What Happened to Yankee Stadium? ABANDONED?

Arguably the most historic sports venue in American History, the original Yankee Stadium, home to the New York Yankees, saw more world series, iconic moments, and Hall of Fame athletes than any other venue.
In its existence, 37 of 83 world series were played there, with the yankees winning all but one of their 27 titles at the stadium, playing a total of 6,581 games, and total attendance over its lifetime topping 151 million.
From its humble beginnings as a rival to Manhattan's Polo Grounds and home to Babe Ruth, through decrepit times in the Bronx, to the place people from everywhere in the world knew the name of, the stadium evolved and had dramatic alterations to keep it current and to keep it a safe and fun place to watch a ball game.
Its days were finite however, and after playing 85 years there, George Steinbrenner negotiated with Mayors, Ed Koch, David Dinkins, Rudy Giuliani, and finally Mike Bloomberg to get a new stadium built across the street, with the old stadium and 85 years of history entirely erased.
Join me in this video as we tell the complete story of the Cathedral of Baseball, and learn what happened to old Yankee Stadium.
What Happened to Yankee Stadium? ABANDONED?

[@LaBreeceTV]

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[@brian6070]

No the Yankees did not have 125 wins in the 1999 season they had 98 wins. And the 1998 was not the best record in the MLB. It was the 1906 cubs. Get your facts straight

[@johnjones9901]

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[@TheRealWireless]

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[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

I can't stand when people only reference the "Core 4." Real yankee fans know the "Fab five" existed first. Bernie Williams was drafted at the same time and just because he was called up first and retired before the 5th championship does not make him any less important.

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

​@@brian6070you need to listen to the video because that is not what he said. Get your ears straight

[@lazier96]

I attended a Yankees game at the original stadium while the new one was under construction and thought it was unfortunate they decided not to restore the original house that the Babe built. So glad Wrigley was preserved.

[@NChapaWI9436]

I think they did all they were able to do kinda like the Bradley Center in Milwaukee

[@Danielson1818]

Yeah, I also went in the last season. I was there for the game that Johnny Damon went 6 for 6 against the Royals. I don't think there is much they could've done to rehab the stadium again.

[@amphoric2358]

They were tired of riding the "myth" of babe ruth's excellence.

[@Oeaasan]

It wasn't the original house "Ruth built" .. I was completly rebuilt in the mid 70s after Steinbrenner bought the club..

[@lafence3275]

@@Oeaasan yes but no. still same place. still same. structure. still same foundation. just add ons

[@chperezjr]

I've never got over Yankee Stadium being demolished, that was a historical building, just like Wrigley Field and Fenway.

[@Lord_Bibulous]

I understand that to a point. I went to many games as a kid there. But a huge difference is Wrigley and Fenway have elements of history that go all the way back to when they were first built. Yankee Stadium didn't have that after the 1973 renovation. I still miss it though.

[@TPTGopher]

The "historical building" was torn down in 1973 and replaced with a glorified cookie-cutter on the Yankee Stadium grounds - I thought it was good that they stopped passing off the House That Lindsay Built as the real thing.

[@chperezjr]

@@TPTGopher everybody is entitled to their own opinion, to me will always be a crime tearing it down

[@fstanley2328]

Boston Garden too.

[@Danielson1818]

@@TPTGopher Dude, you are missing the point. Many people say that it wasn't still "the house that Ruth built" anymore, but it was still the same field. The fans aren't worried about changing some seats and architecture when the game revolves around the field being played on.

[@rpiazza72]

I grew up in The Bronx, I would have preferred that they tore the stands down and built a new stadium around the same field. It would have been fine to play a season at Citi Field if it meant you could keep the same home plate. History should matter.

[@JB-bs1se]

I thought Citi Field and New Yankee Stadium opened in the same season?

[@marblox9300]

I agree, when the White Sox built their new park it was also across the street which for some reason doesn't seem as good. Should have built in exact same place.

