Old Yankee Stadium Demolition: 3/10/2010
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- This extended video was taken yesterday during the demolition of Yankee Stadium. New York City is on schedule with the demolition which will be making room for the creation of new parks in the area. Check out renderings of what will be built there and learn more about the development in the area at: www.bit.ly/bhkl21 or fan us at / nycedc for the latest info on development in NYC.
Footage shot by NYCTV
Not a Yankee fan,but respect their history, should have made it a museum
Maybe in some podunk deserted County in the midwest but this is New York where a closet with a mattress crammed into it will cost you 1k a month to rent. It had already been destroyed in 74 anyway and was way too cramped. It couldn't even qualify for the national register of historic places because too much had been altered. It wasn't even the same field level as it was originally.
who was going to pay millions to keep it open as a museum dumbaass
@@dtnetlurkerwell you’re correct about the year which was ‘74 but it underwent a 2 year renovation because of space issues so they had no choice but to enlarge the stadium and add new technology to it, but then they decided to close it on September 21st 2008 and demolish it from 2009-2011, they had a long history behind that 85 year old stadium and now it’s gone for good never to return to The Bronx again, but our new stadium looks even better with space but unfortunately their food beer ice cream and snacks prices are through the roof as for the old stadium they were much cheaper
Anyone else in tears watching this?
Yeah best memories were there - weird feeling seeing it torn apart - very sad
I've always disliked the Yankees, but seeing this makes me sad. This stadium was a piece of American history and was torn down for reasons of money. Much respect to this stadium and the history of the New York Yankees.
The Romans never tore down the Colosseum.
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And the city of Boston(Along with the Red Sox) will never tear down Fenway Park.
@@Jiltedin2007 That's what many said about Yankee Stadium but it happened. Time moves on and different outside factors could make it happen eventually, storm damage, fire by vandals, a bombing, a city that decides it wants the space for something else and is hell bent on getting their way, or a new owner that decides it's time to move on to something new with more seats and better concourses and more conveniences, if a large part of the upper deck failed and was ruled unsafe, it could gain popularity in a big hurry with the major deciding forces like the city and team ownership. Many things can make it happen faster than you might think. The history is all that really matters and the only thing that will truly last forever.
You mean that half a colluseum?
it rotted away stupid didnt reserve it
@@Jiltedin2007 fenway park is a dump
I can’t even watch this as a fan. Greatest times of my life there. You felt the aura and history of the franchise there. And Monument Park was beautiful, not tucked under a Mohegan Sun Bar. I’ll never forgive them for doing this to us
agreed. The new Yankee Stadium is a corporate waste
@@mikefriedman593 I honestly like the new one better
Keyshawn Scott 12 if yankee stadium weren’t so historic for baseball it would likely be an absolute shithole
The stadium was ugly as well the concourse. The new one is just fine and modern.
@@noahgoulet6683 it was a shithole. The concourse was very ugly. I enjoy the new one very much. Much spacious and clean looking.
I miss the old stadium sooooooo bad. It was almost like losing a best friend with all of the memories and amazing times I've had there from the worst of seasons to the greatest. My Grandfather/best friend took me to my very first MLB game there as a 8 year old little kid and remember it crystal clear...kinda hard to forget when "Donny Baseball" walk-offs a 2 run shot in the bottom of the 9th just over that short porch in right and EVERYONE was going absolutely insane! I've never herd the roar of a crowd that loud in my life and it was amazing! When the new stadium opened up back in 2009 I got to see countless games in the Inaugural Season and 2 Playoff games too which lead to the Yankees winning their 27th World Series! The new stadium is beautiful and way more advanced, obviously, than the old one but my greatest memories still remain with the house that Ruth built.
When you walked in the old stadium you could feel the ghost in that stadium. Looking around you would say wow that’s where Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantel, Joe D, berra, ext played. You could just feel the pure passion from yankee fans. The new stadium does not and will never feel the same as the old one. I miss that stadium sooooooooooooo much 😥
At this pace nothing will be left by Opening Day. I'm a Mets fan, but loved the old old Yankee Stadium that existed prior to their last game on September 30, 1973.
I'm not a Yankees fan, not in the slightest, but this even made me feel sad seeing so much history getting demolished
brings a tear to your eye! RIP Old Girl!
