Another Day, Another Stadium
This time, the Yankees. And — forgive us for saying so — this one sounds kind of cool, replicating the original Yankee Stadium and requiring relatively little public money (a mere $220 million of city and state dough, says the Times).
The team plans to build an open-air stadium with 51,800 seats - although it could be expanded to 54,000 seats - and 50 to 60 luxury suites in Macombs Dam Park, across 161st Street from the team's historic home. It will be smaller than the existing stadium, which has 56,937 seats and about 18 luxury boxes.
The design, by the architectural firm of Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, would restore many of the signature features of the original 82-year-old stadium that were wiped out by the 1976 renovation, and it would retain the same field dimensions and dugouts, according to two executives who have seen the plans.
Announcement is sked for today. Like Steinbrenner would let the Mets get all the attention.
