Originally posted by threeyoda
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if folks in the 70's missed the old place so much why were there only 32K at the last game? i was there and my dad walked up and bought 4 general admission tix and we sat in his favorite spot, upper deck far left field (in the sun) and had a few whole sections to ourselves. where were all the hand-wringers about the demise of the place?
some people were sad to see it go but they kept it in perspective.
my mom was quoted in the westchester papers about removing the pillars (poles) and commented that the effort was misplaced, see below (the last name was a joke by guido). she also said that it wasn't too hard to sell seats behind poles for series games.
the general mind set in the 60's-70's was that old is bad and new has to be better and the renovated stadium was no different.
btw - for the uninitiated, the dye was cast for the stadium renovation before cbs sold the club to steinbrenner and his very limited partners.
i am glad that i got to go at least 25-30 times before the place closed, experiencing the access to press box people (sheppard etc.) players at the unguarded press gate after the games and the clubhouses (shehee) because of my parents connection to the franchise. it's a shame that kids these days don't have that kind of relaxed atmosphere at this kind of place, the $$$'s ruling the day now.
both of my parents who worked at the stadium and were remembered after their passings at old-timers days, they would look at the histrionics about all this and shake their heads.
they always wanted us to remember that the nyy are a business and the ballpark a place of business. it was nice to be able to go to the place where the met, but it's time to move on...
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