So many great memories going there as a kid in the midi 60's with many more. What a wonderful time back in the day.
holding back tears i also grew up in the bronx
I’m sorry. What a dump
Such a Traditional part of Baseball's History. Gone in Ruins
I'm not a Yankee fan but as a baseball historian I say this was a terrible thing to do. What they should have done is have the team play in another ballpark for a year or two (like they did in 1974-75) and built a new ballpark on that hallowed ground. The mystique and aura of Yankee Stadium was a home-field advantage like no other. Opposing players knew they were on the very same field that were once occupied by Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle, Maris, Berra, Ford and other legends. The aura isn't there in the new Yankee Stadium. Just Monument Park and lots of statistics. It doesn't compare by a long shot. A major league piece of baseball history was killed that year.
It was years out of date, and it wasn’t worth having to keep putting money into it when sometimes the best thing to do is just start fresh.
In fact, that mid 70’s renovation destroyed whatever value it had.
@@RYMAN1321 Fenway Park and Wrigley Field are out of date when it comes to seating capacity and the fact that those ballparks are older than Yankee Stadium was. But the Red Sox, Cubs and their respective cities take great pride in keeping their ballparks up to date. As I said, they could've built a new stadium around the original field, but no, George Steinbrenner only wanted the extra revenue luxury boxes would've brought him. He even threatened to move the Yankees to the Meadowlands in New Jersey if the city didn't agree to build a new stadium. Yeah, he owned the team but he didn't give a damn about the game, the players or the fans. He was all about the money and seeing his name in the papers as often as possible. Nothing more.
@gatorcarter Because it's not the Original Stadium that opened in 1923. This is Yankee Stadium II that opened in 1976.
Yankee Stadium was a beautiful stadium. This didn't have to happen.
As an A's fan. It is sad seeing this happen.
Saw my first baseball game ever there August 1988 Yankees vs Orioles. Non Alcoholic family section with my dad, my mom and sister. Dad said we were going to Belmont Park. He surprised me with tickets to the game. I’ll never forget that for as long as I live.
I remember a time when Randy Levine said that the current Yankee Stadium (2009-present) will be a "continuation" of the (old) Yankee Stadium (1923-1972, 1976-2008) by combining the two versions of Yankee Stadium together.
In my mind, it is a beautiful park and more modern and hopefully, the Yankees can duplicate the same success they had with the new building just like the old building by winning World Championships.
But even if they try, the new stadium won't top the original one.
They destroyed the original stadium with the early 70's 'renovation'. Very little of its character remained. An absolute disgrace.
The renevation in 1974 was the begining of the end for the old Yankee Stadium.The New Yankee Stadiun has the old time feeling the old one used to have.
No it does not buddy. Not one bit
Many too felt that renovation did more harm than good
There are only two old-time MLB stadiums left - Fenway Park (which will turn a century old next year) & Wrigley Field (which will turn 100 in 2014). I have a strange feeling Wrigley will be the next ballpark to go, although I sincerely hope not! What I meant was, the Cubs most likely won't be playing baseball there within the next five to tem years from now. Wrigley Field cannot be torn down because it's on the Chicago registry of historic places. I miss old Yankee Stadium. The new place is odd.
I''m grateful my Dad did'nt live to see Yankee Stadium get demolished. It would have broken his heart as much as it did mine.
they shouldve just preserved the old stadium and maybe turned into something like a museum. the stadium had alot of history in there. sad to see it go. :(
when it looks towards third base I always imagine charlie hayes catching the last out of the 1996 world series
Hayes waits..... THE YANKEES ARE CHAMPIONS OF BASEBALL
I don't know why everyone is so sad, this is not the original Yankee Stadium. The original has been long gone since 1973. This was Yankee Stadium II that opened in 1976, in the original location, but it's not the original stadium. They ruined it anyway, The new one across the street looks much better. All the good luck was lost when they dropped the ALCS to Boston in 04 after being up 3 games to nothing. See they won a championship with the new Stadium. :)
Amazing how they did this
@gatorcarter It's not the original, It's the original location but not the original Stadium. There was nothing left of the 1923 stadium except for maybe the first level of stands behind home plate.
