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The ESPN Sports Almanac, for instance, calls the original stadium "Yankee Stadium I" and the renovated stadium "Yankee Stadium II". On April 13, 1998, an 18-inch (46 cm) long beam fell onto a seat before a scheduled game causing the postponement of two games and the relocation of a third to nearby Shea Stadium while the stadium was inspected.
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Sunken in the bowels of Yankee Stadium, it was “like a large subterranean living room,” he recalled, apparently designed to keep the world outside at bay. Jim Bouton was a unique Yankee Skip ...
Yankee Stadium hosted the 2009 and 2024 World Series. Yankee Stadium became the home field of the MLS expansion club New York City FC in 2014, which is owned by City Football Group and the Yankees. It will be an interim venue for the club until Etihad Park is constructed in Willets Point and opens in 2027.
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In 1936, the center field fence was moved in from 490 feet (150 m) to 461 feet (141 m) from home plate, but the flagpole and the Huggins monument remained in play. The Yankees dedicated a plaque on the center field fence for Jacob Ruppert in 1940 [ 4 ] and similar monuments for Lou Gehrig in 1941 and Babe Ruth in 1949, following their deaths. [ 1 ]
In the end, the Mets' compensation offer was worth an amount of money well higher than $765 million, due to the add-ons such as salary escalators, an opt-out and perks, including, yes, the suite.