As NY City and Orlando City join the Major League Soccer, growing demand for the sport can clearly be seen. Directional/wayfinding signage throughout Yankee Stadium assists Guests in getting around. Twenty-six ballparks have natural grass surfaces, while four have artificial turf. Please be advised that escalators may be turned off and/or reversed during the course of the game, match or event.

For more information, please click here. and 76 historical stadiums. 929 stadium designs, The best seats at Yankee Stadium are the ones behind home plate, but most casual fans can’t afford those prices. People refer to this building as the house that Derek Jeter built as the original  venue was known as the House that Ruth built. Here is my review of Yankee Stadium along with a video vlog of a game in 2019.

One main differences of the new and old stadium is the new stadium has extra legroom ranging between 33 and 39 inches compared to 29.5 inches at the old stadium. Yankee Stadium. To help catch a game, fans should look for tickets against the Tampa Bay Rays, Detroit Tigers, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals, and the Oakland Athletics since they have less interest. If you are looking for Madison Square Garden Parking, Barclays Center Parking, Citi Field Parking, or MetLife Stadium Parking tips, you can visit those links. Spacious hall welcoming all fans assures the monumental feeling is not lost after entering the stadium. In the stadium’s first year, the New York Yankees won the World Series for their  27th World Series Championship against the Philadelphia Phillies. The Great Hall is a hallway near the entrance of the stadium with a tall roof and many stores and food stands. It replaced the original Yankee Stadium, which the Yankees had played in since 1923. Inside the stands one immediately notices the unique frieze on the roof, just like the one installed in 1923 that became Yankee Stadium’s trademark.

It was opened with an exhibition game against the Chicago Cubs on April 3, 2009. Electrical outlets available for recharging wheelchairs, scooters and other medical equipment are located at the Guest Relations Booths and at the following wheelchair accessible seating areas: Sections 021B, 029, 104-106, 109, 111, 114A, 116, 118-121B, 124, 127A, 130, 132-134, 211, 225, 226, 305, 306, 309, 310, 313-315, 317-320A, 320C-323, 325-327, 330, 331, 333 and 334 and in the Bleachers at Sections 203 and 235-237. The owners of the team continue to be the Steinbrenner family and firmly want to keep the name away from corporate sponsors. 68 skyboxes were included (compared to 19 at the old stadium) and 4,300 business seats (none at the old one). Please ask a Yankee Stadium Team Member* (please see "Yankee Stadium Team Members ) for assistance. Yankee Stadium tours are available all year around too. They are ordered by seating capacity, the maximum number of spectators the stadium can accommodate. The new stadium has more than three times as many suites as the original. The Access-A-Ride bus stop is located adjacent to Gate 4 on East 161st Street. $1.5 billion makes it one of the most expensive stadiums ever, in any discipline, despite not being among the largest at the same time. There are two ramps located inside Yankee Stadium: one adjacent to Gate 2 on the left-field side of the Stadium and one adjacent to Gate 6 on the right-field side of the Stadium. The new stadium has an area known as "Monument Park" behind the center field wall. In right-center, you will see a marking of 385 feet, center field is 408, left center is 399, and left field is 318. After the ticket has been stamped/signed, Guests may exit and re-enter the Stadium only through the lobby. Suite Entrance, adjacent to Gate 4: Two elevators for Legends Suite-, Delta SKY360° Suite-, SAP Suite Level- and Jim Beam Suite-ticketed Guests and Guests with disabilities wishing to access the Tommy Bahama Marlin Bar. The current stadium features 4,300 club seats and 68 luxury suites. Wheelchair transfers are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Keep in mind that the original Yankee Stadium (the one that opened in 1923) provided the template for the design of the new park. Now more clubs are switching to metal-detecting gates in all entrances. It was the most expensive baseball stadium in the world. For example, fans cannot get autographs from players before the game. In right field, you will see a listing for 314 feet which is marked as the “short porch in right” by many analysts. If you go northeast, Fenway Park is about 3.5 hours away by bus, car, and train. The New Yankee Stadium opened in 2009 on April 2nd against the Cleveland Indians. A valid credit card or acceptable form of picture identification (e.g., valid driver's license or nondriver government-issued photo ID card) is required as a deposit. $1.5 billion makes it one of the most expensive stadiums ever, in any discipline, despite not being among the largest at the same time. One East 161st Street, South Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. It may be the very northern tip of the Manhattan island, but still Manhattan. The dimensions are same as the old Yankee Stadium dimensions, but the fence at the new place is two feet shorter and right field does not have a gradual curve to center. For more information, please see ATMs presented by Bank of America. The first regular game was played on April 16, 2009. For locations, please see the following: Should there be an immediate need to evacuate Yankee Stadium, Guests will be given instructions via, to the extent available, the public-address/open-caption systems and high-definition televisions in the concourses. For more information, please click here. ", "2018 Official Media Guide and Record Book", Ballparks of Baseball—The Fields of Major League Baseball, Clem's Baseball—Our National Pastime—& Its "Green Cathedrals", Current ballparks in Major League Baseball, Baseball parks used in film and television, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_current_Major_League_Baseball_stadiums&oldid=983193548, Lists of baseball stadiums in the United States, Pages using image label with a wide image, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 12 October 2020, at 20:07. The new stadium cost $1.5 billion dollars to build. The Red Sox and Yankees play against each other often but expect tickets to be more expensive.

