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• As Stadiums’ Costs Swell, Benefits in Question

  Critics say that the new stadiums for the Yankees and the Mets carry an immense public cost without yielding many lasting economic benefits for the city. Posted Monday, November 03, 2008 8:38 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Stadiums and Arenas, Bronx (NYC), Yankee Stadium (NYC), Queens (NYC), Budgets and Budgeting, Bloomberg, Michael R

• Fans in Mourning as Sun Sets on the Old Yankee Stadium

  Stories poured forth from people outside the Yankee Stadium who remembered small, touching moments in the life of the hulking stadium. Posted Sunday, September 21, 2008 11:03 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Stadiums and Arenas, Yankee Stadium (NYC)

• Sports of The Times: At Ebbets Field, It Was Really Over When It Was Over

  The last Yankees game at this Yankee Stadium is not the same as the last Dodgers game at Ebbets Field. The Yankees are just going across the street. The Dodgers were going across the country. Posted Saturday, September 20, 2008 3:27 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Stadiums and Arenas, Yankee Stadium (NYC)

• Reporter’s Notebook: Grand Home Worthy of Larger-Than-Life Team

  There is never any pretext of subtlety or modesty. They are the Yankees — front page, bold type — and their ballpark has always reflected that. Posted Saturday, September 20, 2008 2:30 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Stadiums and Arenas, Yankee Stadium (NYC)

• Yankee Stadium, Going the Way of Joe DiMaggio

  It was 1948 when Paul Simon suddenly realized he was a Yankee fan. Sixty years later, he reminisces about his experiences at Yankee Stadium. Posted Friday, September 19, 2008 3:07 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Stadiums and Arenas, Sheppard, Bob, Steinbrenner, George M 3d, Yankee Stadium (NYC), Stengel, Casey, Williams, Bernie, Mantle, Mickey, Simon, Paul, Simon and Garfunkel, DiMaggio, Joe, Rizzuto, Phil

• Sports Business: Former Stars Highlight Stadiums’ Closings

  The Yankees and the Mets have said little, if anything, about their plans to say farewell to their old stadiums. Posted Tuesday, September 16, 2008 11:34 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Stadiums and Arenas, Yankee Stadium (NYC), Shea Stadium (NYC), Citi Field (NYC)

• Sports of The Times: Yankees Come Home for the Wrecking Ball

  Getting to the postseason, Yankees rooters discovered this year, is not an inalienable right. Not even in the last season in the House That Ruth Built. Posted Saturday, September 13, 2008 2:55 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Stadiums and Arenas, Yankee Stadium (NYC)

• Sports of The Times: Close to Midnight, Maybe Boston’s Final Ride to the Stadium

  If the Yankees and the Red Sox don’t meet in the playoffs, the Red Sox are coming for the last time to the House That Ruth Built Posted Monday, August 25, 2008 9:47 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Stadiums and Arenas, Yankee Stadium (NYC)

• Sizing Up Landmark Night for a Baseball Monument

  There will be 64 All-Stars assembled at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, but the venue itself will be studied as intently as any of the players. Posted Monday, July 14, 2008 10:57 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Stadiums and Arenas, Yankee Stadium (NYC)

• More Red Sox Material May Be Buried at Stadium

  The construction worker who buried a David Ortiz jersey in the cement foundation of the new Yankee Stadium has told friends he buried other Red Sox memorabilia as well. Posted Monday, May 19, 2008 10:23 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Stadiums and Arenas, American League, Ortiz, David

• Voodoo Logic: So Who Cursed Whom With Jersey?

  A construction worker’s attempt to curse the Yankees by burying a Red Sox jersey at the team’s new stadium has raised questions about the nature of the occult. Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 10:56 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Stadiums and Arenas, Yankee Stadium (NYC), Magic and Magicians

• Sports of The Times: All Is Well: The Voice Is Coming Back

  After being set upon by illness, long-time announcer Bob Sheppard will again be heard sounding from the speakers at Yankee Stadium. Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 6:27 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Stadiums and Arenas, Sheppard, Bob

• Yankees’ Top Seats Grow Pricier

  The best seats in the new Yankee stadium will start at $500 each and the tip-top ones — the $2,500, front-row seats — are sold out. Posted Thursday, March 20, 2008 8:50 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Stadiums and Arenas, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates)

• Sports Business: Ruth Might Have Built It, but Many Have Used It

  Yankee Stadium has never been a baseball-only place. It’s been home to football, soccer, rock and roll, and Pope Benedict XVI is on deck for April 20. Posted Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:24 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Stadiums and Arenas

• Sports Business: Ruth May Have Built It, but Many Have Used It

  Yankee Stadium has never been a baseball-only place. It’s been home to football, soccer, rock and roll, and Pope Benedict XVI is on deck for April 20. Posted Tuesday, March 11, 2008 6:32 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Stadiums and Arenas