These 30 shots were taken on March 19th and posted on Flickr today by member treman262. Hat-tip to Baseball-Fever member donut726. As you can see they've put up a few more ads, they planted the plant in front of the bleachers, the bunting has started to go up, and the ad board behind home plate has been installed. The place is virtually finished, they're just down to the final details now.
Make sure you click on "Full Post" to view all the pictures in this update.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
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It's preety much done.
Yup.
The last thing that they need to do is get that restrant out of there.
Agreed. I absolutely hate that thing.
Beautiful, yes. No doubt.
But those upper decks..... (ah, you know...)
Maybe I missed something, but what are those poles along the field beyond each dugout? Are the Yankees planning to put up netting there? If so, is that something other stadiums are doing?
On the big signage behind the outfield-- I can understand how Bud, Hess, Metlife, Casio, Pepsi and even AT&T (although AT&T was sold) have the available funds for those signs. But how did Ford & Delta manage to scrape up the dough?
Great pics. If I post something at POTY's blog this weekend (not sure yet), I'd like to add a link to this if you don't mind.
It's a waste of money. That's what I think. They should of added bushes or something like at the Phillies Stadium. Or a water type thing that they used to have were the Royols play.
Ya I hate the stupid angles in the upper deck.
Still... Where's the Grand Flagpole for the Stars and Stripes that Yankee Stadium DID and ALWAYS SHOULD have... or will it be pathetically shown (ala Astrodome) on the LED Screen ? As for the upper deck angles, I guess that they wanted some 'cutting edge' look. The '23 stdium was cutting edge for its time. '09 will have its own cutting edge look (though I, too, prefer the original.
Anon,
There are flagpoles up behind the left field bleachers and it looks like there are three new ones in monument park, but I'm not sure.
Hey SteveB,
The polls are for nets during batting practice. The old stadium had them too. Gary Duanier on Flickr actually has a bunch of pics of the nets at the old stadium, and the grounds crew taking them down before the game. You can view those here.
Not sure how those companies have the money either.
And yes, please feel free to post a link anytime.
Ah, of course! I knew that.
Thanks, Greg.
And yes, it would be nice to have one great flagpole for ol' Stars & Stripes. I am in agreement with that.
I think they're angled because it's like Lincoln Financial Field where the Eagles play and you can have fans stand there for standing room so why not stick each level out further and further.
I agree with you Liam, they should have one of thoes water falls.
I don't get it. The 1st photo is only 2 days old, yet the NY sign/design is still not in the backstop. Did they decide not to do it?
I don't get it either.
i have a thought on how to redesign the outfield. now, if i can only draw it out for everyone to see.
this new stadium. love it, but hate it. they say that this stadium is supposed to be like the stadium pre-renovation. what they shoulda did, and this is only my opinion, was design the outfield and scoreboard exactly like the old one. exactly, have as many seats, and the outfield. the way the new park looks is fine with me, but you know how in the old stadium, they had that one scoreboard in the outfield, and all the advertisements were below it? they shoulda did that. the main big scoreboard more towards right field, with the 2 little ones on the side. and all the billboards underneath, bordering the back wall like in the old stadium. let monument park be out in the open like the king across the street, and bring the restaurant down so that way, both sides of the bleachers won't be obstructed, and with the back wall being low like in the original stadium, the 4 train in the back can get a view inside the stadium. i'd have to draw this out, cause it'll have better sense. then all that explaining i just did lol
Good call Yankeeboy, I'm not sure what happened with that logo.
Betton One,
Who cares if you can draw or not, just sketch something and email it to me. I'll post it.
I only wish--
a)HOK had no role in this.
b)they had asked some of the better Yankee bloggers, like 6-10 of them, to get together with their ideas for one day with the Yankees' architects and come up with a basic design that is fan-friendly, fiscally responsible and true to tradition. I know that might sound a little foolish at first glance, but I think bloggers are smart & actually care more about their team than the profit-hungry executives and self-indulgent architects do. In fact I think bloggers (the better ones) are an untapped resource that ballclubs (and other entities) are very slow to become aware of.
