Hey everyone, Thank you so much for all of the positive (and negative) reactions to this video! I'm amazed by how much it still resonates with people nearly nine years later. I was 15 when I made it, and yes, it has some historical inaccuracies, like when I credited George Steinbrenner for the mid-70s renovation, and said that the original stadium's seats were blue, when they were actually green, like so many of you have pointed out. But I'm still proud of it and the argument it makes. Like any 23-year-old who used to be 15, I've changed a lot since then, as have my thoughts about the new stadium. Perhaps a follow-up video is in order. In the meantime, please subscribe to my channel and check out my (much) newer videos. You can also follow me on Twitter @briandanuff. Thanks again, and let's go Yankees! My latest video: The Yankees Scandal Don't Remember ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sRx3YOPUvCg.html
Great video. Like you, I'm disgusted that the Yankee experience and MLB generally has devolved into a boring, overpriced white collar endeavor. I'm sure that I'll never attend another MLB game again and I don't care to watch on TV, either. MLB has devolved into a microcosm of and reflects have's/have not's American society. Pardon my righteous indignation but American sports teams and cities think nothing of spending millions upon millions of dollars in pursuit of more luxurious spectator sports experiences watching spoiled, overpaid prima donnas play a children's game chasing a ball around a field, but when any suggestion is made to appropriate any public monies to genuinely righteous and worthy purposes, cries of "hand-out" and "free stuff" abound. Greed is considered to be sexy and righteousness and virtue are considered to be boring. And the general public is forever bamboozled with empty promises of residual monies associated with new/renovated ballparks tricked down to the working class that never materializes. This is very much how the Roman Empire collapsed from within because of internal moral decay and warped priorities. Thank you.
@@JSTX9216 your very right this new stadium is boring! Its so busy with distraction, the dimensions are collage school levels, no intimacy 0, very expensive, bad bad food! Just a complete turn off!! Old fan here used to go to many games before and after the refurbishing in 1973. Death valley used to be at 457ft. Now it's 399 ft !! Are they kidding!! Terrible!
Andrew McMillan Lifelong Bomber overhere!!! Thank you fa just acknowledging the right thing an showin Class, I feel the same Towards Fenway n wrigley!! I'm a Lifelong Celtic Fan an was Devastated with the Same fada Gaaaden in which I've been many a time seein Larry Kevin da Chief DJ Danno Reggie RiP n DJ, da B's too!!..an Now fa my Raiders which not even gonna get into!!! Been tada Coliseum many a times too!!!!...be good!!🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🐘🐼🐬🐅🐳🐻🐕🐖🐄
@@themaestro3034 That old stadium should have been preserved & made into a Yankees museum & build a brand new stadium nearby & keep the Original. 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Carlos Perez-- Agree. I could never figure out why there was not more of an uproar (nationwide) about the destruction of old Yankee Stadium. I'm not a Yankee fan, but I went there once while traveling on business and thoroughly loved the experience. I see myself as a BASEBALL fan first; a fan of my favorite teams comes 2nd.
Anyone that says it should have been saved has no idea the length at which it had already been destroyed in 74. It was completely gutted and even the upper deck was completely removed and replaced. The exterior look and even the original signs (That the new stadium properly recreates) was completely destroyed in the 74 renovation. Even the field level was lowered by several feet and the outfield line brought in. It was a dirty dark Frankensteined Monstrosity and is not missed by most fans.
I'm a die hard Red Sox fan and I have to say old yankee stadium was one of my favorite stadiums. I never been to the new one and I don't think I'll ever go.
I agree with every word said in this video. Shit, the whole city is slowly becoming what the Yankee Stadium experience has become - a "white collar annoyance".
Joseph Halliday this.Few remember Tribeca and SoHo were decaying factories in the 1970s.The whole city has changed for worse.And the stadium had to keep up .
I am a Red Sox fan who appreciates the history of baseball. The old Yankee Stadium was the most famous park in the world!! But corporate greed has ruined it. I like Fenway the way it used to be, when it was truly green with only organ music and not one big sign advertisement and you could afford a ticket ,food, and parking. When the players mostly stayed on their team. But after free agency they all became greedy millionaires. I miss the screen too. It had a mystique that is gone with those greedy monster seats and wall advertising. As the Great Yogi said "It ain't over till it's over" Well baseball fans, the pure joy and fun IS OVER. It is said for us, the fans.
@@1964rocks it's a monument to George Steinbrenner. As said in the video this master plan started as soon as the renovations were completed in the 1970s knowing it would be a hard sell then and not all was in place. I refuse to go to this Stadium. Actually surprised that it's not called Steinbrenner's Yankee Stadium. Steinbrenner got his name on the spring training field in Tampa. Prices are outrageous at Yankee Stadium now. Did you see the pricing? I now go to see the Somerset Patriots.
