Exploring the old Yankee Stadium in 1996 

I miss 90s sports. Those were the days. Athletes were making money but the whole experience wasn't 100% corporate yet. Real people and real fans were in the stands and things were reasonably priced. It'll never be like that again.

Dingy, gloomy, old cracked walls, Frank Sinatra, bob sheppards eerie voice, spirits of yankee legends roaming the stadium. Truly was a magical place

The '90s were a great decade.

The remodel of Fenway proves that they could have addressed all the issues (narrow walkways, bathrooms, concessions). The Yanks blew it and now the affordability and charm is gone.

Been to the new stadium like 5x and I don’t think I’ll ever go again. Went to the old stadium over 200x. Playoffs, World Series etc. The new stadium is just any other stadium. The old one was a 2nd home to me as a kid.

I miss the OLD old Yankee Stadium. 1973.

This made me want to cry. My dad would take me all the time back in the 90s. He passed away in 2018. Anyway, there was nothing like the old stadium. Walking through the gates at dusk to be welcomed by Eddie Layton’s organ music, to Bob Sheppard, to knowing the Yankees were probably going to win. Also with chasing HR balls in the upper deck, what viewers might not realize is how steep the angle was and how dangerous that actually was. Once I saw two grown men both fighting over the ball, and then they both fell and started rolling down a few rows like an avalanche.

There will never be another ballpark like The Stadium. But, it's time had passed. On my first visit as a 9 year-old in '66, we noticed how old it looked. It was eventually refurbished, but you can only put so much makeup on before realizing that, It's time to move on. But the memories. Jeez!

Joe girardi was catching that game lol

The old Yankeee stadium has so much history and details to it.

Dude this is amazing, very rare to have raw footage like this, Thanks for the upload

Zach, this was an absolute joy to see! I loved the culture of the old stadium. There was nothing like it. And to see Orca!! That was amazing!! I was hoping to see Freddy Sez!!!

That brought back some memories...Thank you

This is the type of video people will watch years and years from now in amazement. Glad I stumbled across it.

I'm from South Carolina, but got to go to the old stadium a few times. I'm so glad I did.

Something about the electricity and excitement of the old Yankee Stadium

Thanks for bringing the old Yankee Stadium to life. I do remember my first Yankee game June 2nd 1998. A seventh grader.

One of the greatest videos on RU-vid. Thank you.

I remember watching playoff games at Yankee Stadium in the late 90’s, early 00’s and hearing the roar of the crowd from the first pitch to the last. The new stadium feels and sounds so soulless.

Wow I was at that game!!! Miss that place like crazy

That feeling at 2:55 when you'd walk out and see the field. 🤩

As a new yorker that was the most beautiful video that I have ever seen on RU-vid

I miss the smell of that old ballpark. Nothing like it

Watching this on august 6 2021, exactly 25 years after

nice vid...lived in north Bronx, went to the original YS a few times but this was my home...probably went 150 times between 76 and 95 when I left NY...but this vid is a treat...

Amazing footage. I wish I had kept up with my old vhs tapes from nights on the town when I was 18.

I went to so many games at the "old" Yankee Stadium, including the Maier game, and miss it a lot. 1996 was such a magical year, especially having grown up watching the 1980s teams. I've been to the new stadium twice and I have to say that as sad as it was to see the old place torn down, the pain and shock of the move was eased partly by just how much the new one looks like the old one, at least from the seats. The amenities and the space are really nice but they don't make up for the fact that when you look at right field in the new stadium, you're no longer looking at the spot where Babe Ruth stood; when you look at center field, you're no longer seeing the spot where Mantle and DiMaggio played.

I've only been to three MLB games (live in England) but my first was a Yankees vs Mets game here in 2006. My Uncle got us tickets from a tout a few days before and he paid alot for them considering it was for the upper deck but I'll never forget that day, was a sell out, people everywhere saw like 3 fights one was a chick fight, saw a few home runs but got alot of nostalgia for the place watching this video. My second game was at Shea so I feel very lucky to have witnessed both stadiums.

Wow! great night for strawberry 🍓 ... I miss the old stadium.

Omg Zack I was there that day , I almost caught Robin Ventura’s home run in the right field bleachers , and straw almost hit a forth home run in his last ab.. wow I can’t believe I stumbled on this video and I so happened to have been there .

I was 8 when I went to my first baseball game ever at old Yankees stadium in 2008. At first I thought it was just a regular baseball stadium that wasn’t that special. But now looking back I wish I cherished the moment more because of how special this place was.

HOLY SHIT!!! I WAS AT THIS GAME!!! I was 9 years old 😂 This is amazing. I spent so much time in that old stadium & really miss it. Those were great days. Thank you so much for capturing & sharing this.

Went there as an 8 year old, in 1962. Mickey stood there, right in front of me, for me only, larger than life. On the fled with him were Pepitone, Boyer, Kubeck, Maris, Richardson, Howard, Tresh, and Whitey on the mound. They played Hondo and the Senators that day...

This was by far the best video you ever made! The nostalgia I got from this was so unreal! Thank you zack for documenting your whole life brother!

