RKMBs Forums .::Robegories::. Sports and Wrestling How 'bout those Yankees 2006

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PJP said:

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PJP said:
the Red Sox are 12-14 since the All Star break.



I'm just saying.

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12-15

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Joe Mama said:
I don't know who I want to throttle more: PJP for reminding me of these situations or Theo Epstein and Terry Francona for facilitating these situations...

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It won't be until 2009 when the Yankees will first play in the new Yankee Stadium. But they'll take their first step on Wednesday morning, culminating years of planning.

The Yankees will break ground just across the street from the current Yankee Stadium, in Macombs Dam Park, at 10 a.m. ET, followed by a groundbreaking ceremony.

The date, Aug. 16, is already significant in Yankees history because it's the same day Babe Ruth died 58 years ago. But it will undoubtedly be remembered for more as of Wednesday.

The $800 million project will replace the third-oldest park in baseball and is part of a larger plan to revitalize the Bronx.

"We decided we want to stay in the Bronx. We want to do the job here," Yankees principal owner George Steinbrenner said when the stadium's plans were unveiled more than a year ago. "We wanted to do something for the people who've always supported this team."

The new Yankee Stadium will have 51,000 seats and will be completely paid for and maintained by the Yankees organization. New York City previously covered maintenance costs. The city will contribute $205 million to build 28 acres of recreational facilities around the stadium and build new public structures, including improved access for cars and trains.

The new Yankee Stadium was designed by Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum (HOK), which also crafted such retro stadiums as Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Minute Maid Park in Houston and PNC Park in Pittsburgh.

While the park will add more luxury suites and wider concourses, it will also keep some of the most sacred aspects of current Yankee Stadium. Monument Park will be relocated and artist renderings showed the familiar white façade will be part of the design.

The new stadium will have the same field dimensions and bullpen placement. It will also include some of the features of the original stadium, which was extensively renovated from 1973-75.

"We lost many of the great characteristics of the original house," Yankees president Randy Levine said when the plans were released. "The new stadium will take us back to our origins. This isn't the end of the legacy, but a continuation."

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Rob Kamphausen said:
yanks're now 3 games up!

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Rob Kamphausen said:
but even still, i don't see how the people are getting fucked. any city spent money is going to areas around yankee stadium (which is currently pretty horrifying)

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harleykwin said:
Actually, the South Bronx isn't bad, Bobbo. Certainly not what it was like 20 -hell, even 10 - years ago, but now? It's pretty cool - you just have to keep your head about you after dark, but I think that's due to Bronx Supreme being right there and night court (as it is in all the boroughs) is always a bit sketch. But still "horrifying"? Not even.

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harleykwin said:
The money will change it - I hope you're right about it being for the better, though. Best case scenario is that they build up existing or more businesses in the area - which are currently split about 60/40 between being PR and DR owned - but then again, the current stadium is there and that hasn't brought in better businesses over the years, even with all the Yankee traffic that comes with it, so who knows?

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