On the plus side, the concourses are wider, the concessions and restrooms better, and the scoreboards easier to see. The lower decks have great views, it's the upper deck reserved seats that ruin your day. It drives me crazy that they eliminated half of those inexpensive seats though.
Mental they tore all this priceless history down. I dont follow baseball (I'm Irish, as kids we played Rounders, which is baseball's ancestor) but I do know Babe Ruth. They killed dreams of emulating him when they bulldozed the stadium he performed in. My own team is Liverpool FC and we have always played at Anfield since 1892. It is iconic, and money can't buy that.
George Steinbrenner had absolutely nothing to do with the renovation of the 1923-1973 Yankee Stadium. Mike Burke, the president of the Yankees and the CBS ownership representative, was the man behind the rehab including initiating the deal with New York City in 1970, finalizing it with then Mayor Lindsay in 1971, and supervising the architectural decisions and details on the refurbished ballpark in 1971-72. Steinbrenner inherited the refurbished Stadium and its lease when he AND Burke bought the Yankees on January 1, 1973 from CBS...the deal was already well in place before George arrived and you are wrong to credit it to him.
I was lucky enough to get to go to the original stadium in 2006, 07 and even four times in the final season, and my memories of the stadium were super fond and amazing with the sound the stadium had. I did get to go to the new stadium a handful of times in 2009, 2010 and 2011 thanks to my dad working at Lobel's, and the atmosphere, it's really different compared to the old stadium. Now, I'm 19 years old, and I actually work at the new stadium as a security guard and I started working once the postseason began two weeks ago, and honestly, it does suck to tell the people that they can't sit in the section I work in, because I remembered being like them where I sat in the nosebleeds, and moved all the way down for the last few innings, and they never got told anything, but now I have to be the one to tell them that. I love the job, but it sucks that I have to be the downer at times. But at least I have something that most don't when it comes to the stupidity of the policies. Service with a smile, still being a fan of the team, and treating the people like fans.
Born and raised Cub fan. You're absolutely spot on - the Yankees totally messed up and I'm sorry they didn't do it the right way. Great video and critique.
Bob Sheppard 's voice. Gehrig 's farewell speech. Joltin' Joe roaming center field, followed by The Mick. Reggie's three Homer's. Don Larsen. This new ballpark will never equal the old place. Never.
Joe, Mick, and Larsen never played in that stadium. That one was gutted and destroyed already in 74. In 40 years fans will feel just as strongly about the new one. You are being just a bit too sentimental about that gutted out mess. It was an absolutely miserable experience getting in and out of that concrete port-a-john.
I couldn't agree more! I grew up watching the Micky, Roger and the rest, at yankee stadium..... unreal what it has become. I used to watch a double header for $6.50 box seats!
@@drpkmurphy We couldn't afford them. My father would buy us General Admission tickets (remember them?) in the upper deck for $1.50 each, then tip a skycap a dollar to put us in the Reserves. People may complain about decreasing attendance in baseball today, but it's twice what it was when we were growing up so the skycap could find empty seats for us.
When are WE, the not-rich, average baseball fans, going to say "enough is enough"? We are seeing the same thing over and over in baseball cities across America--baseball teams and owners building new stadiums that strip out 10 or 20,000 "average fan" seats and replace them with clubs and luxury suites. Is there any clearer of a way for the team owners to say F-you to the average fan?? The only way to make these teams and owners understand is for us to speak their language and stop giving them our money. I don't mean ALL teams. There are several examples of scrupulous owners who don't seem to openly spit in the face of the average fan: Boston, Cubs, LA Dodgers and Kansas City are some of the few examples. Will those luxury suites, even on the off chance that they fill them every game, make up the $$ for 40,000 empty regular seats?
NBA, NFL, NCAA college football made the move for exclusive/luxury suites. They operate as a business and I don't think someone should live in nostalgia 20 -30 years ago where an old stadium is all you'll need because it's aesthetically functional.
CrocDoc1 The Steinbrenners don’t give a damn about small fans. Most of the Yankee money comes from other sources. The lousy $100 you spend is insignificant. PS: The Mets are a perennially second rate team, not worthy of comparison with the Yanks.
I like the narrow concourses and lack of bathrooms, the inconvenience made you stay in your seat! It also added to the atmosphere of the game, you were meant to sit and watch, not mozy around doing anything but. Honestly, my biggest complaint is that the seats in the top deck are too far away from the field. In other words, the old stadium went more or less straight up with its decks of seating, so the top deck was only 30-40 ft away from the field horizontally, this adds to the noise generated by a clutch play and the overall experience. I don't hate the new stadium, but I wish more than almost anything that we could just have the old stadium (and the rowdier fans) back. GO YANKS!!