O'Neil was my favorite yankee at the time when he played. So much grit and determination. Was traded from the Reds because they said he couldn't hit lefty's, gets traded to the Yanks and proves them dead wrong. He was such a big part of the dynasty.. #21thewarrior

Still can't believe it's gone.

Even as a Mets fan I used to love the old Yankee Stadium. The new one will never hold as much juice as this place. When you went you know you were going to see a baseball game. Now Im not sure if Im going to a baseball game or a board meeting. Two things you shouldn't see at a ballpark, collared shirts and people eating shrimp and steak.

Nice video! what a classic stadium! Thanks for sharing!

My only visit to the stadium was in August,1964. The original Yankee Stadium. I was 12 years old. The Yankees played the Red Sox and won 9 to 3. Mick hit one out to right center. Roger didn't play that day. Hector Lopez played in right that day and hit a home run in the right field seats. We were seated in foul territory near the right-field foul pole. In those days Yankee games on TV were in black and white and we only could watch a game on Saturday. Most of the time we listened on a transistor radio. So walking into the stadium in full color blew me away. That green copper facade and I had never seen grass so green before. The stadium was gigantic. The bathrooms and ramps to the seats were disgusting and dirty. We couldn't afford hot dogs or other refreshments so we just watched the game. The next day we went to the World's Fair. We stayed at The Dixie Hotel in Times Square and went to dinner nearby. It was the first time I had ever been out to a restaurant for dinner. I had spaghetti. We didn't see any other sites because we couldn't afford them. For our family, a picnic in the local park was our summer vacation so that trip to New York was really something special. I never got to visit the rebuild of the old stadium and now with the cost of tickets, I'm back where we were when I was a kid. I could never afford to go to the new stadium. Thanks for posting this tour. Those upper deck seats looked scary but the view of the game is really terrific. I hope to get to visit Heritage Field before I pass away and just walk out to where we sat that day and just take in the field and remember.

The Old Yankee stadium always seemed so steep ! Anyone else feel the same?

I miss that stadium more than anything in my life

It would have been great if someone did this with the original ballpark in 1973.

I watched the Daryl three home run game in Cancun in the All Star Cafe. Great memories. Thanks

There were other ways to improve the stadium and still keep the old stadium - the move had to do with increasing profits - not consideration of the fans.

Thanks for the memories 👍👍👍

Great Video.. my grandfather die hard fan passed away in Jan 96 so he never got to see Jeter and the Yankees start to win World Series again other than back in his days… I miss the old stadium … uncle season ticket holder sec 13-15 first base !!!! I grew up watching Mattingly even though my fave was Pagliarulo #13 … good times great memories !!!!!

good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to yankee stadium

The atmosphere at the old Yankee Stadium--ESPECIALLY for a big postseason game--was unlike ANYPLACE on Earth! The greatest sporting event I ever attended was Game 2 of the 1995 Division Series against Seattle. When Mattingly went deep that place SHOOK--literally the Stadium was SHAKING!! Just an incredible electricity and passion that can never be duplicated anywhere else!!

Seeing this video brings out so many emotions.. happiness, sadness, so many memories with my old man. We had season tix from 1992 to 2008 (well until 2010, didnt want the new seats at new stadium, since they totally screwed us).. sitting in section M15 row 1 seats 1 thru 4.. yes it was crowded, but it was ours. I remember Orca, and Freddy with his Tin Pot! Eddie Layton on the organ.. Hearing Bob Sheppards voice gives me the chills

Darylll, Daryll, Daryll!

Awesome video. I was exactly 10 months old to the day when this was filmed. I went to the old stadium only a few times in my life, but this brought back so many memories.

The Straw had one of the sweetest swings aside from Jr Griffey

This video was filmed 4 days before I was born. Wow! During the 2008 season, I got to be one of the kids who was in the outfield for the Home Run Derby on that field. Miss the old stadium.

Wow 8:20 narration is amazing/nostalgic. You are the most interesting man in the world.

I went once in 2005 or 2006. Randy Johnson was pitching for NY. In the middle of the game I was walking around and came out of the tunnel behind home plate and a foul ball came whizzing by me. Yankee Stadium was a cool place.

I miss the old Yankee stadium good memories going with my dad and bother every summer eating hot dogs and penunts

I totally saw this game on the tube, man. Great up-load!

Really good narration. Never boring and great insight into what it was like watching a game there

RU-vid is literally a time machine. So cool.

Thank you for sharing! And from the same year I fell in love with the team. The upper deck is just as steep as I remember

You sir are a true baseball fan.

I spend my entire childhood there. I was born in 73, so going to games when I was young was pretty easy, because they didn't win many games. We had a crappy team in the '80s, but that was okay by us, because it was easier and cheaper to get in the game everyday. Video is cool, brought back a lot of memories. You should have had less commentary though. Not that you suck or anything, but I think people would rather get lost in the moment it was being taped, rather than your updated take on it. Just seems more authentic when you're in the moment.

oh boy, I was born exactly 4 days after this game, 10th august 1996!