[@rpiazza72]

@@JB-bs1se you could be right I don’t pay attention to the Mets, maybe it would have been Shea stadium then either way it would have been worth it.

[@photobobomb]

I agree, I wish they kept the same field. However I also really appreciate what they did with it. The old field has kids and adults who love baseball playing on it nearly every moment of the day and often well into the night. That field hasn't seen it's last game. Its last run hasn't crossed that historic home plate. In an age where that field could have easily been turned into a parking lot, they preserved it and opened it up to the people who loved it for so long.

[@CZ75undisputed]

Maybe decades from now when they need a new ballpark they might move back across the street to the old land.

[@mikefriedman593]

The old stadium could have certainly been preserved, much like the renovations done to Wrigley and Fenway. It always comes down to money and corporate greed and they were worried about building more bathrooms in the new stadium. They could've built luxury boxes behind home plate. It is sad how many empty seats you see behind home plate in the new stadium for every game.

[@RB01.10]

It’s actually more expensive to have to keep renovating a place time and time again. The old Yankee Stadium, while legendary had to be replaced. There was plans to replace it as far back as the 80’s. Even then it was becoming outdated and obsolete. Not to mention very crammed. It was also falling down, the falling concrete incident in 1998 further showed its age. The new one is magnificent.

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

​@@RB01.10the new one sucks. There are even places in it where you cannot see the field from your seat. There was no reason to demolish the old one. Similar instances happened at Wrigley Field and at Fenway Park and they were resolved. The Roman Colosseum still stands today. The original poster has it correct and there is a reason why the massive majority know this to be an absolute fact abject of any fake news or opinion: Yankee stadium never should have been demolished. As a Yankee fan it hurts me to know that the failures of the team today are just karma repaying us for what we did. We molested that building and we are now under our own curse.

[@mosesdevadass6056]

All I’m going to say is, I’m glad the Cubs preserved Wrigley Field.

[@dat_sik_cty6947]

As a cubs fan so am I ❤️

[@marblox9300]

Should have preserved Old Comiskey and Chicago Stadium too.

[@darealpapajon]

Only for how long it wont survive to the 22nd century

[@teg24601]

There is a great documentary on how they were able to upgrade, repair, and replace parts of Wrigley without changing the sprit of the facility.

[@rwboa22]

The same goes for the Red Sox and Fenway Park.

[@jakeferreira1211]

The history in that ballpark was incredible. I'm glad we still have Fenway.

[@BrianRetro]

No you're not. When you wake up from your illusion, you'll realize how much of a dump it really is and not only should that go away, but so should baseball because you wasted so much of your life that could have been used to make the world a better world. Baseball ruined our lives. Let's get rid of it so that we can salvage what's left of our lives and make the world a better place.

[@yoholmes273]

Just think.. FENWAY should've been torn down 50 years ago. The worst ballpark in the entire major league this side of Oakland . Trash ballpark...but it's old so....

[@stephensanzari8639]

@@yoholmes273 You can’t be serious. It is nowhere near being the worst stadium in baseball. Stop trolling.

[@yoholmes273]

@@stephensanzari8639 💯 %Trash. It is "cool" because it's old. Shit part of town, shit dimensions, a stupid "green monster" , used to flood every time it rained, and not to mention easily the most racist crowd in the entire MLB. Absolutely shite.

[@Eddie-zk2qi]

Yep, all 32 years of it.

[@margaretjiantonio939]

I saw my 1st MLB game at the old Yankee Stadium. It was in 1959. My dad & a friend brought me to it. Our friend saw Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig play there.

[@OCRay1]

I’m no Yankee fan, but I really love and respect the franchise’s history. It was pretty sad to see the old ballpark be torn down.

[@danielsuarez1571]

Amen to That.

[@Manny-gp2ub]

Greed over history and heart. The Steinbrenner family should have never tore the Cathedral down. Now they play in a glorified shopping mall.