I am happy to say that as a young boy I saw the Yanks play at the original Yankee Stadium back in 1961. One thing I loved was the huge outfield with the monuments in center field. The stadium had a majesty to it and you knew this was the true major leagues. It was a historical trip to go to it. Later, as an adult I got to see the annual old timer day game, and far down below was Joltin Joe, the Mick and Yogi. The stadium had been renovated by then, and I didn't like the shortened fences. It was okay, I guess, but it wasn't the same. I doubt I ever get to the new Yankee Stadium now that I live out west. Thanks for this video.
Is interesting to me how many people feel that way that old Yankee Stadium already somewhat died with the 70’s renovation, being that it changed the park so much
They did that already and gutted 75 percent of it. That would be like ripping off the chapel roof completely, all the interior, chopping up pieces of the exterior and placing a small painting off to the front.
Because Yankee Stadium is almost an exact replica of the old one it retains many of the flaws of the original. I always hated to batter’s eye in center field which always looked haphazard. The new building is bigger than the original... put it feels sterile by comparison. The idea to put the legends seats right where it makes the place look empty on television. I’m a Red Sox fan anyway so the place wasn’t built for me now was it. I hope Fenway never gets this treatment.
They should have built an exact replica of the old Yankee Stadium right down to the last detail, interior and exterior. Same number of seats, same dimensions of the field - EVERYTHING! Maybe in the future that will happen? Replicas of Ebbets Field, Forbes Field, Connie Mack Stadium, Comisky Park, Tiger Stadium await us.They should also build EXACT replicas of theaters, amusement parks, world's fairs, etc.
Why not just renovate the original stadium if your going to do that. Keep the costs down. Lower ticket prices. Not to mention the mystic of the old stadium. Can't replicate that in a new stadium.
Yeah and those seats and all the upper deck and the field dirt was all gutted and removed in 74. That's why that old mess was not THE original stadium. Not by a long shot.
The new yankee stadium 🏟to me does not even feel like a ballpark my grandpa took my grandmother out to a yankee game at the old stadium where she saw Roger Maris and mickey mantal you can basically call it new york's mall of America
@@sas6561 Hello SAS. On June 7th, 1970 my Dad took me to Bat Day, my first Yankee game. I'll always remember the FEEL of that beautiful ballpark and I'm sorry that no kid will ever see such majesty in the Bronx. I loved that park. In 1973 on Old Timer's Day we saw Mickey Mantle's last Yankee Stadium homer off Whitey Ford. Priceless.
@@jbrhel ... I played in Yankee Stadium in 1965 in the minor league exhibition game, (Auburn Mets vs Binghamton Yankees), before the big clubs, Mets and Yankees played their exhibition game in prime time. This was before inter league play had begun. You are right as to your take on the park! A fab stadium!
I’m an A’s fan, we have the worst stadium in baseball. But after going to modern fields I’m glad they haven’t upgraded to a new park! Pro sports used to be for working class families!
The year the Phillies moved to CBP from the Vet, they did away with kids ticket prices - and I bought a partial plan at my local MINOR LEAGUE ballpark! That's where the families of baseball fans are today, for the most part; at minor league games.
As a baseball kid, I always wanted to visit "The House That Ruth Built." Even though I despised the Yankees, I don't care who you are you can't argue with history, you can't argue with the smells and feels of an old classic ballpark. Ever since I saw it, the new stadium looked absolutely horrific, stagnant, and cold. It's not even the same thing. The lights are neon warehouse building colored, the net past center field is abhorrent, the entire place feels artificial and the opposite of what baseball should feel like. It should not cost that much for a young boy to see a ballgame. I cannot believe they destroyed that classic ballpark for this dump. I will never step foot in the new ballpark. It feels like you're walking into an overpriced commercial building, and there's not one thing there that I care about ever seeing. I really never had a problem with George Steinbrenner, but I will say doing what he did to "The House That Ruth Built" should be a disgrace among his legacy.
I'm going against the grain here by saying the old stadium was falling apart and needed to be replaced. When Steinbrenner rebuilt the old stadium it wasn't solely to bring it back to its former glory. Mr. S. wanted more luxury box suites to make money. In doing so he reduced general seating capacity from around 70,000 to about 57,000. As the years passed and newer ballparks had more suites the Steinbrenners started lobbying for a new ballpark. Whether the beams started falling because of the stress on the structure placed on them by the added weight of the suites over the years or possibly deferred maintenance is a matter for debate but I do recall inspections noting the stadium was nearing condemnation due to the level of corrosion, rust and rot that had set in to support structure of the old stadium, which is not surprising given its age, exposure to the elements, and the number of people it was host to and the stress they put on it. When it was announced the new stadium would have the same design template as the old one, at first I thought it was a good idea but now I'm thinking they might have been better off with a new design, like the Mets did with Citifield.
Brian, Thanks for saving me the trouble of having to make this video. I could not have done it any better. You have expressed my exact sentiments, articulately and visualy,well beyond what I could have produced. THANK YOU!