What an awesome video, I went to old Yankee stadium a lot as a kid. Only been to the new one once bc I live out of state now. But I am not boycotting the stadium like others lol...I am as big a yankee fan as any and realize as time goes on, you can only do so much to an old stadium. At some point you need to build a new one. The new stadium has some amazing amenities in it and if the Yanks didnt build a new one, fans would be complaining about that. People that complain about the new stadium still wish you could go see a show in a booth on 42nd street. Times change..Yankees realized it was time and I could love the old stadium while appreciate the new one for what it is.

Wish i was older and actually remembered the old stadium. Went to a few games but i was only a baby. 4 years old when it closed. Also wish i could have enjoyed a pre 9/11 crowd like this. Must have been good times. Despite everything about the old stadium though, i do love the new stadium. Lets go Yankees

Great video! I'm sure people will be watching it in 50 years to see what baseball was like in the late 20th Century.

Great video! So many memories of the old Stadium including attending many of the greatest playoff games in the 90s (incl. Game 6 in 96') and 00's (incl. WS Game 4 in 01' and ALCS Game 7 in '03). Amazing energy! I will go against many of the commenters below and agree with you Zack that I understand why management opted for a new stadium. People tend to forget how dingy, crowded...the old stadium was. I remember attending a game as a 14 year old and completely losing my Dad in the crowd, it was an unsettling feeling - especially with no cell phones! Also, the food/dinner options were so so limited, basically hot dogs (often with no condiments) or bust. The newer one is laid out far better (i.e. sight lines to the game from the concourse without even having to walk to your seat) with so many nice food options and I've come to really enjoy attending games in it. I get the nostalgia of course and do wish they didn't have to tear the old one down but that's not how things work. Anyway thanks for bringing me back to simpler times!

Awesome video. Went to my first game at the Stadium not long after this video's genesis. I can definitely attest to the narrow concourses which moving around during and after games wasn't simple. Been there for the playoffs too. The lines were long for concessions but man, oh man do I miss the old yard. Best place I ever saw a game.

Ah, the good old days of VHS tape recording. Where you had a TRACKING control, and if you didn't USE IT, you got annoying white lines at either the top or bottom of the video. >_

Watching this brought back so many memories

It's cool you actually thought to record this all these years ago. And we get to enjoy them now.

This is a time machine

It seems like the new stadium doesn’t have the rowdy fans. It looks too corporate?

Should have never torn it down...

Thanks for sharing... makes me so nostalgic. You're 100% right about how much better the concourses are in the new stadium. I wish you had footage of the old tunnel going into the stadium from the parking lot with the guy playing the piccolo!

I liked how the fans went “let’s go Daryl!”

The good ole days- I was ten years old.

Nice Video. My season Tickets were in Box 277 on the 1B line field level from 1994-2008. I may have been at that game LOL

Very cool video thanks!

Where's Freddie Sez?!!! Man I miss the old stadium!

This video is absolute gold!

My college roommate and I drove from the Chicago suburbs in 08 to see the last year of the Stadium for a May series against Cleveland. We saw Mussina and Pettitte for the Yanks and Cliff Lee for the Indians. We sat in the outfield for the first two and our first reaction was how tight and dark it was under the bleachers even for an old stadium. Fenway has a lot of room under the outfield and Wrigley was bigger (even pre renovation) too. Cheers from a fellow baseball dork, almost the best time of year again. Have a great season.

Wow this is incredible! So many great memories at this park. There was nothing like walking out of the gray, dingy tunnels to see the field in front of you. It was like entering Oz. I went to so many games back then and that never got old. And all the ghosts.....

Great video!! Miss the old Yankee Stadium..

wow I was at this game in the upper deck 1st base side . Miss the days when I was 10min away on the 4 train

What really jumps out is wearing team jerseys and sherseys to games wasn't a thing in yet in 96

Good Times!!! Thanks for this upload.

Enjoying the retro videos!

I love the new stadium.. I’ll be the first to argue with somebody that bashes it.. the look, the feel, the setup is great in my opinion.. I’ve seen many games at the old place and boy do I miss it.. but I understand why the change was made. The biggest thing I miss was walking through the tunnel and the field opening up right before your eyes..especially with a packed house in October. The upper deck... you lean to far and it’s aaaallll over! I miss it, but I love the new place.. great memories here

Great video Zack! Glad I got to see your tour of the old Yankee Stadium! Love watching your videos, it's like being there myself because you make them so personal and with feeling. Greetings from Denmark! :-)

This was awesome! thank you for sharing

Lol I wasn’t even born until august 31st and he was still doing the damn thing. Respect to yo craziness

"Dingy and gloomy"... That's exactly how I remember walking around the guts of the stadium to grab a hot dog and a pretzel.

I don't know why but I miss the steepness of the upper deck bleachers. It gave you the feeling that you were sitting directly on top of the game.

The guy "running off the field" honestly looks like a fan rushing the field, so funny. These are awesome Zack, keep em comng!

another great one thank you for taking the time..

omg @ 1:47 I remember as a little kid watching that guy on the jumbotron..... I use to get a laugh watching that guy..... thanks for the memories

Who else is watching this in 2018?

AWESOME video, so special you have these videos and the 3 homers from a legend.

The fact that you caught all three homers is crazy! I wasn't even born yet lol