Yankee Stadium

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by philcski

I do too. It isn't Shea or Memorial in Cleveland or the old Toronto ballpark (all eyesores), it's a baseball shrine. They could keep it open and use it for kid's baseball games, tours, a museum type stuff.

Parking in the area is an issue but they could just build a huge parking garage instead of the lot it will be, problem solved.

Municipal..not Memorial.



That was bad enough because there were a whole slew of events at Cleveland stadium that would shock you. So they threw away a real treasure....but I would have gone along with it if they would have continued to build a shoreline attracting more locals for fun stuff ...and even tourists.


Instead they build a fb stadium at the same site and all the parking spaces that go with it and it's used 10 times a year.


Only the government can get away with that kind of idiot stick planning.

[Mortimer]

And it wasn't an eyesore you swine...you.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Mortimer

Municipal..not Memorial.



That was bad enough because there were a whole slew of events at Cleveland stadium that would shock you. So they threw away a real treasure....but I would have gone along with it if they would have continued to build a shoreline attracting more locals for fun stuff ...and even tourists.


Instead they build a fb stadium at the same site and all the parking spaces that go with it and it's used 10 times a year.


Only the government can get away with that kind of idiot stick planning.

Correct, Municipal. My error, Memorial (also a terrible stadium) was in Baltimore before they built Camden Yards...

... and Municipal was definitely an eyesore

[Mortimer]

Don't make me squish your head.




If you were ever there...you wouldn't say that. FB will never be the same in person or on tv.

Good riddance.

[Mortimer]

I haven't left yet.

I was talking about Yankee Stadium. Maybe they can lock George in his luxery box and take him with it.

[Mortimer]

Oh.

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

Originally Posted by Mortimer

Municipal..not Memorial.



That was bad enough because there were a whole slew of events at Cleveland stadium that would shock you. So they threw away a real treasure....but I would have gone along with it if they would have continued to build a shoreline attracting more locals for fun stuff ...and even tourists.


Instead they build a fb stadium at the same site and all the parking spaces that go with it and it's used 10 times a year.


Only the government can get away with that kind of idiot stick planning.

Didn't that place seat over 80,000? My buddies went there opening day quite a few years ago (early 90's or late 80's) when they were supposed to play the Yankees. The game was cancelled because of snow They spent the evening at the bar in the hotel and then drove back to NY (but did get fireworks on the way home!)

[Mortimer]

It's largest seating for bb was about 78,000,but cut to 73,000 when they closed the mid section of the bleachers off.Standing room for bb got them to 86,000 one time. FB sat over 79,000 ...almost 80 and they hit as high as 86,000 with standing room until the fire marshall got wise.