This many years later, I couldn't agree more. Born in 1961, I can't even count the number of nights we spent in the $4 bleachers or $8 top four rows seats. I've been to the new stadium exactly one time, back in 2009. I told my friends that it felt like a really nice shopping mall that just happened to have a ball game going on too. I hope Fenway & Wrigley stand for many more years, and envy their fans.
As a Mets fan I went to the Stadium in early 70's and loved the stadium and charm but it was decaying but the renovation was horrible because for the most part it looked like many other stadiums. The fences were changed to look no different than Shea Stadiums fence or many other team fences, I liked the black fences with the electronic scoreboard which they've returned too. As a baseball fan I would have preferred they rebuild the old stadium but that actually is more expensive and can never be as structurally as sound then you have to rebuild again. The new Yankee Stadium looks like a nicer version of the Original but the games are so boring because even if stadium is full the crowd is quiet. The class system with the ridiculous pricing is wrong on so many levels.
The new Yankee stadium cost a little over 3 billion dollars to build adjusted for inflation… I doubt that renovating old Yankee stadium again would’ve cost as much
The Old Yankee Stadium, I use feel the goosebumps everytime, I would enter. Now in the new ballpark, not the case, however I'm still a Yankee fan. And I will continue to go the game win, lose or draw.
Its a damn shame to see what Baseball has turned into. I may sound like an old-timer (I am 22) but as a Mets fan, we suffer from many of the same issues at Citi Field. Fans that can afford to sit in the luxury boxes behind home plate or down the line choose not to sit in the seats and instead watch from the clubs, or just dont go to the game at all. All in all, I love Citi Field, but its still not as intimate a place as Shea was. I haven't been to the new Yankee yet, only the old stadium back in the day, but I am planning on making it out there soon. Great video!
Majority of Yankees fans tell me that they like Citi Field better. The Mets actually did that right compared to the Yankees. Citi Field is just enjoyable as a Mets fan. I've been to nearly 100 games at Citi since 2009. And 11 years later I still enjoy it. The Yankees shouldn't of knocked down a stadium that was historic. They could of just renovated it.
I'm a Yankee fan and I definitely like Citi better. It still feels like a ballpark. I see plenty of Yankee fans at Citi. The Stadium is like watching and walking through the Grand Canyon.
I hear the same from my Yankee fan friends. They end up coming with us Mets fans to Citi more. Oddly enough, the only times we're at Yankee Stadium...is for soccer games, lol
Great video Brian. I have gone to the new stadium a bunch of times now and now that my kids are older, they ask me about the old stadium, and as I begin talking about it, I realize how much we've lost. The mystique, the charm, and the FUN we used to have going there. As a kid, we'd go to the game 2 hours early and head down to field level and yell to the players, try to catch batting practice foul balls.. and sadly, my kids will never experience what that was like. What it was like to look a guy like Don Mattingly or Dave Winfield, or Ron Guidry in the eye to wish him luck in the game. If you had tickets in the upper deck, you could go downstairs in the 7th or 8th inning, tip an usher 5 bucks, and he'd let you sit in an empty field box seat if there was one available. All of that has been taken away for corporate greed and $1,000 seats with cushions. Again - great video and perspective Brian.
I remember my dad took me to Yankee Stadium when I was kid. The game was in September and it was starting to get cold. They were playing the Cleveland Indians that day and it was towards the end of the game and I asked my dad if I could have money to buy a bottle of water. So I go to the concession stand, pay for the bottle of water and the lady hands me a frozen bottle of water and I look at her and said “I can’t drink this. Can I have one that isn’t frozen.” She told me “No.” Can I have my money back then still “No, wait for it to melt.” she said. So the game ends amd my dad and I leave Yankee stadium and we are taking the subway to Penn Station. And while I’m on the train I still have my bottle of water sitting on my lap and it begins to melt and there’s a leak at the bottom of the bottle and the water just starts to drain all over me. my pants were soaking wet the entire ride home. It was awful. I haven’t bought anything at the concession stands at Yankee stadium since.
I took my first trip to NYC when I was 12 years old. I went to a game at Yankee Stadium and immediately fell in love with the team. The stadium, the atmosphere, the fans, everything. I've been a die-hard fan ever since. I'm 27 now, and recently revisited NYC two months ago. I attended a game at the New Yankee Stadium. While it looked nice from the outside, once I sat down to watch the game, I couldn't believe how dull the atmosphere was. Half the park was empty (on a nice day, no less), and half the people that were there were just staring at their phones or talking to one another, not even paying attention to the game. It was pretty pathetic honestly. I enjoyed the game overall, but was pretty disappointed by the experience of new Yankee Stadium. It just doesn't have the same feel, the same atmosphere, the same magic as old Yankee Stadium. Hopefully they'll lower ticket prices so that the real fans that actually care can attend the games once again. Hopefully..