Yes you had to build a new stadium, but should have kept the old one standing as a monument
I still can't believe they tore it down . The city should have stepped in to save it as a tourist attractions and Junior College play .
@@gordonlandreth9550 This is NYC, where everything is crammed tight (like the old one was LOL)
@@RYMAN1321 Hear you well Ryan , I've been to the Big Apple and understand the deal .
i would of paid to see games there even if the place was falling down on my head, one of the most amazing places on earth wish it could've stayed
its truly saddening to see the old stadium gone. as a yanks fan who hates the redsox (obviously), i have to give that team mad respect for sticking with fenway for so long and not ruining history
0:14 who could forget the tino martinez grand slam in game 1 of the 1998 w.s. that landed right about there.
How dare they tear down the hoist that babe built
The real Yankee Stadium died in 76 when they renovated it.
It was rennovated in 74 but yes that was when it was really destroyed. Even the field wasn't the same because they removed several feet of dirt and lowered it. Even in the 50s they put that monstrosity of a digital clock on the outside covering up the original iconic Yankee Stadium name between the medallions on the front. The current Yankee Stadium,even though it will never be the original, it still rights a lot of the wrongs that happened in the past.
I agree....the stadium should be the same as the first...would like to see how the players today, would deal with the depths of deep outfield area.......thank you, BCM'
You mean '73, do you? Yankee Stadium was opened in 1976 after the renovations. Was it Ol' George who ordered The Facelift of Yankee Stadium? Ironically enough, Steinbrenner purchased the Yankees from CBS Sports in 1973.
I miss it. I liked it better than the new one because of the history and it was bigger!
Right , and they originally planned to have it fully enclosed with the upper deck going all the way around . It would have held about 75,000 . But they ran out of money , and left off at that point with the curve at the upper deck . Never should have been torn down . A national tragedy .
they shouldve made it a basketball/hockey/concert arena or a museum instead of that lame park.
The biggest travesty in all of sports. I have been a season ticket holder since the first year the stadium opened. All i can say is, the atmosphere is so god damn bad compared the old stadium. Nobody stands up... everybody leaves early... I was asked to sit down at a PLAYOFF GAME while 50,000 other people around the stadium were standing. If you want a real yankee stadium fan experience. Sit in the bleachers. The bleachers used to be what a normal seat was like at the old one. Damn Shame
i never thought i would see this day. i loved this stadium so much. so much history and now it's gone. now we're at a stadium filled with technology and shit and horrible surround sound. i'm going to miss the smell, sound and watching the train go by in the back during every pitch. RIP Yankee Stadium (A True Stadium)
im a angels fan but its kinda sad to see this stadium fall
I started going to Yankee Stadium in April,1963.
I could have accepted a new stadium if was built around the original field.After all,it's the playing field where all the baseball history was made.But the Yankee management wouldn't even consider playing one season at the brand new CitiField to save the field at Yankee Stadium.So for me Yankee Stadium is gone.There is no Yankee Stadium.
Now we have Steinbrenner Stadium instead.
I'll never set foot in the joint................
Wow , That's so sad to watch. When you think of all the great player's that called that place home, it's crazy. Ruth, Dimaggio, Gerig, Berra ,Ford, Mantle, Maris, Munson, Jackson, Mattingly, Jeter. What history was made there, including 26 WS championships. It's a sad day.
One of the dumbest decisions of all time
The old one was years out of date, and obsolete.
Sometimes it’s best to just start anew.
I don't understand why they demolish old stadiums. I don't. They should be there for historical purposes. And tours.
I am sickened by this....and I'm a Red Sox fan. Another historic ballpark destroyed.
Wow, a lot of memories.
such history gone
My God. How chilling. Looking at this, the seats where fans, where I, once screamed and cheered, booed, laughed, and cried; where dreams were made, or crushed into the dirt. Where legends were made. And now, looking at this, this great stadium destroyed, I am sad in a way, but so very happy that everyone had so many memories with their beloved Yankees. God bless all of those who gave their all, and shed blood, sweat and tears to bring pride to this amazing field of sport! Go Yankees!
This is so depressing...like cheap vodka in a paper bag depressing. The old building had mojo
White Sox fan here sad to see this. Yankee stadium was true hallowed ground...what happened in that stadium? would take a month to recite. Great tradition.