[@bornyesterday21]

Yes i agree .. and somewhere in that mall there's a baseball game going on .. lol

[@Yurr1111]

The place was falling apart. It was a huge safety risk. They really didn’t have a choice

[@markb20]

In '74 they chose to renovate rather than abandon it like in 2009. For what it's worth.

[@yoholmes273]

Hal is no BOSS.

[@iamme7830]

@@Yurr1111 but that’s not really true. The place was not falling apart. That’s just a line they sold the public. There was one incident in April 1998 where an expansion joint collapsed and that was repaired. It needed renovations yes much like Fenway and wrigley yearly does. They sold that line to the public though dude. But it was all for money. Wanna know the real reason they built a new house? Go google the amount of suites added from the old house to the new one. That’s the entire reason right there. Corporate greed.

[@mario3mmelero571]

Went to visit Yankees stadium for the 1st time in the summer of 2008 and you could already see the new stadium next door almost finished, took the stadium tour and remember tearing up when standing right in front of Monument Park and glancing into the field I was just imagining all the greats that played on that field and all the great moments and memories that that field held and couldn't believe it was going to be demolished pretty soon, that was very sad for a Yankees fan.

[@hectorlopez1069]

The house where Ruth built is now gone. Shame on them for doing that.

[@TPTGopher]

The House That Ruth Built was torn down in 1973 - I'm glad they stopped passing off the House That Lindsay Built as the real thing.

[@brianblaise3930]

The new stadium is now called The House That Jeter Built.

[@BrianRetro]

Why is it a shame? Baseball's in its last days. Fifty years from now it will be no more.

[@Eddie-zk2qi]

@@TPTGopher Thank you, I've been saying this for years. People were mourning a 32 year old ballpark.

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

​@@brianblaise3930let's not kid ourselves. There was only one Yankee stadium. The failures of the Yankee franchise since 2009 are because we tore down that stadium

[@Messi_Goat_Forever]

As a Redsox fan I feel heartbroken whenever I see the demolition of Yankee Stadium. Sadly, I didn't go to it.

[@willisapril]

What's nice is Red Sox fans still have Fenway and now have brand new Polar Park which is a lot cheaper and a great fan experience.

[@jakeplumber1373]

Respect man. That says it all. I'm a Royals fan and I spent alot of my childhood studying the Yankees and the Red Sox. The 2004 world series year was so amazing to me. Although I hate the Yankees and their fans, even as a kid I could tell that the country lost a very important relic.

[@brmillgr]

Sox fan, same here, I walked around it during the offseason in 06 but never caught a game there I still regret that.

[@hbc4677]

In Oakland I met a guy who saw babe Ruth play when he was 6 he was 102 when I met him he was so cool and he remembered the whole game he also went to many other crazy games.

[@Southwesternism]

From 1998-2003, I visited my grandpa every summer in Queens, NY and he never took me to Shea or Yankee stadium. I feel robbed lol😤. Nevertheless, he’s done more for me than I could ever payback in 100 lengthy lifetimes.

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

Oh that's crazy. I grew up in Queens New York and I got to go to Shea and Yankee stadium. You can practically walk to Shea stadium from queens. I grew up in flushing specifically and you could go straight from Sanford avenue to Northern boulevard towards the West and Shea stadium would be right by LaGuardia airport. It was on the north side of the highway. I remember my grandmother telling me that a plane would fly over every minute and sure enough I would sit in the car and count and it was true! Growing up there was so fun. I wish I could go back.

[@theawesomer8587]

My grandmother had season tickets along the third base line for years. I'm not the biggest baseball fan, but I went to several games with her over the years. A lot of good memories there. She died in '08 before the new stadium was opened. I have yet to go to a game in the new stadium.

[@supremebugs]

She would’ve wanted you to enjoy the Yankees, and the game of baseball. I hope one day you get to go. I know it’s probably hard for you. My condolences

[@cashboymusic245]

Got a game there later tonight against the Tampa Bay Rays, let’s go Yankees

[@silv3rsp3ct3r7]

Of course you haven't, you didn't go for baseball.