Which I never understood. Wouldn't you rather basically give tickets for free to fill the seats and atleast sell some concessions rather than nothing at all?
I miss the old stadium. One of my favorite moments there is Derek Jeter, hitting a walk off single with bases loaded 2 out in the bottom of the 10th. I had front row seats over the 3rd base side on the top tier.
Wow....so cool to just happen to stumble upon this video....I swear, I just was browsing and l see the title “ what’s wrong with the new Yankee Stadium, THEN I see who it’s from...!!!!......Great job, again....!!
Was just at the new stadium for the first time a couple days ago. We went down to field level with upper deck tickets before the game. The crowd was very loud....bleachers were really boisterous, upper deck was as well. I couldn't believe how fast concession stand service was....with all the levels and concourses it seems they maximized their ability to bring in revenue which also reduces my wait time and how much of the game I miss. Only complaint was the security hassle getting in....but it went faster than expected. This place is amazing and a great tribute to the past.
I miss the OLD old Yankee Stadium. Haven't been to the newest YS. Probably never will. I'll just visit the site where Ruth, Gehrig, DiMag, Mick and Yogi played... And pay my respects. Probably she'd a few tears too.
Seeing this video makes me glad I got to go to a game at the old stadium on a business trip back east about 10 years ago. It also makes me sad that I won't get to experience that again
My dad (who had in his 20s traveled from Massachusetts to see multiple games of the 1937 subway Series with the Giants at the Stadium), first took me to the pre-renovated Stadium in 1968 to watch a double header vs. Big Frank Howard and the Washington Senators. Let me tell you, for a 12-year-old Catholic schoolboy from a small city, it was like entering the greatest, most awe-inspiring cathedral my baseball-brained boyhood imagination could ever conjure up. I use the word "cathedral" without the least bit of flippancy, for I felt a sense of reverence for the greatness that had manifested itself there through time and tradition. I have not been to nor will I ever go to the new corporate ball park. How can this new structure even be called Yankee Stadium? It is not and never can be so. Yankee Stadium was ONE place, ONE building, filled with ONE spirit. I would rather keep the purity of my memories than soil them with the mammon-made false Los Vegas-type recreation of a thing which cannot and will not ever be reproducible.
Even though I am a devoted Mets fan, the first MLB game I ever attended was Yankees vs the Washington Senators in either 1967 or 68. The original Yankee Stadium, where you had to hope you didn't get a seat behind a pole, you had the monuments and Death Valley in Center Field. It was quite an experience, you felt it was a special place. When it was renovated I would occasionally go to games there and it still felt special. I don't get that feeling at the new stadium. To me it's too big, too loud, too generic. Yeah prices are outrageous, my wife and I went to a Subway Series game a few years back, we got bought field level seats from a co worker who had season tickets and after all was done with food and travel expenses the day cost us $1000, a far cry from when my Dad took me to a 4th of July doubleheader in 1971 at Shea Stadium and we walked up and got box seats right behind the 1st base dugout for $5 apiece. Things change unfortunately, sports are big business, especially in New York. I much prefer Citi Field, it still is expensive but i think it is a better baseball experience and several of my Yankee fan friends agree. I haven't been inside Fenway, but have been to several games at Wrigley and that has to be the closest you can get to a religious experience for a baseball game.
I agree but the new Stadium has some great memories as well. 27th World Series title, Mariano Rivera's final game, Derek Jeter's final home at bat that won the game, and so on. The House That Jeter Built will eventually come pretty close. But then again I agree, no ballpark will ever have the same charm and magic as the old Stadium did.
Uh, don't you mean the Cubs instead? The Tigers haven't played at Tiger Stadium since 99, and that ballpark was demolished a decade later in 2009 too! (L.O.L.!)
Nice job, Brian. This new stadium is a monument to the greed of the Steinbrenner family. Some how the Red Sox and Cubs fill their historic parks and make a nice profit.
epm5433 The Sucks & Cubs are pretty much stuck with ballparks that are community based - built right into those neighborhoods. They would have to completely abandon those sites & that would hurt those areas. I bet uou that they both would love to have shiny new stadiums, but they're stuck.
