A Day at Old Yankee Stadium - April 22, 2001 

In an alternate universe the old stadium was renovated in 2009 and the new stadium was never built. I wish I lived in that universe

Lifelong Red Sox fan, living in Florida, who just visited New York and took a tour of the new Yankee Stadium. And while it’s very nice and looks very comfortable for the spectators, it certainly lacks the aura and intimidation factor of the old place. I was so glad I was able to see nine games in original Yankee Stadium. After the tour, my wife, daughter and I walked on the old stadium grounds which is just across the street. I actually had a few tears in my eyes thinking about all the great baseball and all the great players that played on that spot. I can’t imagine how I would feel if they ever tore down Fenway Park . I think baseball lost a lot when old Yankee Stadium was taken to the ground. After all, it was the iconic House that Ruth built. 😢

Just incredible footage. We are in such a different world.

Those fans never thought, what was about to happen, 5 months later. That is tragic.

As a Sox fan, that stadium was magical. Something about it the new one just can’t capture.

As a Mets fan I appreciate this video in more ways than 1. Old yankee stadium had a different feel the second you walked through the doors. You felt the history. I truly enjoyed and miss pre 9/11 days. New Yorkers as a whole were just doing way better, the city was incredible. The quality of this video for 21 years ago is great the colors and everything look awesome, seeing the players in their primes who are now all retired, I watched MLB then as a Mets fan but seeing all of these players from a fan perspective here was pretty damn awesome. Good job and hope you’re doing great.

Nice job on this video. I have attended all 3 versions of Yankee Stadium 1st game 4/30/67 DH vs Angels. Mickey hit 2 including a walk off 3 run shot bottom of the 10th. Also attended Mickey Mantle Day 6/8/69. Last game was in Sept of 1973 (prior to rennovation). Attended zero games at Shea (74-75). Attended 100s of games at the renovated version (one in this video including many playoff & 1 world series. The George Bush 1st pitch game (post 9/11) later this year of this video. Attended 2 games on 2009 at the new YS & never returned. Huge mistake in my opinion in tearing down this cathedral of baseball. Have since moved away . NYC has gone to the dogs. You can have it. TY for posting this gem.

Greatest ball park in baseball history!

This captures my childhood in a nutshell. Thanks for making me cry

Nostalgia goosebumps. Thanks for posting this.

This gotta be one of the coolest videos I’ve ever seen wow

so cool, thanks for sharing. as a Giants fan living in the Bay, always will regret never being able to visit old Yankee Stadium.. precious video right here

Never lose this footage!! F’n amazing!

Never been to New York. Born and raised an Angels fan and always loved when the angels played the Yankees on the road because I loved to see this ball park in the background. Thanks for a great video

Yankee fan my entire life, been watching for over 20 years. Never had a chance to go to Yankee Stadium, it was closed three days before my 15th birthday and I don't live in New York either. Any video showing the inside of the stadium from a spectator's POV is priceless to me.

Thanks for posting this. I went to my first game at Yankee Stadium in 01 and went to at least one game a year until they built the new one. Brings back a lot of memories

Very cool hearing Bob Sheppard on the P.A., and how the audio is in stereo, so the viewer/listener can see what it was like to see and hear the great old Yankee Stadium

I wish I would of been 18 in 1996 man, that 3-peat must of been magical to witness. Nothing will ever compare to the House that Ruth Built.

Mets fan here, but went to Yankee Stadium twice. Last time I went was in 1999 and my seats were pretty much where yours were here. El Duque pitched and it was cool to see his high leg kick in person. It was cool to walk out that tunnel and see the bright lights and billboards in center. Ironically my first Mets game was April of 2001, so time wise this video is very nostalgic for me. I gotta admit even though the Mets game was great, Shea didn’t have the same feel as Yankee Stadium.

Wow old Yankee stadium and this is a few months before 9/11 what a great video

I went to 1 game there in '97, drove up from MD with 2 friends, 1 was a big NYY fan. As an Orioles fan I kept quiet. The atmosphere was good, the fans were enthusiastic, I got the historic baseball vibe, the stadium was old/run down enough to remind me of Memorial in Baltimore (peeing in troughs in the men's room, for example). Glad I took the time to go.

My first baseball game ever was also in 2001 at Yankee Stadium with my dad. Pretty sure it was early in the season too, I know it was against Seattle and we sat on the third base side in the lower deck. The rest, as they say, is history.

only went to this stadium once as a kid wit my moms, this vid is treasure

Great video guys ! I’m a die hard Yankees fan and I must say this ballpark was the best I miss it a lot , the new stadium doesn’t have the aura or charm like the old Yankee Stadium , hot dogs and peanuts and Freddy Sez passing around the spoon to bang on the bell and Bob Shepperd announcing the players , new place too commercial imo . And those upper deck seats you have are actually some of the best seats that’s where I usually sat .

