What Happened to Yankee Stadium? ABANDONED?
Arguably the most historic sports venue in American History, the original Yankee Stadium, home to the New York Yankees, saw more world series, iconic moments, and Hall of Fame athletes than any other venue.
In its existence, 37 of 83 world series were played there, with the yankees winning all but one of their 27 titles at the stadium, playing a total of 6,581 games, and total attendance over its lifetime topping 151 million.
From its humble beginnings as a rival to Manhattan's Polo Grounds and home to Babe Ruth, through decrepit times in the Bronx, to the place people from everywhere in the world knew the name of, the stadium evolved and had dramatic alterations to keep it current and to keep it a safe and fun place to watch a ball game.
Its days were finite however, and after playing 85 years there, George Steinbrenner negotiated with Mayors, Ed Koch, David Dinkins, Rudy Giuliani, and finally Mike Bloomberg to get a new stadium built across the street, with the old stadium and 85 years of history entirely erased.
Join me in this video as we tell the complete story of the Cathedral of Baseball, and learn what happened to old Yankee Stadium.
What Happened to Yankee Stadium? ABANDONED?
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I attended a Yankees game at the original stadium while the new one was under construction and thought it was unfortunate they decided not to restore the original house that the Babe built. So glad Wrigley was preserved.
I grew up in The Bronx, I would have preferred that they tore the stands down and built a new stadium around the same field. It would have been fine to play a season at Citi Field if it meant you could keep the same home plate. History should matter.
All I’m going to say is, I’m glad the Cubs preserved Wrigley Field.
The old stadium could have certainly been preserved, much like the renovations done to Wrigley and Fenway. It always comes down to money and corporate greed and they were worried about building more bathrooms in the new stadium. They could've built luxury boxes behind home plate. It is sad how many empty seats you see behind home plate in the new stadium for every game.
I've never got over Yankee Stadium being demolished, that was a historical building, just like Wrigley Field and Fenway.
What happened to the Old Yankee Stadium was disgusting even for this Yankee Fan. Even for me as a fan I cried that last night it held its last game and into the next morning. This was a major wrong and nothing short of what this city did with the Old Pennsylvania Station that was destroyed for Madison Square Garden. Today’s new stadium is a mall surrounding a baseball field. I give Boston and Chicago credit where it is due, they renovated their ball parks and they are historic in their own rights. This city knows more of destroying historic structures than it does preserving them.
The house where Ruth built is now gone. Shame on them for doing that.
I’m sorry but you actually said the Giants and Dodgers were ‘run out of town’? You think the Dodgers were ‘crushed by the Yankees star power’? I don’t know where you compile your research but that is 100% incorrect. The Dodgers had complete intent of staying in Brooklyn but were prevented from building a new stadium by city planner Robert Moses. I would start there and see if you missed something while planning this video
I’m no Yankee fan, but I really love and respect the franchise’s history. It was pretty sad to see the old ballpark be torn down.
The history in that ballpark was incredible. I'm glad we still have Fenway.
I saw my 1st MLB game at the old Yankee Stadium. It was in 1959. My dad & a friend brought me to it. Our friend saw Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig play there.
Greed over history and heart. The Steinbrenner family should have never tore the Cathedral down. Now they play in a glorified shopping mall.
Went to visit Yankees stadium for the 1st time in the summer of 2008 and you could already see the new stadium next door almost finished, took the stadium tour and remember tearing up when standing right in front of Monument Park and glancing into the field I was just imagining all the greats that played on that field and all the great moments and memories that that field held and couldn't believe it was going to be demolished pretty soon, that was very sad for a Yankees fan.
As a Redsox fan I feel heartbroken whenever I see the demolition of Yankee Stadium. Sadly, I didn't go to it.
In Oakland I met a guy who saw babe Ruth play when he was 6 he was 102 when I met him he was so cool and he remembered the whole game he also went to many other crazy games.
From 1998-2003, I visited my grandpa every summer in Queens, NY and he never took me to Shea or Yankee stadium. I feel robbed lol😤. Nevertheless, he’s done more for me than I could ever payback in 100 lengthy lifetimes.
My grandmother had season tickets along the third base line for years. I'm not the biggest baseball fan, but I went to several games with her over the years. A lot of good memories there. She died in '08 before the new stadium was opened. I have yet to go to a game in the new stadium.
I went to NYC in 2010 and watched my Rangers play the evil empire at the new Yankee stadium. The old park was just a small section left to be torn down. I felt saddness I missed it in it's prime.
I never got the chance to go inside the old stadium, I started going to the games in 2009 when the old stadium was still up. Seeing the old Stadium across from the new one was such a gut punch. That's the closest i've been inside Yankee Stadium