D Me, the owners of the Cubs bought up all the buildings around Wrigley and added a Hotel, movie theaters, restaurants, an outdoor park to play catch, and have created a neighborhood ballpark experience. No matter how bad the Cubs are, they've filled that park up because people from.all over the world have to experience the Ballpark and neighborhood. You come early and stay late. The owners are making a ton of money. They know if they move, the thing that draws people there would be gone, as what happened to the White Sox
this video is perfection... Im a 26 year old die hard Yankees Fan... I've been following them since about 1995- Mattingly's last year... I went to many games at the old stadium including playoffs and WS... THE OLD YS WAS THE MOST INTIMIDATING BALLPARK IN THE WORLD FOR OPPOSING PLAYERS... 55,000 fans literally hanging on every single pitch during the important games... i was at the game where the whole stadium starting chanting "who's your daddy" at Pedro... also Yanks vs padres tino's GS... the upper deck was literally shaking! The old stadium was so damn loud, and the atmosphere was incredible... i go to games now and its just not as fun... empt seats, quiet, everyone in suits looking down at their phone... it's sad... and it's only going to get worse once Jeter retires... I don't relate to these mercenaries the same way I related to Oneill, brosius, bernie, Mo... thanks for the video, brian... depressing, but well done
Now I`m in Chicago. I feel your disdain. theBRONX ZOO.Chris Chambliss playoff(AGAINST KC and BRETT i think).Fans running on the field. I was 12 yrs of life,and man: THAT`s Yankee Magic Mystique right there!! Thurman Munson,Mickey Rivers. Buckey Dent in `78 at FENWAY over theGREEN mONSTER. Reggie in`77. 3 1st pitch dingers in WS play. Righetti`s `84 no-no. Yogi Ford,Mantle,Howard,many others at THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT. I miss it also!!!!
Dodger Stadium is pretty great to see games at. And I'll add that much of those worries about "being attacked" are baseless. Always go with my Mets stuff on, never had a problem
All the years of steroids... all the Giambi, Clemens & A-Roid... then tearing down the old ballpark. Steinbrenner wanted to be bigger than Babe Ruth. That was the problem in a nutshell. It was sickening. I’ve tried to love the Yankees again. Believe me I’ve tried. Can’t do it
@@PabluchoViision I agree 👍 same for me besides the steroids and all that other junk, they along with the rest of mlb baseball put politics into the mix millionaires mind you (who can forget the 1994 strike) 🤦♂️😡supporting a Marxist ideology. I'm no right wing either I hate politics however now along with Hollywood everything seems to be as if we're still living in the 1960's with all this racism victim hoood crap, just play the f#cking game.
@@joeyphenomenal Dude I like this new Yankee Stadium better looks nicer yea the old stadium is where we won most of our World Series but you and I both know how outdated the old Yankee Stadium was
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Wow it's crazy but you're so right. The last Yankee game I went to was in 2008. I moved to fla in 2009 I could not go to any games that year due to me moving. I'm finally going to a game at the new stadium because i'm getting tired of watching my beloved yanks on TV and at Tropicana field home of the Gays I mean the Rays. When me and my wife were shopping for tickets my mouth dropped I was shocked I could not believe the prices compare to the old stadium. It has become more of a corp 5 star upper scale stadium than a family fan base park it's sad. But you know what? I will make the best on my first visit. Great video by the way it was a major eye opener it's breaks my heart to see the way the new park was designed. +Brian Danuff
Dude I'm a die hard Yankees fan,,I work across the street at BILLYS BAR during games. I was disappointed with the new stadium it broke my heart when I sat down for the first time looking around by the upper deck passed first base ans saw: Obstructad views,,nothing but poured cement everywhere,,outrageous prices for seats. I spent the money cause I thought we could move down AFTER the 5 inning which we ALWAYS DID. 125 DOLLARS FOR UPPER DECK BY THE FOUL POLE. Remember the scene in major league when they filled out the outfield with advertisements. THtATS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN YANKEE STADIUM ,,,,,IN 2022!!! My team that I grew up with is gone all have left are the great memories that I cherish. All I have left us nostalgia
You make a compelling case, But I don't really agree and here's why: 1. The old Yankee stadium was not really design to have all the improvements that could really compete with the newer elite stadiums. 2. The New Yankee stadium is a palace type Yankee stadium - especially with the recent upgrades in key areas. Even the obstructed view seats are now gone. 3. Ever since the Yankees moved to the new stadium - They've been winning over 65% of their home games - Therefore it seems to be working for them. 4. Ticket prices are sky high, But what new stadium these days isn't ? Remember: There's 2 sides to every story.
Once you actually learn how much was gutted and destroyed from the original Yankee Stadium in 1974, you are less sentimental towards it. It was an absolute mess. Not even the field level was the same after the 74 renovation. The outfield wall was brought in a lot and is way shorter than it was in Ruth and Gehrig's time (something that makes their records still stand the test of time). The entire upper deck was removed along with all the support posts. Even the original signs over the top entrances were all chopped off to make room for the replacement upper deck. The New stadium recreates them perfectly. The new stadium really does restore much of the look and style of the original 1923 construction. It looks amazing.
Thank you so much for this video.I`ve been thinking this for years.Of course they should have renovated the old stadium.The Yankees spit on their own history.I blame Steinbrenner`s out of control ego.He wanted credit for a brand new park,and we `re now stuck with this soulless dump.
