9/21/2008 DEREK JETER SIGNED LAST GAME @ THE CATHEDRAL TICKET -STEINER AUTH

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SIGNED FINAL GAME BY DEREK JETER AT THE CATHEDRAL -9/21/2008
THE FINAL GAME AT THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT BUT JETER HAD THE HONOR OF THE SEND OFF SPEECH
Yankee Stadium
"The House That Ruth Built"
"The Big Ballpark in the Bronx"
"The Cathedral of Baseball"
"The Stadium"
Aerial view in August 2002.
Location
East 161st Street & River Avenue
Bronx
,
New York City
,
New York
, U.S.
Coordinates
40°49′37″N
73°55′41″W
Coordinates
:
40°49′37″N
73°55′41″W
Owner
New York City
Operator
New York Yankees
Capacity
58,000 (1923) • 62,000 (1927) •
62,000 (1929) • 71,699 (1937) •
70,000 (1942) • 67,000 (1948) •
67,205 (1958) • 67,337 (1961) •
67,000 (1965) • 65,010 (1971) •
54,028 (1976) • 57,145 (1977) •
57,545 (1980) • 57,478 (2003) •
56,936 (2005)
Field size
Left Field
– 318 feet (97 m)
Left-Center
– 399 feet (122 m)
Center Field
– 408 feet (124 m)
Right-Center
– 385 feet (117 m)
Right Field
– 314 feet (96 m)
Backstop
– 84 feet (26 m)
Surface
Grass
Construction
Broke ground
May 5, 1922
Opened
April 18, 1923
April 15, 1976 (re-opening)
Renovated
October 1973 – April 1976
Closed
September 30, 1973 (renovations)
September 21, 2008 (final game)
November 9, 2008 (final tour)
Reopened
April 15, 1976
Demolished
September 22, 2008 – May 13, 2010
Construction cost
.4 million (1923)
7 million (1976)
(.2 million in 2015 dollars
[1]
)
Renovations: (2 million in 2015 dollars
[1]
)
Architect
Osborn Engineering Corporation
(1923)
Praeger-Kavanaugh-Waterbury (1976)
General contractor
White Construction Co. (1923)
Tenants
New York Yankees
(
MLB
) (1923–1973, 1976–2008)
New York Yankees
(
AFL I
/
NFL
) (1926–1928)
New York Yankees
(
AFL II
) (1936–1937)
New York Yankees
(
AFL III
) (1940)
New York Americans
(AFL III) (1941)
New York Yankees
(
AAFC
) (1946–1949)
New York Yanks
(NFL) (1950–1951)
New York Giants
(NFL) (1956–1973)
New York Skyliners
(
USA
) (1967–1968)
New York Generals
(
NPSL
/
NASL
) (1967–1968)
New York Cosmos
(NASL) (1971, 1976)
Army Black Knights football
(selected games, 1925–1969)
Yankee Stadium
was a stadium located in
the Bronx
, a borough of
New York City
,
New York
. It was the home
ballpark
of the
New York Yankees
, one of the city's
Major League Baseball
(MLB) franchises, from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008. The stadium hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the former home of the
New York Giants
football
team from 1956 through the first part of the 1973-74 football season. The stadium's nickname, "The House That Ruth Built", is derived from
Babe Ruth
, the legendary baseball superstar whose prime years coincided with the stadium's opening and the beginning of the Yankees' winning history. It has also been known as "
The Big Ballpark in The Bronx
", "
The Stadium
", and "
The Cathedral of Baseball
".
The stadium was built from 1922 to 1923 for .4 million ( million in 2014 dollars). The stadium's construction was paid for entirely by Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert, who was eager to have his own stadium after sharing the
Polo Grounds
with the
New York Giants
baseball team the previous 10 years. Yankee Stadium opened for the
1923 MLB season
and at the time, it was hailed as a one-of-a-kind facility in the country for its size. Over the course of its history, it became one of the most famous venues in the United States, having hosted a variety of
events and historic moments
during its existence. While many of these moments were baseball-related—including
World Series
games,
no-hitters
,
perfect games
and historic
home runs
—the stadium also hosted
boxing
matches, concerts,
Jehovah's Witnesses
conventions (see record attendance) and three
Papal
Masses. The stadium went through many alterations and playing surface configurations over the years. The condition of the facility worsened in the 1960s and 1970s, prompting its closing for renovation from 1974 to 1975. The renovation significantly altered the appearance of the venue and reduced the distance of the outfield fences.
In 2006, the Yankees began building a
new .3 billion stadium
in public parkland adjacent to the stadium. The price included .2 billion in public subsidies.
[2]
The design includes a replica of the frieze along the roof that was in Yankee Stadium.
Monument Park
, a Hall of Fame for prominent former Yankees, was relocated to the new stadium. Yankee Stadium closed following the 2008 baseball season and the new stadium opened in 2009, adopting the "Yankee Stadium" moniker. Yankee Stadium was demolished in 2010, two years after it closed. The 8-acre site was converted into a park called
Heritage Field.
The congested neighborhood was left without parkland for five years. The new stadium is located on 25 acres of what had been known as
Macombs Dam Park
.
[3]