I went to this game. Great memories. Thanks for posting

I was born in 2007 and didnt get to experience the old yankee stadium, it seemed like the crowd was more engaged then than now

I remember doing blow up in the nosebleeds of the stadium in the mid '80s seeing Don mattingly and Ricky Henderson while myself and the rest of the animals up there cooked up out of our minds jawing. Man good times

Awesome vid of the old cathedral. Glad I watched til end!

This is some unbelievable footage wow thank you for sharing

Glad I came across this. Always wondered what the vibe was at the og stadium. I was young back then couldn’t really go visit and this video was great to watch felt the energy. Dodgers are my team but I love the game as a whole. Can’t wait to visit next season when the boys in blue are in town 😎

Finally went to nyc last week. Got to see the new stadium. I’m not a Yankees fan at all. But I’m jealous I am far too late in experiencing the old place over the new one.

What a wonderful video of friends having a great day at an historic ballpark. This is so beautiful. After a visit to the Hall of Fame, I got to take my son there the year it closed. It was fan appreciation day and they gave us a really cool stuffed bear emblazoned with the NY logo. Walking into that stadium with my then young son was magical. Then Bob Shepard’s voice broke through the overcast day. It was like God himself was speaking. I glanced over at my son, so naive to it all, and got emotional. He was 9. He went on to be drafted by Tampa Bay 9 years later. I’ll never forget that day and I hope he never does, either. (Side note-we live in Arizona. I was at all four home games of the ‘01 World Series. Sorry Yanks fans but we know how that one ended. I’m a journalist and was able to be in both clubhouses following the Gonzales walk off. Despite the loss, it was the classiest pro sports clubhouse I’ve ever been in. Seeing Joe Torre in the managers office was like seeing the chairman of the board of a major corporation - complete class despite a crushing loss. Another unforgettable Yankee moment.)

My very first game was at the end of August 1964 - the original park. Yanks against the Red Sox. Yanks won 9 to 3, Mick hit one out as did Hector Lopez in for Roger Maris. When they renovated the stadium in 75 and 76 people said the same thing. It didn't feel the same. Even Joe Di said it was no longer Yankee Stadium. The place still grew on people. Give the new park a chance.

This is a better live view angle than on TV.

Cool! Never been to old Yankee stadium sadly. -Cubs fan

Thank you guys! Amazing videos. #goodtimes

Very cool. Thanks. Miss the old place. So many fun times there. The current stadium simply not the same. It's a band box. The old stadium, with the porch and death valley gave the Yanks an edge. The current one really gives the Yanks no advantage. All the other teams can come in and light up the place.

What a time to be ALIVE YOU GIVE THAT PARKING ATTENDANT 25$ YOUR CUTTING THE LINE AND YOUR CAR FIRST MY FATHER TAUGHT ME WELL RIP POP #LEGENDS NEVER DIE

Another great feature of the Old Yankee Stadium was Bob Sheppard

What a memory man !!!

I miss this stadium and shea stadium so much 🥺🥺😢😢

Algún día estaré en ese salón de los inmortales primero dios viendo un juego .

Awesome video, thank you

Great year for d backs fans our one and only championship earned!

Absolutely the best quality home video for its age I've ever seen. Great job. Was this video restored? What camera did you use?

I was born in 2004 and will always be mad my mom never took me to the old stadium or to see jeter play

I remember there being a marquee or a sign over the Major Deegan parking lot when the old stadium was there. Is that still there?

Wow. This deserves so many more views. Sitting at 13k rn

I’m a Red Sox fan and I’m so happy I got to go to the old Yankee stadium once when I was 8 for Sox Yankees in 2004 absolute madness Police every where you look. It was amazing. New Yankee stadium is nice but feeling the history in old Yankee stadium was something different

How cool I wish there was footage of Babe Ruth and his Yankees back in the 1920s

Do you have the full game broadcast on tape?

Love the song lemon In the video

The House that Ruth Built it would've been 100 this year 26 World Championships 39 American Leagues even as a Cub fan I revere that building every bit as much our friendly confinse

Do you know the song at 3:55-4:07 that plays when Soriano comes up?

a rare blown save for the sand man.

I thought it was interesting how you said the Yankees had a four-peat going, and they almost did, however, the Yankees choked in Game 7 of the World Series that year.