I went to Old Yankee Stadium for an Orioles-Yankees game during Fleet Week ‘98, and even with me being a lifelong Tigers fan, I was excited by and grateful for the experience of being there; it should have been saved, no doubt about it
I miss old Tiger Stadium too and wished they had built the new stadium identical to it but the corner of Michigan and Trumbull was no place to be after dark.
The seats were not originally bright blue, they were emerald green. It wasn't until the mid to late 60's, when cbs bought the club, that they painted the seats blue, the facade white (it had actually turned green), and the outside wall white (initially it was beige similar to the new stadiums outside wall).
DCLocal84 but green as in the Statue of Liberty green. Because the frieze was copper. Then it was painted white (though it was still made of copper) before being torn down in the renovation. They rebuilt it out of steel in the outfield during the renovation, and instead put up a different less ornate fence on the main roof.
@@TheLocalLt Yup. My great grandmother told me she remembered when the statue of liberty was first erected on bedloes island it was a dark brown copper color. It took over 20 years to turn the patina color it is today. And the original torch was solid copper and never lit up with lights
@@bartonpercival3216 interesting, I always thought the one they have in the museum basement, that does light up, was the original but from what you’re saying it sounds like there was one even before yet
@@TheLocalLt Actually that is the original torch that's in the museum, but the flame on that torch was changed in the late 1930's by the guy that carved the heads up on mount Rushmore. The flame on the torch that sits in the museum was originally solid copper, but I believe in the early 1900's a engineer cut small holes in it, but it wasn't bright enough, so the artist that carved the faces on Mount Rushmore, cut big square panels in it, and put in the yellow stained glass that stayed lit until the big renovation in 1984, when they completely renovated the entire statue, and replaced the old torch that had corroded thru the years because rain and snow damaged the torch completely. It's also interesting to know, that the original window openings in the crown were completely open since it's erection in 1886, but due to the rain and elements, they put a hard plastic windows in all 25 openings to protect the inside of the statue in the late 1960's. If you ever look at old pictures of her crown in any photos or pictures prior to 1968, you can see people hanging out of her crown to take pictures of the surrounding Island and the NYC skyline!!!!!!!!!! 👍🗽
I've heard managers and players from other teams talk about how the new stadium is less intimidating because the fans "used to be right on top of you" with the old stadium design.
In spite of it's shortcomings, Yankee Stadium lll lead the American League in attendance in 2018, drawing 3,482,855 fans. As a Dodger fan in L.A., I hope they never tear down the timeless Dodger Stadium. Glad to see Wrigley and Fenway remain intact.
I'm just glad that I'm not the only one with the exact same opinion. I had a 15 game Sunday package from 2007(starting at the old building) to 2013 that we just gave up this past season. The casual fans, the fact that the ballpark is so spaced out that if you are sitting on the third base side it doesn't even seem like you are in the same ballpark as the people on the first base side, the terribly misguided demographics, etc. I didn't think seat prices are THAT bad if you sit in the grandstand (I personally don't mind where I sit as long as I'm at a game) but the food and official Yankee Stadium parking prices speak for themselves. Due to that we'd usually bring in Subway sandwiches and get parking on the concourse. All that needs to be said is I've been to Citi Field 3 times this year and Yankee Stadium zero times and I'm a Yankees fan. Going to Citi Field you get a MUCH needed ballpark upgrade, a beautiful ballpark, easy transit if you live on Long Island, in my opinion a much stronger die-hard fan base, and a more enjoyable ballpark experience. The new Yankee Stadium is a downgrade unless you're a soccer mom or a casual fan. I would do anything to bring it back...greed is a terrible thing.
New Yankee stadium isn't a downgrade. You don't get the same experience because stricter rules and exclusive seating where you need a ticket to be in that area during batting practice
The grandstand seats are far from the action and your perspective is off on outfield flies. The also eliminated half of the inexpensive seats. You're right about the spacing.
@today is not yesterday And do what with it? I loved Shea, I spent my childhood there, but it had to go, it was a crumbling dump. It was never a great place to watch baseball. Citi Field is a huge improvement. Building it was one of the few things the Wilpons did right, even if they did start it out honoring the Brooklyn Dodgers more than the Mets.
Its same here in the UK. We had old football stadiums within the community, character, singing, intense games. Now the new ones, on outskirts of the town, next to McDonald's etc, no atmosphere, no singing, high prices and not a community sport. Football is as you know tribal, political, loud etc but its ashame how it is modernised as Europe is old.
I last visited NYC in 2004 but attended hundreds of games at the Stadium (most notably David Cone's perfect game in 1999 and game 1 of the 1996 ALCS vs. Baltimore, won on a Bernie Williams walk-off HR). At the time, it was better than most of its contemporaries (think Shea or the Vet, where I also had partial season plans for several years), but my first two MLB games were at the original Stadium in 1970, and that place -- aging as it was -- truly was the cathedral of baseball, with a majesty the 1976-2008 ballpark lacked. I sense the Yanks have tried to recapture that mood at the current venue, with only partial success. I spent nearly a decade in Washington (Nationals Park is wonderful) and am now in Los Angeles (the Dodgers' and Angels' homes hide their age, although Anaheim has had several facelifts), but hope to someday see both current NY ballparks in person.
