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• 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)

• Sports Business: Citigroup Puts Its Money Where Its Name Will Be

  With high name recognition and a place among the world’s banking leaders, Citigroup hardly needed the Citi name plastered on a ballpark. Posted Saturday, July 19, 2008 3:28 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, New York Mets, New Jersey Nets, Stadiums and Arenas, Shea Stadium (NYC), Barclays Plc|BCS|NYSE, Citigroup Incorporated|C|NYSE

• Detroit Journal: Where the Fans Once Roared, Demolition Crews Now Have Their Day

  Demolition began on Tiger Stadium, once home to the Detroit Tigers, while a conservancy group works feverishly to preserve the field and part of the stands. Posted Friday, July 18, 2008 11:13 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Detroit (Mich), Stadiums and Arenas, Detroit Tigers

• 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

• Tiger Stadium Faces Partial Demolition Amid Opposition

  The Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy, a group opposed to the demolition of Tiger Stadium, has until June 1 to raise $369,000 to try to save part of the historic site. Posted Saturday, May 10, 2008 1:33 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Stadiums and Arenas, Detroit Tigers

• Sports of The Times: Root at Your Own Risk? Fans Are Left Largely Unprotected

  As line-drive foul balls keep whistling into those unprotected seats, baseball people hold their breath. Posted Saturday, April 19, 2008 2:57 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Athletics and Sports, Stadiums and Arenas, Helmets

• 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

• Nationals 3, Braves 2: A Stadium, and With It a Season, Opens With Fanfare in Washington

  The Washington Nationals started their new season in a new ballpark, a $611 million home for a team that spent its first three years in a multipurpose stadium. Posted Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:01 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Stadiums and Arenas, Washington Nationals

• A Season That Could Signal New Beginnings Begins in a New Ballpark

  The Washington Nationals started their new season in a new ballpark, a $611 million home for a team that spent its first three years in a multipurpose stadium. Posted Sunday, March 30, 2008 6:58 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Stadiums and Arenas, Washington Nationals

• Nationals Look for Fresh Start at New Stadium

  For some, the prospect of a stadium devoted to baseball has validated the arrival of the first major league franchise in a generation. Posted Friday, March 28, 2008 7:24 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Stadiums and Arenas, Washington Nationals

• 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)

• Rich Memories in the Last Days at Dodgertown

  The dismantling of Dodgertown, the Dodger’s home since 1948, represents another wrecking-ball blow to baseball’s tradition. Posted Monday, March 17, 2008 7:37 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Baseball, Stadiums and Arenas, Los Angeles Dodgers, Brooklyn Dodgers, Florida

• 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