Yankees fan who told me the difference is the new stadium feels too corporate while the old place welcomed everyone as they were.
The new stadium with museum of all 5he baseballs is awesome..very true the rich are separated from reg fans by elevators steak restaurants etc
I was at the Stadium before and after its renovation. I was there in '76 when Chris Chambliss hit The Shot Heard Round the Bronx and seen the first World series pennant raised in 15 years. Had teats my eyes when Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris raised the pennant.
Mets fan and I'm still pissed they tore it down!!
Happy i experienced both. Of course i love going to the new stadium and getting to see our Yankees play and although it'll never hold the historic relevance the old one does, atleast it is built directly across the street from the hallowed ground of the original. The cool thing is, there is now a park with a baseball field with homeplate right where it's always been (you can see it on Google map satellite view) and now kids get to play on it (assuming little leaguers in the Bronx use it). Either way, what a magical place... you feel it everytime. ❤️⚾️🏆
I was so lucky to have been at the Jeter Mr. November game, the Brosius game, and the Aaron Boone game the loudest sound you ever heard.....and then it goes UP to another level unheard of. Those crowds....that octave of everyone screaming at the same time in euphoria will never leave my soul.
Love how Piniella was rocking his Cubbies hat...
Wow I had never seen this video before now. I don't know how I missed it but I'm really glad I've now seen it. My father took me to my first game in 1965 and everything people said about going through the tunnel and seeing the Stadium in color after watching it in Black and White on TV is definitely true. Then I heard Bob Sheppard's voice giving the lineups and I didn't know where it was coming from. I did think God was giving the lineups. I saw Mantle hit his 500th homerun. What a thrill that was. And I took the Stadium tour in 2008 and I stood out in centerfield and saw the majesty of the Stadium and also sat in the dugout just thinking about all the legendary players who sat where I was sitting. There's no place like it and there will never be anyplace like it. I'm so grateful I got to see this because all those memories came back. Thank you very much.
Never been a yankee fan but they should have redone Yankee Stadium like theyve kept Wrigley field and Fenway Park going. To much great history to just demolish
they couldnt upkeep it it already went a mnajor renovation in the 70s
The original Stadium was the Cathedral of Baseball. Not the further editions.
NEW YANKEE STADIUM IS A FANTATIC EXCELLENT BALLPARK
I was only a year old when Yankee Stadium was demolished. Man I wish I got to go to the old stadium as a yankees fan. I did get to go to Derek Jeters last home game tho. That was actually my first yankees game. I go 2 times a year now.
Guess the Cubs had more respect for their stadium
Crazy to think just 15 years ago the Yankees were the most popular team
My favorite team and I'm from Michigan can't help myself I Have always been a YANKEE FAN
I love it. Sad to say I didn’t ever make it to The Cathedral.
I didn’t make it to Yankee Stadium until 2010 , as Defending Champs Vs The Tigers.
Oddly The Tigers have been Visitors to Safeco and Angel Stadium the 1st time I made it there as well.
My cousins made it to The House That Ruth Built in the 6th to last Game ever played there , in 08.
Not the easiest trip coming from Vegas but I’ve been a couple times to The New Yankee Stadium.
Love it.
Safeco is still My Favorite Stadium.
Petco is Great and so is GABP , they’re in contention as My Favs.
Coors Field is hard to believe it was built in 94 , it’s So Nice. Seems like it’s maybe a decade old , it’s in perfect condition & looks beautiful.
Angels need a New BiG A Stadium
Seem some fun games there though.
I am so lucky to have had a beloved father who took me to the original House that Ruth Built, and then to Shea Stadium when the Yankees played there, to the newer House that Ruth built. He was a die hard Dodgers fan, so he hated the Yankees, and was more comforatable going to Mets games.💜💜💜💜
Preserve History
The old one was better
Agree.
MANCHESTER UNITED NO ONE CARES! BASEBALL IS 1000000X BETTER! LGY💙
I never went to the original Yankee Stadium so I can't provide a direct comparison of the two since I've only been to the new one. For starters, I'm not from New York City; New York state; or, hell, even from the Northeastern United States altogether. Neither am I a Yankees fan. I'm just a guy from Alabama who's waaaay more passionate about college football than baseball, who could be considered little more than an arms length Braves fan for his entire life.
