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NEW YORK BASEBALL STADIUMS
| STADIUM COMPARISONS |
| YANKEE STADIUM |
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SHEA STADIUM |
| House That Ruth Built |
NICKNAME |
Grant's Tomb |
| 1923 |
BUILT |
1964 |
| $2.5 Million |
COST |
$28 Million |
| 57,485 in Game 2 of 1999 ALDS |
RECORD ATTENDANCE |
57,397 in Game 1 of 1969 WS |
| Giant Bat |
LANDMARKS |
Apple in the Outfield |
| 408 ft. |
CENTER FIELD FENCE |
410 ft. |
| 318 |
LEFT FIELD FENCE |
338 |
| 314 |
RIGHT FIELD FENCE |
338 |
| Mickey Mantle (estimated more than 600ft.) |
LONGEST HOMERUN |
Tommie Agee (upper deck in left field, no estimate) |
| "New York, New York", "How Yoo Doin'?" |
MUSIC |
"Meet the Mets", "Who Let The Mets Out?" |
| Football Giants |
Ex-Tenants |
Yankees, Jets |
| YANKEE STADIUM |
ACCESS INFO |
SHEA STADIUM |
History of Shea Stadium
Shea Stadium opened in 1964 and is now one of the oldest ballparks in the game. The stadium was named after William Shea, an attorney who helped bring the expansion franchise to New York in 1962. Shea was the first stadium capable of being converted from baseball to football using two motor-operated stands that moved on underground tracks. Known for the jets flying overhead, it is believed that the city scouted the stadium sites during the winter, when flight paths were different, so the noise was not anticipated. |
History of Yankee Stadium
Only a year after the Yankees purchased the contract of Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox, the Yankees announced that they had acquired 10 acres of land in the Bronx for which they planned to build a new stadium. The stadium took a mere 284 days to build, and was ready for its fist game on April 18th, 1923. The stadium was coincidentally dubbed "The House that Ruth Built", because of the draw that Ruth initiated. That game saw a crowd of over 74,000 come to admire the new facility. |
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Friday, April 20, 2001 |
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