Most of the seats now are located in the lower areas of the stadium, while with the predecessor most were in the vast upper deck. The new Yankee Stadium has been filled to capacity for nearly every game since opening in 2009, and we expect this trend to continue this season as the Yankees should be a contender once again for the AL East title and the American League Pennant. The capacity of Yankee Stadium has changed 15 times since it opened, and today it has the largest capacity among all 30 Major League ballparks, although the 57,545 seats are a far cry from the 82,000 that existed when the legendary 1927 team rolled to the second title in franchise history.

The NY Yankees, who are a Major League Baseball team, play at Yankee Stadium. Home-game schedules and other print materials are available in Braille or large print upon request through Disabled Services. Captioning is also provided on the right-center field video board, on the high-definition video board in the Great Hall, on high-definition televisions throughout Yankee Stadium and on the video board in the New York Yankees Museum presented by Bank of America. Guests in need of medical assistance should notify security personnel or the nearest Yankee Stadium Team Member* (please see "Yankee Stadium Team Members ) or go to the nearest first-aid station. If special accommodation is required, please contact Disabled Services. Guest Relations Kiosks and Guest Relations Ambassadors are also available in and around the Stadium. Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente, Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park, Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium, Dayton McLane Baseball Stadium at John H. Kobs Field, California Collegiate Athletic Association, Samford Stadium – Hitchcock Field at Plainsman Park, Gene Hooks Field at Wake Forest Baseball Park, List of American football stadiums by capacity, List of soccer stadiums in the United States, http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/sea/ballpark/facts_figures.jsp, "A's take tarps off; upper-deck tickets $15", "Oriole Park at Camden Yards | Baltimore Orioles", "Angel Stadium History | Los Angeles Angels", "Facts and Figures | Philadelphia Phillies", "Great American Ball Park | Cincinnati Reds", "Citi Field Side-by-Side Comparison | New York Mets", "Miller Park Ground Rules | Milwaukee Brewers", http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/det/ballpark/comericapark.jsp, "SunTrust Park - pictures, information and more of the Atlanta Braves ballpark", http://houston.astros.mlb.com/hou/ballpark/facts_figures.jsp, "Guaranteed Rate Field In-Park Guide | Chicago White Sox", "Ballpark Facts and Figures | Texas Rangers", "Suspended Jorge Polanco speaks to his Twins teammates", http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/facts.jsp, http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?sid=t488&ymd=20090206&content_id=506401&vkey=team1, Baseball parks used in film and television, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_U.S._baseball_stadiums_by_capacity&oldid=981641637, Lists of baseball stadiums in the United States, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 3 October 2020, at 15:45. designate a meeting location outside the Stadium for their group in the event that they become separated during an evacuation. You will notice that the Yankees kept their name on the stadium which is a rarity in sports today. It might still be possible to meet the time frame set out in early 2020, despite the pandemic having paralysed New York for months. The official capacity at the new Yankee Stadium is 50,291.

In addition to baseball, NYC and New Jersey have plenty of teams near Yankee Stadium. One neat addition to Old Timers Day is to hear Bob Sheppard‘s voice welcome fans to the ballpark. As outlined by The Outfield, work on the new MLS stadium in New York is still ongoing, even if behind the scenes. The newest stadium is Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, home of the Texas Rangers, which opened in 2020. Yankee Stadium also offers enhanced accessibility for Guests with hearing loss or low vision and for Guests who are deaf or blind. More importantly for StadiumDB.com, there’s also association football being played on the vast field. Download the MLB Ballpark app. The seating layout shows a significant difference. In early years this discipline was represented only by friendly fixtures of top European games, but in 2014 it was announced that NY City FC will play at least 3 seasons here before moving to a purpose-built stadium. The concourse average width is 32 feet and almost the entire stadium has an open view to the stadium. Yankee Stadium management strongly recommends that Guests who use a wheelchair/scooter bring a wheelchair/scooter to move around at their convenience and to access restrooms, concessions stands and other areas, as Yankee Stadium does not have wheelchairs to rent or loan for any portion of the game, match or event. Citi Field is where the New York Mets play, so try and visit both places.

1976-2008: Yankee Stadium II. Guests may request this courtesy service from security personnel. All told, the Stadium was reduced to a listed capacity of 57,545. That structure was the first sports facility to (a) carry the permanent name of “stadium” (everything was a “field” or “park” up until then) and (b) it was the first to have three seating decks. The stadium was seen as too expensive for being only a little better than the original. The new Yankee Stadium is basically a modernized version of the previous Yankee Stadium, at least on the inside.The exterior is indeed quite different and much more stately than before, but the interior is a roomier, high-tech replica of what was torn down across the street.