I had the opportunity to go to a Yankees game back in 2014 while I was in NYC for a few days that summer. While I don't know what it's predecessor was like, I can at least tell you the new one didn't really feel like the mythical battleground I thought it would. Certain parts of the stadium felt more like being inside a shopping mall than a ballpark, in all honesty. Souvenir shops; memorabilia retailers; concession stand; independent vendors hawking stuff; etc. It was all a little much for my taste.
And don't get me started on the prices.... Jesus Christ, they're astronomical! The amount they charge you for even the most basic stuff is utterly absurd. It did have one positive feature going for it that I liked though, and that was it's spaciousness.
What they never tell you about all of the old ballparks and stadiums out there that are still standing is their uncomfortable dimensions. These places love to sell their facilities as 'intimate' and 'cozy'. In other words, they're small. Too small for the modern era. The concourses and causeways are narrow; the seats you sit in are wooden and tiny; the restrooms don't have enough utilities to move everyone along efficiently. Therefore, I did appreciate the larger parameters of this new Yankee Stadium.
I probably need to make a return trip and see another game there one day in order to get a better grasp of the situation. I'm sure it has it's charms going for it that I simply missed by being an out-of-towner unfamiliar with everything. However, what I remember most about that game (aside from all the Yankees fans being irritated and disgruntled over losing to a shitty Texas Rangers team) was how hollow the overall experience was. I went there on a last minute decision mainly just to take it all in since I was already in NYC, and also because this was Jeter's final year. I don't think he played but a few innings that night, and the only time he got on base was when he drew a walk. Again, the whole experience never really came together for me the way I hoped it would.
The overall impression it left me with was the undeniable reality that I never once felt grateful for being one of the select few who can say they've had the great fortune of being inside baseball's most sacred site. To put it bluntly, the impression I left with was just how artificial it all felt. I never once felt that vaunted "Yankee magic" I'd heard so much about all throughout my life, and was desperately hoping to encounter that evening. You could just feel it in your soul that there's a very important key ingredient floating around out there in the ether somewhere that's currently missing. It's as though the U Haul people lost an important piece of furniture in the 500 ft separating the original from the new Yankee Stadium. It just wasn't what I was hoping for.
@@mattaeusboschen5060 ikr, Baseball is Prime!
I agree 100%
The first time I went to Yankee Stadium I was 10 years old in 1980 and I remember that Lou Piniella got the winning hit off the wall, that when we werr leaving the stadium they were playing New York New York by Sinatra, and my dad scolded me for trying to pick up a liquor bottle as a souvenir
There’s something about this stadium there’s something about this stadium, history history history, yet it got torn down. Fucking shame, no respect. Owners don’t care about the game it’s just a business to them.
I used to go to games in early 90s and the upper decks were completely empty!
Shows you how bandwagon Yankees fans are.
@@josecarranza7555 they definitely sucked back then! But they got good again!
Aldough I'm not a Yankee fan, you have to admit they have there rich history, and have had some great players.
Lucky Enough to have been at the last July 4th game at Old YS. Playing the RedSox, which is my team. I made it to Yankee Stadium before getting to Fenway.
thanks for this. Should have left in the old commercials.
If Yankee Stadium was such a shrine or cathedral to baseball, then WHY WHY WHY didn’t they just spend the money on renovating the shit out of it and bringing it up to date?? You don’t tear down the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, the Washington Monument, or the Capitol Building and build a new one because it’s old. For Pete’s sake, there were even RED SOX fans that were saying that it was wrong or it was a sin! WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY THINKING?? Once again, the almighty dollar wins again!!
Lol yankees suck.
The stadium was falling apart, and was beyond obsolete.
It wasn’t nearly as iconic as the other things you mentioned
Why did they tear down old Yankee Stadium when the place was a cathedral to legends, moments, and events that stand the test of time?
because of what you siad time tore down the stadium it had to be rebuilt
The real hollowed ground is gone. The new stadium can never replace the old Yankee stadium.