I miss old Comiskey, too....
Absolute Disgrace. They took out the soul of American Sports and left not a single trace. How in the name of God do you bulldoze Yankee Stadium and leave nothing whatsoever standing????? The Yankees will never be the same. The nostalgia of the Yankees Died in 2010.
I still can't believe that they did tear it down . Probably as a tourist attraction it could have made more money than expected . Who wouldn't want to sit in the dugout where Ruth , Gherig , Mantle , ect sat ? A national tragedy .
What a shame.
i love how Yankee fans diss Shea and make fun of it being demolished like the classless fans they are!! At least the Mets got it right!! At least Citi Field's parking lot actually has the spots where 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Home Plate used to be where Shea stood and you can actually RUN THE BASES after the game if that area of the parking lot is empty for you to do so!!.... Cant say that about the Old Yankee Stadium can you Yankee fans!?? All the greedy Steinbrenners did was demolish 100 years of baseball history that never should have been demolished BUT RATHER upgraded more and you cant run the bases where old Yankee Stadium used to stand because its nothing but grass now. Mets at least got it right
Mike C ... As much as I hate to admit it as a Yank (and Met) fan since the 60's, it was time for a new Yankee Stadium, and it was the team's right to do so. However, I didn't know the the basepaths aren't marked in the Bronx....if you are correct, that's not cool.
yeah they're not marked in the Bronx. Just a baseball field is there
Mike C mets blow!
I've been a Yanks fan since '67, & with the Mets since '69. Been cheering for both all these years with no prob.
Mike C how could they if a baseball field is standing there?
SO SAD.......Thanks for posting though.
As a lifelong Yankee fan I was devastated to see them demolish this historical shrine of baseballs greatest players in the history of the game. Reduced to nothing but a patch of dirt, where the diamond used to be. It a real tragedy.😪
greed kills!
as a sox fan. it was kinda sad to see yankee stadium fall. the new one isn't as nice as the old one ( no history in the new one) u can't destroy history!
This is so sad ....
I wish that they wouldve rebuilt it on the same grounds. Share citi with the mets, and keep that land historic. I am a mets fan, but as a baseball fan.., that would be my route(as owner.
Does anyone think that the New York Yankees are Cursed for tearing down the Old Yankee Stadium and built a New Yankee Stadium???
No , but it was a big mistake to make the new stadium so much different than the old one . All the class was left out of the new stadium .
Dag I grew up in that stadium..thats crazy
ur right. the ws title did help alittle.
its like 2012 for the stadium
@GMT1221 I totally agree!
I hate the Yankees. But why did they tear their stadium down?
It was a dump that had been upgraded too much already. With all the Yank's money, why shouldn't they be allowed to demolish the old stadium. Yeah we all loved it, but we've loved a lot of things that don't exist anymore. Palisades Amusement Park, family members, pets. Life goes on. Stop whining guys!
abe lincoln Yeah. The youngsters don't seem to know that. Old Yankee Stadium has been gone for 35 years.
WOW THIS YEAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN 95 YEARS VERY LONG TIME
Born in Brooklyn. Raised in Astoria. I saw Mantle, Maris, Berra, Ford, Richardson, Skowron, Elston Howard, Boyer, McDougald, Sturtevant, Turley, Duren, Bauer, Kubek, and so many others there. It should have been turned into a National Shrine to baseball. The House That Ruth Built deserved a better end than this.
I'm mad they tore down Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia where the Athletics and Phillies both played and that was before I was born. I'm not a Yankees fan but WHY THE F#%& would the city tear this historic stadium down? 🤯🤬
Who knows maybe they had to do this for Structural reasons or perhaps they just needed to update the stadium to hold more people lets face it you can't fit all of new york in the stadium but you sure can fit a hell of a lot more if you give it a face lift. The Old Stadium was probably having issues with the old steel support beams they were probably rusting of old age which does happen if they aren't repaired during the off season the new stadium won't have so many issues due to new building safety codes. Old buildings have been torn down to make way for the new ones granted some didn't come down on their own in New York but you bet a much safer one went up in their place. I know People think they should be left as museums that would be nice but if we did this then we wouldn't have any free real estate anywhere so you can be forgiven for thinking it would be a good idea but in reality you can just put a museum in the New Stadium making life a hell of a lot easier.