I'll tell you what-- I have a couple of very unique ideas on how you could keep the comfort & most of the great sight lines, yet move those upper decks right back to where they were. How about adding a secondary interior support beam to cantilever the luxury boxes and upper decks, so they could be moved forward? We pretty much had that in the reconstructed YS. Or how about this- a suspension system similar to the GWB that would rise ABOVE YS (you could dress it up to make it look cool) & would work with the beams below to hold UP the decks? Plus I would ditch the restaurant-- I mean, The Hard Rock Cafe in the South Bronx? Who's kidding whom? How long before it closes? How about creating an in-field 'bubble' in deep CF for the monuments? (Look at old pictures of CF at the Polo Grounds, for example) Think of how exhilarating it would be for fans to walk onto the warning track of YS to view monuments, and what a unique thrill it would be to see an occasional in-play ball bounce around out there? How about a low fence in RF or LF that ballplayers can reach over to pluck HRs out of the stands? (The old YS had a low fence- I have a pic of Maris grabbing a HR right out of the stands like that) You could make a four-foot wide, barred no-man's land between the field & the fans to eliminate any fans' interference with that play. I hate to say it, but the Metsies did the right thing in RF of Citifield, where the upper deck overhangs the field by about 8 feet. Great idea! I can come up with other ideas too, and I bet you could Greg, and I bet if we polled a few other good bloggers, we could create ourselves one helluva great ballpark.
But no one asked us.
SteveB,
I agree that bloggers probably could come up with suggestions that would have made the stadium better.
Creating a video game is much less expensive and a much smaller project, but those companies do use bloggers and fans to help them when trying to improve their game.
MLB The Show, for example has been working with its fans over on OperationSports.com for years now. So much so that there is a mention of the site in the game itself.
And if teams wanted to do this it would cost them nothing. Bloggers would give their input for free.
I agree that given the input of some average fans who actually sit in the stadium and not in a corporate or owner's suite, a better design would have emerged. Incorporating the features the average fan would like with the comfort of corporate fans would have made a great improvement and maybe corrected most of the design flaws.
My original idea of putting the party suites along left center scoreboard area overlooking the filed with seating above AKA Wrigley Field could have been made a restaurant and eliminated the centerfield mess. They would have had their restaurant and party area without obstructed the views of the average fan. A smaller standing room food concourse could have been made behind a black glass wall recessed all the way back allowing bleacher fans to have some comfort and a view of the field from straight center (given this view would be straight away and blocked by the bleachers but the idea is to have an area to get a quick something for a short visit- not for an extended meal).
I still hate that monument park is so hidden and still believe it will become problematic with the batter's eye.
The problem with HOK and for that matter consulting firms in general is that they start to get lazy and do a "cookie cutter" approach to a project. Making each new project fit into the design of past projects. Never learning from their mistakes (fixing them after they have been installed is much more profitable) and having a better design upfront.
it would have cost nothing for MLB and owners to have fans provide input (except maybe good will) and a better product would have provided. Italian marble countertops don't help fans with obstructed views (unless the idea is to get you out of your seat and to spend money at the bar).
HOK and two lawyers (Levine and Trost) are to blame for seling this mess to the Steinbrenner family
I agree with both Greg and rpb. Software companies need to be progressive-minded in order to compete, or they die a quick death. Trost & Levine got much too comfy and lazy with their World Class ballclub, and what they thought their fanbase would be willing to accept.
Greg, I'm sorry to take up so much space on this topic. I'm obviously irked over what could easily 'have been'. Once I start writing, it kinda pours out.
SteveB,
Don't apologize. Take up as much space as you like.
I think it's funny how some Yankees fans really never are satisfied. The place looks great, but is it perfect? No. Was the old Yankee Stadium perfect? Far from it. All ballparks have problems and while I agree with everyone that the restaurant is a little ridiculous, it will most likely provide great entertainment for fans for years to come. I respect everyone's opinions on this site, I just think a lot of them will change the first time they walk into this beautiful stadium.
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