At least they preserved the site with Heritage Field, unlike Shea which just turned into a parking lot
your right they should have kept it as a historical shrine a museum for everyone for generations to come to see to experience to walk in that great
stadium to feel & experience the greatest moments in sports history games & the players that were there great home & visiting players that were in awe of such a great place to stand in there and look around just takes your breath away and you imagine all the greatest players in baseball history that have played there from the smallest games to the biggest games were usually played with capacity filled crowds the majority of the time if I played for the Yankees 1 day or a few days no matter what amount of time I was given I would have considered it my greatest honor to play in that great uniform that great stadium we've all come to call baseballs cathedral no other name could ever be so fitting to a place so great called yankee stadium ive always been proud to live just a few blocks away from yankee stadium I used to look at it every day, or night all seasons too
So weird I’m a Red Sox fan for life but I loved this stadium went to like the 5th or 6th last game there it was awesome
I drove to the Bronx from Pittsburgh to pay my respects to the Stadium. Its Mecca for baseball.
Biggest mistake ever was demolishing old Yankee stadium.
Red Sox fan, you know the story. That stadium should have been converted to a monument. Not torn down.
Good stuff 👏 Thanks for posting.
so well done.
Unfortunately I was never able to go to the original Yankee stadium. But I have been to the new one in the bronx.
1:27:00Some adjustments made was moving tarp from right feild to left feild. Removing the black bleachers for a bar (one of the most iconic views from the 1976 renovation) And moving the very long back stop 20ft closer. Also saying “we are brining back the old ball park” by putting in a clubhouse behind the back stop and it’s the reason why you don’t see a lot of fans sitting behind home plate Bc the seat tickets are so damn expensive. Avg $400 a ticket at least compared to other ball parks
16:36 OMG is that a radio recording of the very first ball game from 1923? If so, is there more from that recording? I would LOVE to hear it!
watching this during one of the darkest years as a Yankee fan, 2023 will go down as a disgrace
Sweet Lou a class act
Knock down almost a century of memories yet cling to the past, hypocrisy at its finest.
Great idea to tear down the cathedral of baseball. The new stadium just doesn’t cut it. Can’t put Humpty Dumpty back again
The new stadium is nice but it’s something about the old Stadium. The first time I visited, it was in 2005 against the Blue Jays. I will never forget it. I know there’s some debate that Yankee Stadium died when George Steinbrenner took over and they renovated it for like that two year period. And also in that two-year period, the Yankees were playing at Shea Stadium. In 2008 they were celebrating the fact that it’s no longer going to be on the current grounds that they were on and they were going to move across the street. As a Yankee fan, I felt that even Shea Stadium should’ve never been torn down as well.
What I remember that when Roger Maris hit #61. The fans didn't like that Roger Maris was the home run king they wanted Mickey Mantle.
This is narrated by Chaz Palminteri right? Great program!
Sounds like it
Best stadium ever
I'm from Toronto. Was lucky enough to see two games at the Cathedral of baseball. Saw one game in August of 2000 and another in July of 2007 on old timers day. Loved it! Absolute disgrace they tore it down. I have absolutely no desire to see the new place! None at all!
Who is here before game 3 of the ws??
So why the hell did they tear it down? Money trumps Yankee tradition.
On the one hand, I understand why the Steinbrenners, etc. needed to build a wall Yankee Stadium.
On the other, I wish they had made some kind of deal to keep the old one usable, etc.
"No stadium in America has more history and tradition than Yankee Stadium"
So why the hell did you tear it all down?
Britton Thompson don’t forget about my Fenway park ,oldest park in the mlb history,there’s a lot of history there too,at least we still have our park,I don’t like the Yankees but this Yankees decision was the worst they ever made 🤦🏽♂️
It was cantinuesly falling apart and coasting way to much to keep up
@Nimfa McDonald falling apart stupid ass
Mike Burke, the President of the Yankees from 66-73, had more to do with the renovation of Yankee Stadium than Steinbrenner.
Broke my heart when they tore down the orange bowl, I geuss nothing last forever 😢
The worst thing was to tear down the old stadium. Now it is a parking garage. Will never go to another game again. Will never go to another baseball game again..
I miss that place. Also hate the new stadium
what do you hate about the new stadium stupid
I still wish the playing field was kept in the original spot......would have been worth a few years on the road or a temporary place to keep the original location and home plate.
and where would thaat be they are still in new york and still in the bronx
@@SuperPhilly5 yeah...but the exact same spot on which the original yankees playing field was located, where everyone from Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Reggie Jackson, Thurmon Munson, Don Mattingly, Derick Jeeter, and so on actually played the game and world series games were won is now a park with a little leage ball field and soccer field, would have been nice for tradition if the yankees could have kept the new stadium on the original spot.....at least it is not a parking lot and and kids can use it.