Also to the guy with the comment about the Colosseum the Romans didn't build the Colosseum sure it was built in Rome but it doesn't mean they built. The Colosseum was a Gift from Emperor Vespasian to the Romans and a gift from an Emperor to be torn down during that time period would have been considered an act of aggression and thus start a war. So since Baseball was not a gift given to us by anyone and the old new york stadium wasn't a gift given by anyone of true Significance the stadium wasn't more than building to entertain those who attended the baseball games from within.
For those who don't like or need the History lesson thats fine but if you all think that this didn't need to happen perhaps you should learn more about structural engineering and how over time stresses build up in steel if not properly maintained it can rust and crack. I have seen bridges with larger steel beams crack from being less than 5 years old it happens.
Yeah but there's this process known as RENOVATION where you replace and repair sections of a weakened or stressed structure while using temporary beams as support until proper installations are made. It's a rather interesting and ancient technique that they've been using for Thousands of years on other sporting arenas like thingy in Rome. But I'm "sure" multi-million dollar luxury boxes and 8000 extra season ticket holders a year had nothing to do with it 🥴👍
A travesty
We should be celebrating the 100th anniversary at the real Yankee Stadium this year. That place was a sports landmark. But hey, now you can get sushi and wander around without ever sitting down to actually watch the game.
Isn't it the field that is history everybody's got it wrong Tear down a stadium just build a new stadium around the same field
That's tough to watch. Saw my 1st game there in 1978 and went to....countless games after.
Not a Yankee's fan but this is painful to watch. At least explosives weren't used though (but I doubt they'd be able to as it was in the densely populated Bronx).
13 years and still not over this crime
Was that the same stadium used in some of the NYG's NFL Championship wins before the Super Bowls started??
@cwiens007 actually, we're on the 4th version of MSG.
Hate the Yankees, but this is holy ground for baseball. New York will never learn. Yankee Stadium, Shea, Penn Station and came within hours of destroying Grand Central. All in the name of the almighty dollar.
I've been a fan for 50 years and I have great stadium memories. The stadium was a dump though. You can only put so much lipstick on a pig, even millions.
You are 100% right. We never learn. Yes, the Stadium needed a lot of work, but it could have been done, bringing back the character of the original Stadium while adding all the amenities for the phony sushi and chardonnay crowd.
It was falling apart due to lack of care
Kurtis Kaskowski ii
Not trying to break your balls or anything but the Yankees needed a new stadium...BAD! There was an endless list of problems with that stadium from the field itself to the plumbing in the bathrooms. It would've costed more and took longer to remodel the old stadium and make it up to date with all of the latest technological advances. You also have to take into consideration that the old stadium was already remodeled back in the 70's and the Yanks played all their home games that season at Shea Stadium and that definitely wasn't gonna happen again. Basically the same reasons were a huge part of why the Mets got a new stadium too...or field, however you wanna say it. In the long run it works out more financially and brings more fans through the door with all the modern advancements, comfortability and way more kid friendly with tons of things to do when or if the youngins get bored with the game considering how long they can be now a days. Last but not least the Yankees having the museum for anyone with a ticket is amazing for the kids too as well as the adults with tons of memorabilia, autographs and basically anything Yankees you can think of. Oh and can't forget how they changed the bleacher/outfield seat rules too! It used to be that if you bought a bleacher/outfield seat ticket then you couldn't go anywhere else in the stadium or Monument Park. I personally never got that whole thing but they did away with it in the new stadium. Now as long as you have a ticket for that days game you can go wherever you want in the stadium. Monument Park, Museum, Batting Practice, you name it you're in. Anyways, I'll stop babbling now. Sorry but when I talk about the Yankees It's hard for me to stop. Have a good one dude
@GMT1221 it was the unions of New York, the whole reason why this famous stadium was demolished was to make jobs for people. I'm not a really big fan of baseball, but this was a stupid action. that stadium was I think 83 or 84 years old (I could be wrong) There was nothing wrong with the old stadium, wait a minute, New York has landmark laws! developers should think of the fans feelings about demolishing a stadium, who agrees with me?
