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January 16, 2008
Good Signs In The Bronx
From the Post -
The House That Jeter Built has a new sign that unmistakably promises great baseball will be played there.
The words "Yankee Stadium," solidly etched in gold-leafed stone, were hoisted by crane onto the team's new South Bronx home this week.
And now there's rock-solid proof that unlike countless other sports teams that have given up stadium-naming rights to big corporations, Yankee tradition is not for sale.
The words appear on the façade of the stadium's 30,000- square-foot Gothic-style Grand Hall, which will be the main entranceway to the new ballpark and is expected to offer retail and restaurant space year-round.
"Yankee" went up Monday, and "Stadium" went up first thing yesterday morning, team officials said.
From the outside, the stadium's elegant limestone and granite façade will have the feel of the 1923 design of the original stadium - the House that Ruth Built - which for now still stands across the street.
Team officials were tight-lipped about the project yesterday, except to say construction is proceeding on schedule for Opening Day 2009.
But the progress on the $930 million stadium is evident: The steelwork appears mostly done, and the dimensions of the ballfield - about the same as the 1923 stadium - are now clear, as are the twin decks of the stands.
The House That Jeter Built has a new sign that unmistakably promises great baseball will be played there.
Whoa, hey, you mean it's not going to be the House That A-Rod Built?
Posted by Steve Lombardi at January 16, 2008 09:16 AM
Comments
When all is said and done it will be remembered as the house that A-Rod built. If ARod is truly what he says he is and is not suffereing from a PED hangover like the other (lets say large percentage) of players he will brand the new stadium.
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at January 16, 2008 09:41 AM
This means I have to get some more pictures this weekend...
http://tinyurl.com/2jbv9b
Posted by: Raf at January 16, 2008 09:44 AM
Only guys named George build stadiums for the Yankees in the Bronx. The new stadium is the house that George Built!
Posted by: Mike at January 16, 2008 10:20 AM
If things work out according to plan, it will be the house Hughes, Joba, Cano, Austin Jackson, Jose Tabata and Dellin Betances built.
Posted by: baileywalk at January 16, 2008 11:47 AM
It's the house that Graeme Lloyd built!!
Posted by: SteveB at January 16, 2008 01:40 PM
I agree with Mike. For all his faults, George has transformed this franchise into a multi-billion dollar operation. Everything else, including A-Rod and Jeter, flows from that.
Posted by: Rich at January 16, 2008 07:55 PM