Yankee Stadium [I] Demolition

[JohnCropp]

Anyway, I wonder if the people in the UK thought what I thought when seeing the opening clip of Yankee Stadium from the air.....That is....Why would NYC tear down a perfectly useful beautiful historic Stadium?

Anyone have the answer?

[Rob R]

Beautifully played.

[Paul W]

...What are they waiting for??...

advertisers, they get the paying customers it will air

[OllieNYY]

I wonder if the Nat Geo Doco bought or used the same footage that was in the entertaining ESPN 30 for 30 doco House Of Steinbrenner? Seemed like there was a lot of similar footage in the trailer posted above and in the ESPN film.

[Paul W]

Words like fail and curse do not even come close. My God what mistake the Yankees have made. Pride and tradition shat upon.....

premium seating and luxury boxes trump pride & tradition these days...

[DN4L]

premium seating and luxury boxes trump pride & tradition these days...

There were "premium seating and luxury boxes" in "R-Y-S" as well..

[NYFan1stYankFan2nd]

There were "premium seating and luxury boxes" in "R-Y-S" as well..

In smaller and more HUMBLE numbers than now, at that!

[Paul W]

There were "premium seating and luxury boxes" in "R-Y-S" as well..

no moats there and if you knew how to work the security the "premium" priced seats were within reach.
NOT NOW

[cgcoyne2]

I just found this on the National Geographic site:

Breaking Up The Biggest: Yankee Stadium. Home to the New York Yankees for over eight decades, the famous Yankee Stadium is about to be demolished. It’s a monster breakdown job.

Next Showing: Friday 29 April at 8:00AM - National Geographic Channel

[DN4L]

National Geographic's "Yankee Stadium Demolition" airs on April 28th @ 10:00pm..

http://channel.nationalgeographic.co...e-stadium-4335

[The Monument]

Very cool video. As Dean Wormer said in Animal House, "I hate those guys." Not really, Turner was just doing a job. I will always blame steinbrenner and bloomberg.

[Mario Mendoza...HOF Lock]

no moats there and if you knew how to work the security the "premium" priced seats were within reach.
NOT NOW

IMO, within 10 years, that moat will be gone. Notwithsatanding the fact that it looks bad on TV, when you start hearing little old ladies on the bus deriding "the moat", then it's reaching critical mass. With economic disparities likely to only widen in the years ahead (for any number of reasons), I just don't see the media relenting on this, especially when so many of the lower seats are empty. But it will probably be more internal than public pressure that will change the configuration. The empty seats are a corporate embarrassment for the whole Yankee brand that will have to be fixed eventually. That probably means the Yanks will exploit revenue sources that aren't so obvious to the casual blue collar fan 81 days a year.

[giantsean]

http://channel.nationalgeographic.co...e-stadium-4335

If you don't mind some good old fashioned pilferin', it's available for download on the better known sites (can't help it... no Nat Geo where I live). Watching it as I type in fact.

[giantsean]

If you don't mind some good old fashioned pilferin', it's available for download on the better known sites (can't help it... no Nat Geo where I live). Watching it as I type in fact.

Finished. I won't give away anything until it airs, but I will say it doesn't disappoint. Sad as hell but at least we get some closeups into a lot of areas that we definitely had not seen before. Even though the documentary buzzes through some parts a bit too quickly, overall it is a tremendous watch.

[cgcoyne2]

Sorry about that. I stand corrected. Thank you.

Show times are:

Thursday April 28 2011 10PM
Friday April 29 2011 1 AM
Thursday May 5 2011 6 PM