That is not "old Yankee Stadium" that is Yankee Stadium, period. The new one is a replica and calling it Yankee Stadium is baseball blasphemy.
wasn't this a treasured national landmark? Shouldn't the history and heritage of our country come before the venal interests of a few small-minded investors? Guess not.
It lost its status after the mid 70’s renovation which many felt did more harm than good.
Not only that but the old one was obsolete
@quagmire2 You seem to know what your talking about, however from the pics I saw in the Yankee yearbook, it had to be 74 beacuse they played the 73 season at Yankee Stadium, it looks like most of the original structure was torn down. Also like you feel now, I was disgusted by what they did to the Stadium back in 1976 when it opened. That's why I like the new one better. I have to find that Yankee Yearbook, it's in such a safe place that I forgot where I stored it. LOL.
It's like that everywhere bro. I am with you...the lower bowl in all the new stadiums is full of blue hairs with nothing better to do. I watched many a games in ole Memorial Stadium, some crummy seats...even some with a bit concrete beam in the way, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. I was into the game too much to worry that I wasn't comfortable. That's the way it used to be.
I'm a Die Hard New York Yankees Fan
@chillaxer1993 why was it actually demolish??? what was the reason
MSG is getting renovated on the off-season so why couldn't ol' Yankee Stadium as well? might have been a long time but why not take time on something so iconic.
right now only 3 old ballparks are still up yankee stadium,fenway park, wrigly field
the final piece of yankee stadium falls tommorow 4/14/10 by tommorow 2 old ballparks will still be standing
RIP Yankee Stadium 1923-2010
Should've built the new stadium on the same ground.
I wonder if they found anything of historical significance while they were cleaning out the stadium and demolishing it. I mean things like old stadium signs, rolls of game day tickets, or old souvenirs. Small things like that, that might get pushed back into small corners and forgotten.
themeparkfanatic ... Uh yeah, they uh found the skeletal remains of a player wearing number 96. Prolly was some spring training no-name wannabe who died and no one was aware. He uh had on shoes circa 1930 and believe it or not, there was still an afro under his cap. He was Black! Yeah, that's the ticket. A Black Yankee in 1930 I tells ya'.. It's been hushed up though, so uh you won't find any info. But it's true...!
what are they spraying with the big fan and the thing with the big arm? lol
So sad to see this.
bring it back, the new stadium is quiet.
@3zer05 that guy is right
@gatorcarter Actually the phrase 'cookie cutter" is also used to describe bland things that all look the same in design, ask anyone. And that is the way all they new parks have become. Ask anyone like myself that has seen them all.
Rumor has it, that a farmer in Copake NY buried some of the rubble from the stadium in his fields. The neighbors did not like that, so they fought him in a court case that nearly bankrupted the town.
Not only did they tear it down, they left absolutely no trace of it!! With the possible exception of Rome's Colisseum this was the world's most historic stadium and the tools that planned this new park can't leave SOMETHING? How about a small portion of the outer structure? Or atleast leave the original diamond where Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio and Mantle made history? How much would it take to leave markers where Gehrig stood or where Maris' 61st landed? Nice job guys.
Heritage Park has traces of it
They tore it down because of course, the owners just want more money from the luxury boxes that no one really needs. Greed, greed, greed, and more greed hurts history. Why is American history so neglected in favor of greed? Keep history alive.
@mustanggt12382 i agree and finally i find a tiger fan or anyone else that doesnt hate the yanks i grew up with them and i like them
@victorEL3MEN2 The oldest parks are staying.
@quagmire2 I watched the video this video was made after a lot of the work was done, but you cant remove the colums unless you remove the two decks taht were on top of them. If you can find a copy of the 1973 or 74 Yankee year book they have pics of the demolition that took place before they started to rebuild. They left only the first level and took every thing else out, I got the year books, I have to find them I haven't looked at them in over twenty years. Anyway Go Yankees!
@rockaway25 Yeah, whatever! At least we still have our Ballpark. Where's yours? And we like Bobby Valentine in Boston, especially after what he did to the Mets. There is a Manager any team would be proud of. And our General Manager was the Assistant to Theo Epstein.
The house that Ruth built... should stand forever