Yankee Stadium [II]

[GordonGecko]

"On Wednesday, it got so crazy that the fan-elite started tossing ice cream sandwiches over the moat to peasants sitting in the $400 "cheap" seats. This did not sit well with Toastie security forces, who began scolding their most prized customers. The lecture from security prompted a guy in the rich seats to say: "I paid for this food, I can do with it what I want!"

Yeah, let them eat ice cream (sandwiches)."

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ba...nsecurity.html

[yankees650B]

Nice pictures john.. I think you confirmed the it's not padding, but the walls where painted.

i think that makes a huge difference. exposed concrete looks so bad but i really like the blue paint. hopefully they can make more small adjustments that can improve the stadiums overall look. like putting actual blue facing on the 2nd and top of the third deck, instead of that metal fencing stuff.

[SparkyL]

i think that makes a huge difference. exposed concrete looks so bad but i really like the blue paint. hopefully they can make more small adjustments that can improve the stadiums overall look. like putting actual blue facing on the 2nd and top of the third deck, instead of that metal fencing stuff.

I wouldn't mind if they paint those feincing blue - but I like the fact that you can see thru the fencing. It's really a plus for those sitting in the first row.

[Tino24]

And there are eight errors here!

omgz!!

Real fan might have been to extreme. I don't think you passing up on a game shows the higher ups anything. I cant understand missing a game live for any reason.

[80SHOCK]

The new Metro North Station is ready. Some funny signs are there:


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[mandrake]

"On Wednesday, it got so crazy that the fan-elite started tossing ice cream sandwiches over the moat to peasants sitting in the $400 "cheap" seats. This did not sit well with Toastie security forces, who began scolding their most prized customers. The lecture from security prompted a guy in the rich seats to say: "I paid for this food, I can do with it what I want!"

Yeah, let them eat ice cream (sandwiches)."

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ba...nsecurity.html

This excerpt below sums up everything that I have already said many times at the risk of being called a Steinbrenner kiss up. If George was running the show and he has not been for at least FIVE YEARS, things would be different. Way different.

On Wednesday night, sadly, he was not honored with a moment of silence at the Stadium. If The Boss was still The Boss there would have been a tribute to Max.

The suits now running the Yankees, the team with this new happy face, were probably frowning - while waiting for security clearance.

[David Atkatz]

omgz!!

Real fan might have been to extreme. I don't think you passing up on a game shows the higher ups anything. I cant understand missing a game live for any reason.

Any reason?

How about a loved one's funeral?

BTW, I'm not the one who passed on the tickets. Seems you're having a hard time keeping things straight

[PVNICK]

omgz!!

Real fan might have been to extreme. I don't think you passing up on a game shows the higher ups anything. I cant understand missing a game live for any reason.

What about having a life?

[Yankees12]

i think that makes a huge difference. exposed concrete looks so bad but i really like the blue paint. hopefully they can make more small adjustments that can improve the stadiums overall look. like putting actual blue facing on the 2nd and top of the third deck, instead of that metal fencing stuff.

It wasn't concrete beneath there before - it was white tile.

Still, I didn't like it, and was saying from day 1 they should paint it blue. It looks so much better now.

Now I'm just hoping, like so many others, they extend the blue to the sides of the CF restaurant.

As for the front of Sections 203, 204, 234, and 236, the only thing that needs to be done there is to remove the State Farm's/Modell's ads. The concrete facing looks good there, IMO.

[jerseyyankeefan]

It's a hitters park.

Johnny Damon and Melky are suddenly power hitters. Although Johnny always had the ability to turn on the low/middle/in pitch - same pitch, same swing for almost every homer.

[Gary Dunaier]

The new Metro North Station is ready. Some funny signs are there:

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It would be cool to get Cow-Bell Man (the Mets' version of Freddy "Sez") to pose in front of this ad with a shocked look on his face.

[toefer]

i think that makes a huge difference. exposed concrete looks so bad but i really like the blue paint. hopefully they can make more small adjustments that can improve the stadiums overall look. like putting actual blue facing on the 2nd and top of the third deck, instead of that metal fencing stuff.

Maybe it's just the way the light is hitting it, but it looks like they didn't use Home Depot's trusted color matching computer thing.

Maybe it need's a second coat (doubt it, since what they painted over was very light)... but it seems like a lighter shade of blue than the OF wall color.

Edit: Nevermind... maybe. In the first picture, it looks closer. I only saw the second picture earlier, in which it looks noticeably lighter. Anyway, I like it. Hope they keep painting some more. Next stop: the Mohegan Sun sides. After that, work on the bleacher walls.

[toefer]

Nice pics JohnQ. Last time I was at NYS was May 4th and at that time the Hard Rock guitar wasn't up. It's nice to see them staying with the original design.

In the picture you showed of the Hard Rock guitar rendering, it seemed to have a blue-ish glow around it.

Does anyone know if the guitar sign they put up actually lights up around the edges?