Very good video! The old Yankee stadium and Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum can easily be compared as family oriented buildings. No frill establishments. Unfortunately, in today's age of sports. It's all about the money. That doesn't mean I disagree with you. I do not like the new stadium. I feel it is a shopping mall. No atmosphere. It was sad to see the old stadium go. It really made up my childhood with my family. Similarly, the coliseum being the second oldest arena and lacked modern amenities was also in need for a face lift. Although the Barclays center has the amenities, suites, foods, it doesn't feel and will never be the same for islanders fans. As I mentioned before, the crowd is not into it. It is sad to see.
and let me add, the Yankees aren't alone in this, a friend who is a Met fan scored some terrific seats to their park for their fireworks night this summer, while not as extreme as Yankee stadium, they're pretty tenacious keeping people away from the field level, if your not ticketed for it. Their prices in general were a little more reasonable, and my friend got very affordable tix for field level. I hate to say, the Yanks could lose middle of the road working class fans just on affordability.
I am a Dodger fan. Dodger Stadium is fighting hard to remain as it was and is. Every year, they have "investors" nipping at the heels of the taxpayers and owners to draw them into a new stadium. I appreciate your heartfelt sentiment. Thank you.
Well it could be worse. You could have the stadium's design pay homage to a completely different team. For those not in the know, Citi Field when replacing Shea, was made to honor EBBETS Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, a team that had left New York over fifty years ago. My family was made up of old Dodger fans who moved to the Mets after they left, and their response to this? "We want a Mets ballpark to celebrate the METS. Not the team they replaced." Either way the point I'm trying to make is, is that Yankee Fans really don't know what it is like to feel pain the way Mets fans do.
The Mets should've made it an architectural blend of Ebbets Field AND the Polo Grounds (the Mets' initial home), thus completely honoring NYC's National League heritage.
They should've turned it into a national baseball museum. I'm a Red Sox fan, Boston guy, but old Yankee stadium is a sacred to me, as it should be to any fan of the game.
I have been a NYY fan since 1975 and was able to go to the REAL Yankee Stadium for the first time in April 1993 while on Spring Break in college. I had a good friend from Staten Island who invited me to his home & a chance to go see the Yankees for the first time ever. We went and I clearly remember walking up the concourse I saw Phil Rizzuto on his way up to the press box. I said hello & he stopped for a short chat. I told him it was my first time there & he said to enjoy it. My friend & I walked up the ramp and when I saw how GREEN that grass was in the House That Ruth Built it nearly took my breath away. I remember thinking, "That is where Reggie hit those 3 homers in the Fall Classic...there is where DiMaggio & Mantle platooned in the field. That is the spot where Yogi caught all those games. There is where Gehrig made his famous speech..." It was just WOW! It was a great experience. We had Main Level seats near first base and the price was $16. Bleachers were a lot less, but we wanted to be closer to the infield. We went again in September 1998, Main Level by the foul pole in left field was $18. The atmosphere was incredible. Hot dogs were $3.50 and had a great time. The new stadium I have never been to. But, having fewer seats that cost more for business executives is wrong. The NYY should have renovated the real Yankee Stadium with more bathrooms (Maybe under the black seats in center field?) and they could have kept the real baseball fans coming too. But to demolish the Stadium was also just wrong. In the very least, it should have stood & could have been a museum of the NYY history & lore. But this is now the House That Ruthless Greed Built. I am thoroughly disappointed in my favorite team for doing this. Get rid of those blasted "Legends" seats and let the fans (especially the children) get close to the dugout during batting practice & warmups. If those season ticket holders don't show, they should be allowed to stay there. Get rid of the "May I Help You" Stormtroopers. These aren't the fans you're looking for. Keep the prices affordable so that I can now bring my family of five to the game. But, I cannot go because I simply cannot afford a couple hundred dollars for a baseball game.
Wow, this hits deep! I grew up going to yanks games since the age of 4. At the old stadium, we sat in section 15 Main Reserved, Row 1 seats 1,2,3,4 on the first level from 1991 to 2008.. With the new stadium they put us half way up in the second level in 206 out in RF fair territory. Couldn't even see the ball in the corner. Yankees matched by price and not location. My family gave up our seats in 2010.. 2 years after the new stadium opened. I miss the old stadium so much.. from Mattingly HR in 95 WC round vs Seattle, Goodens No no vs Seattle in 96, game 6 vs ATL the same year and Game 2 of 2000 WS vs NYM.. so many memories down the drain. I wanted to cry the last time I walked out of that stadium, Sept of 2008
