Sneak preview of the new Yankee Stadium
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Luxury of course but still affordable for the average fan (so they promise).
Babe Ruth, eat your heart out.
The new Yankee Stadium - scheduled to open for the 2009 season - will boast high-end amenities while remaining affordable for the average fan, team officials said Thursday.
"The stadium has been built with the fans in mind," said Lonn Trost, the Yankees chief operating officer, as Bombers brass offered the first tour of the emerging ballpark.
The Yankees have been steadily raising ticket prices, hiking costs of the best seats from $90 to $150 in the past two seasons alone. Still, 90% of tickets at the new park will cost no more than $100, and 55% will be priced at $45 or less, Trost promised.
But all seats closest to the field and most prime areas between the dugouts will be reserved for expensive suites, featuring plush seats, lounges and even concierge service.
"We tried to reflect a five-star hotel with a ballfield in the middle," Trost said.
Two-thirds of the 53,000 seats will be in the lower level of the new stadium, which is 63% bigger than the old one.
But even with the improvements - including an outsized scoreboard, posh eateries and a museum - the design remains true to the original House That Ruth Built, which first opened across the way in 1923, officials said.
The field dimensions will stay the same. The frieze atop the grandstand will be duplicated, and Monument Park will remain intact.
The project's price tag swelled to $1.3 billion from about $1 billion to add better technology, more security and other enhancements, Trost said.
Some 900 hardhats are toiling at the site, where four huge cranes stand at each corner of the field and the hum is constant.
That will grow to 1,500 workers in about 40 days, when the construction of the superstructure is complete.
Babe Ruth, eat your heart out.
The new Yankee Stadium - scheduled to open for the 2009 season - will boast high-end amenities while remaining affordable for the average fan, team officials said Thursday.
"The stadium has been built with the fans in mind," said Lonn Trost, the Yankees chief operating officer, as Bombers brass offered the first tour of the emerging ballpark.
The Yankees have been steadily raising ticket prices, hiking costs of the best seats from $90 to $150 in the past two seasons alone. Still, 90% of tickets at the new park will cost no more than $100, and 55% will be priced at $45 or less, Trost promised.
But all seats closest to the field and most prime areas between the dugouts will be reserved for expensive suites, featuring plush seats, lounges and even concierge service.
"We tried to reflect a five-star hotel with a ballfield in the middle," Trost said.
Two-thirds of the 53,000 seats will be in the lower level of the new stadium, which is 63% bigger than the old one.
But even with the improvements - including an outsized scoreboard, posh eateries and a museum - the design remains true to the original House That Ruth Built, which first opened across the way in 1923, officials said.
The field dimensions will stay the same. The frieze atop the grandstand will be duplicated, and Monument Park will remain intact.
The project's price tag swelled to $1.3 billion from about $1 billion to add better technology, more security and other enhancements, Trost said.
Some 900 hardhats are toiling at the site, where four huge cranes stand at each corner of the field and the hum is constant.
That will grow to 1,500 workers in about 40 days, when the construction of the superstructure is complete.
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I know MSG has had their first and second levels sold out to businesses for years. Some of the third tier as well.
With traditions as rich as the NY Rangers and NY Yankees, these wall street firms and other big wigs scoff these
tickets up at any prices. Fenway Park and Yankee stadium will never have problems selling tickets as long as
they continue to spend for quality players and make the playoffs.
<< <i>I don't think the Yankees will have any trouble selling out the lower level to season ticket holders.
I know MSG has had their first and second levels sold out to businesses for years. Some of the third tier as well.
With traditions as rich as the NY Rangers and NY Yankees, these wall street firms and other big wigs scoff these
tickets up at any prices. Fenway Park and Yankee stadium will never have problems selling tickets as long as
they continue to spend for quality players and make the playoffs. >>
The luxury suites and fancy party rooms will be sold quickly I'm sure. Wall St. types and other big money wheelers and dealers like to
impress their clients or potential clients by taking them to a ball game with a fancy dinner and nice booze.