The House That Jeter Built has a new sign that unmistakably promises great baseball will be played there.
The words "Yankee Stadium," solidly etched in gold-leafed stone, were hoisted by crane onto the team's new South Bronx home this week.
And now there's rock-solid proof that unlike countless other sports teams that have given up stadium-naming rights to big corporations, Yankee tradition is not for sale.
The words appear on the façade of the stadium's 30,000- square-foot Gothic-style Grand Hall, which will be the main entranceway to the new ballpark and is expected to offer retail and restaurant space year-round.
"Yankee" went up Monday, and "Stadium" went up first thing yesterday morning, team officials said.
Team officials were tight-lipped about the project yesterday, except to say construction is proceeding on schedule for Opening Day 2009.I think what the author meant to say was, "the dimensions of the ballfield - about the same as the [current] stadium"... not 1923 stadium. I doubt centerfield is going to be 490ft from home plate like it was in '23.
But the progress on the $930 million stadium is evident: The steelwork appears mostly done, and the dimensions of the ballfield - about the same as the 1923 stadium - are now clear, as are the twin decks of the stands.
The outside of the Stadium looks great, I'm very impressed so far. But like I've said from the beginning, it's the interior of the place that has me worried.
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Yeah, I'm glad they're keeping the name. New York is one of the only cities that still has stadiums that aren't corporate sponsered. In fact, the Mets will be the only one when they start playing at Citi Field. All the others are still not corporate (MSG, Giants' Stadium, Yankee Stadium). Hell, even the Bills aren't corporate sponsered, Ralph Wilson is named after the owner.
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