[COLTS7]

That giant guitar has no place in Yankee stadium IMO. I saw it when I was at the game this past Tuesday night and to me it sticks out like a sore thumb. The great hall has all those great player banners and then the end of the hall this giant guitar. This isn't a mall it's suppose to be a stadium. I wouldn't have had that big a problem with the Hard Rock being in the stadium as long as they kept it discreet but yet again that's not the case.

[RationalNYYfan]

That giant guitar has no place in Yankee stadium IMO. I saw it when I was at the game this past Tuesday night and to me it sticks out like a sore thumb. The great hall has all those great player banners and then the end of the hall this giant guitar. This isn't a mall it's suppose to be a stadium. I wouldn't have had that big a problem with the Hard Rock being in the stadium as long as they kept it discreet but yet again that's not the case.

The Yankee Stadium A-Z Guide describes the Great Hall as being "a boulevard to retail stores and food and beverage amenities." So the guitar is technically as welcome there as any other marketing device they choose to put up. One could argue that the player banners are less welcome in the Great Hall than the giant guitar is. But if one made that argument, one would be an a**hole. I'll shut up now.

[brooklyndodger14]

From yesterday's New York Post:
(http://www.nypost.com/seven/05212009...oat_170387.htm)


ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: 3:12 pm
May 21, 2009

Baseball commissioner Bud Selig today defended the Yankees against criticism that they unleashed class warfare at their new $1.5 billion ballpark, which has a concrete moat dividing the seats closest to the field from the rest of the lower deck.

The Yankees won't let anyone into the first five-to-nine rows of the Legends Suite during batting practice who doesn't have a ticket for that area, priced from $500-$2,625.

"The Yankees are as sensitive and fan friendly as all the other organizations," he said. "There always has be a real linkage between the management and its fans. ... and I'm satisfied that the Yankees understand that."


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Dennis
BrooklynDodger14

[stadiumbuilder]

One of the links broke and nodody told Bud.

[SparkyL]

From yesterday's New York Post:
(http://www.nypost.com/seven/05212009...oat_170387.htm)


ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: 3:12 pm
May 21, 2009

Baseball commissioner Bud Selig today defended the Yankees against criticism that they unleashed class warfare at their new $1.5 billion ballpark, which has a concrete moat dividing the seats closest to the field from the rest of the lower deck.

The Yankees won't let anyone into the first five-to-nine rows of the Legends Suite during batting practice who doesn't have a ticket for that area, priced from $500-$2,625.

"The Yankees are as sensitive and fan friendly as all the other organizations," he said. "There always has be a real linkage between the management and its fans. ... and I'm satisfied that the Yankees understand that."


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Dennis
BrooklynDodger14

On what is he basing his analysis and comparison? Certainly not on price.

And exactly what is the "nature" of the "linkage" to the fans that represents a positive relationship.

His comments are WAY too broad to have any merit.

[Twenty Seven]

NYS is awesome. You guys love complaining.

[YanksRule]

I think it would be nice if the Yanks took some of the padding from RYS and put it up in NYS... sure, the color would be off and it would stick out, but that's the point.. a little bit more of NYS in RYS.

It would be better if it was one of the markers.. 314, 385, 408, 399, 318.. but even a blank one would be nice...

[YanksRule]

The Yankee Stadium A-Z Guide describes the Great Hall as being "a boulevard to retail stores and food and beverage amenities." So the guitar is technically as welcome there as any other marketing device they choose to put up. One could argue that the player banners are less welcome in the Great Hall than the giant guitar is. But if one made that argument, one would be an a**hole. I'll shut up now.

True, I think the one problem is there aren't really that many stores and shops, and the ones that they do have are very small and simple.. programs, lemonade, souvenirs, etc. It would be better if there was more of a variety of shops.. bats being made, memorabilia, etc.. then it would feel more like a mall and the guitar would fit in more.

I still don't get why the steiner collectibles stuff are all the way on the other side of the stadium in the not-so-great-hall.. that would be perfect for the GH

[dstoffa]

NYS is awesome. You guys love complaining.

I'd like to call it constructive criticism.

[SparkyL]

That giant guitar has no place in Yankee stadium IMO. I saw it when I was at the game this past Tuesday night and to me it sticks out like a sore thumb. The great hall has all those great player banners and then the end of the hall this giant guitar. This isn't a mall it's suppose to be a stadium. I wouldn't have had that big a problem with the Hard Rock being in the stadium as long as they kept it discreet but yet again that's not the case.

We want a baseball stadium - but ownership (and not just the Yankees) wants a mall park, with the excuse of fans going there is that there happens to be a baseball game going on . .

. . . regarding the HRC - the last thing that they want is to be discreet. They want maximum exposure.

[GordonGecko]

NYS is awesome

The people running it aren't

[SparkyL]

I think it would be nice if the Yanks took some of the padding from RYS and put it up in NYS... sure, the color would be off and it would stick out, but that's the point.. a little bit more of NYS in RYS.

It would be better if it was one of the markers.. 314, 385, 408, 399, 318.. but even a blank one would be nice...

But then they couldn't sell the items for big $$$$ . . .