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YANKEE STADIUM

New York Yankee Stadium

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May 11 , 2010 New York Yankee Stadium

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Do you know that the `new ' Yankee Stadium is ninety years old ? As early as 1921 , plans to purchase and construct a stadium that would change the watching of baseball were made . A 10 acre piece of land was purchased from William Waldorf Astor estates for only 675 ,000 . It is located in the west of Bronx directly opposite the Harlem River when viewed from Yankees ' Manhattan home . The contract for

the construction of the Yankee Stadium was given to New York 's White Construction Co . In the month of May 1922 , the construction commenced (MLB Advanced Media , 2010 . It was estimated that the Stadium would cost 2 .5 million to put up . The Yankee stadium took a shorter period than expected . It only took 284 days of work to complete and in April 1923 , the stadium was ready for use . The inaugural game of Yankee versus Boston Red sox was hosted in the newly built stadium on April 18 , 1923 . Surprisingly 74 ,200 baseball fans were packed in the stadium for the first time . Thousands more were outside after the gates were closed following an from fire department . The American and Yankee flags were raised high on the flag post at the deep center of the field before the struggle of the two teams began . John Phillip led the band . The Yankee stadium would later host countless base ball games...

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