Ahhh, back when Yankee stadium was full of actual fans and not businessmen/women. People used to say "F it, let's go to a yanks game." Today, you better have $400. At the new stadium I don't get the old stadium vibes. Fenway and Camden Yards I felt like fans were there for baseball. Can't really explain it.

Who was that dude at 6:55 on the scoreboard?

Nobody really uses that first lot anymore. So many memories

Cardinal fan here, have yankee fans warmed up to the new one or no cuz I can’t understand y the hell they tore down this legendary place

How the hell do you tear down the House that Ruth Built? Come on, man.

This is old from 2001. The Yankees were playing in their old stadium. Rest in peace old Yankee Stadium.

Cant believe this was before 9/11

This camera must of been huge

Before the dark times. Before social media.

She's a beaut

Simpler times!

This is not old Yankee Stadium, the one before this is old Yankee Stadium.

Go Red Sox!

8:39 and it won't be 4in a row,when mo blows it this year 😂

8:57 yes Bartolo Colon

Too bad bush blew up the towers

Pre-911 world 😢

Back wen nyc was the city to visit, now it’s a complete joke

This isn't the original Yankee Stadium. This is the refurbished Yankee Stadium after renovations in the mid-70s.

Great. A drunken cameraman interviews his even more drunken companion.

Such a Happy pre 9/11 world

Not even 5 months later the world would change

This is the decade where many historic stadiums finally met their ends, and a new generation of baseball began. Glad you were able to get good footage of Old Yankee Stadium for the younger generations to find.

I'm 25 years old and have been to a total 31 Yankee games as a fan. I went to 9 total games at the old Yankee Stadium from 2003-2008. Even though the new stadium has been around in my life longer than the old one, it really can't measure up to the mystique, aura, charm and beauty that was found daily at the House that Ruth built. Still miss it to this day. (I also miss that old Utz Potato Chips ad in right-centerfield).

If you don't think the original Yankee stadium is the greatest baseball field of all time, its because you never got to go there. - a Mets fan -

I REALLY miss this stadium and I do not like the new Yankee stadium. It was always a pleasure going there while this new stadium just feels like a mall. I used to take the 4 train to school so I basically watched almost everyday the new stadium being built and then the old stadium slowly being taken apart 😢

Of course the Knicks were losing…even in 2001.

Nice hidden gem of the old Yankee stadium

As a Phillies fan born in 2000, I wish i could've seen baseball in the 90s and early 2000s. Such a different time back then.

Man New York in the 90’s and early 2000’s was such a great time to live, besides 9/11 obviously. Todays NYC lost all of its soul and the culture is just screwed up. Overall world is in shambles too. Great video and cool archive. Took me way back to a simpler time of living

This is awesome footage. I was 17 back in 2001 and always wanted to go to the old Yankee stadium and Shea stadium. I have been a lifelong Texas ranger fan growing up in DFW but always appreciated the older ballparks.

Knoblauch, O'Neil, Jeter, Brosius, Jorge, Bernie... those were the days!!

Eventually, all things change, but this video should be preserved for posterity.

This video is a fucking classic!!!

What a great old stadium. It's a shame they couldn't keep it like Fenway, Wrigley and now Dodger. But the new Stadium has more space and comfort.

That’s the one where Paul got mad cause he thought it was a fly out 😂

I wanted to see if any videos were done from the stands in old Yankee Stadium, and wow this is a historical document. Thanks so much for uploading, a great game, and a beautiful experience with your dad too. Man I miss those days, made me emotional watching this, I miss my dad.

The old Yankee stadium was always loud.

Before 9/11

I really miss this place. The New Stadium still does not feel like home to me.

I was almost 19yrs old when this was made. What we New Yorkers and Americans went through 5 months later United us to be a better Union and even better neighbors to each other. Not that we need another tragedy, but we need not to be so hard fuckin headed over grubby political indifferences and just enjoy the time we have here.... Watching Baseball of course!!

The Yankees should of just built a new stadium over top the old one and played games somewhere else for the time it takes to build the new stadium, even if it does take 5 years or more. I understand old Yankee Stadium had been renovated and alot was different from the Ruth era but how awesome would it have been to be in the same vicinity as all that history. From Ruth and Gehrig to Mantle and all the Yankee greats. Im not even a Yankee fan but their history is too notch. I guess every era or generation will have to move on and a new era will always rise. Who knows maybe one day people will be watching this video and be intrigued just like we are when we see old footage from a bygone era.

Someone gonna be looking back at this video in the year 2022..

They just won their 3rd championship, They were the best in the mlb, in that time.