[@littlebud9999]

👍

[@MarkLac]

What happened to the Old Yankee Stadium was disgusting even for this Yankee Fan. Even for me as a fan I cried that last night it held its last game and into the next morning. This was a major wrong and nothing short of what this city did with the Old Pennsylvania Station that was destroyed for Madison Square Garden. Today’s new stadium is a mall surrounding a baseball field. I give Boston and Chicago credit where it is due, they renovated their ball parks and they are historic in their own rights. This city knows more of destroying historic structures than it does preserving them.

[@JayMac]

Bit dramatic don’t you think? You cried night and day over a ballpark? Suuuure pal

[@Punnybone55]

@@JayMac you obviously have no idea what a ballpark can mean to some people. When Veterans stadium closed in 03, I figured out that I'd spent more time there than anywhere else I hadn't lived, worked, or gone to school. That's a lot of memories. And for many those memories include their last game with a parent or first game with their spouse. The facility might be a decaying toilet by the time it's closed, like the Vet was, but the memories will never fade or stink.

[@SC457A]

I went to NYC in 2010 and watched my Rangers play the evil empire at the new Yankee stadium. The old park was just a small section left to be torn down. I felt saddness I missed it in it's prime.

[@scoobertdoobert876]

The Cardinal’s player pictured at 16:22 is my great grandfather, pitcher Max Lanier who I actually had the opportunity to meet while he was still alive. He won 2 World Series and lost to the Yankees in 1943, but had a 1.9 ERA. My family has great stories about him he was an amazing player.

[@CameronBrown123]

That is so sick

[@pigalleycatemanresu7321]

That's so cool. I read about Lanier's career in the oral history "Baseball when the Grass Was Real". He was a champ, but a poorly paid one. He jumped, with other players, to the Mexican League, to make more money. When that fell through, he was banned from professional baseball, until being reinstated after Commissioner Landis's death.

[@kevingreen5793]

That's so cool! I looked up his stats he was a pretty good pitcher! His son Hal was a Major League infielder and later became a manager and was 1986 NL Manager of the Year! So i'm guessing Hal Lanier was your grandfather and were they on your mother or father's side?

[@scoobertdoobert876]

@@kevingreen5793 Hal is actually my great uncle but I do actually get to see him quite often, he was a minor league manager up in Canada for a while but he lives closer to me now. Max died when I was only about 7 but I do remember him fairly well, and my family and I stay in the home he left for us when we want to vacation in Dunellon Florida. Lots of photos and memorabilia of his and many others players of his era (signed Stan Musial photos, Willie Mays, etc.)

[@kevingreen5793]

@@scoobertdoobert876 oh ok that’s still pretty cool though!

[@Kalosius]

It was my favorite place. I never thought they would ever tear it down. I stopped being a Yankee fan. The new hospital feeling of the new yankee stadium represents the future of the team and nothing of the past.

[@jpryor11]

And I think it’s team and then venue. You were born a Yankee fan and this is a business

[@jpryor11]

Win lose stand by team that’s what a fan does, George Steinbrenner

[@robbynv9900]

I took my son and daughter 2 years in a row. 1999, and 2000 to see summer games .They were ten and eleven at the time. Those memories will never be forgotten for them and for me.❤🇺🇸⚾️.

[@rogerknights857]

I lived in the Bronx and saw about eight games from about 1954-62. I snagged a foul ball by Eddie Robinson and then got his signature on it. I remember a drizzling night game when the wild super-fireball reliever Ryne Duren was brought in. He kept requesting a facecloth from the bench with which to dry off the ball and his glasses. The third or fourth time the umpire walked out to him to tell him, That’s Enough, because it was delaying the game. When he got halfway to the mound, the batter (from the Washington Senators IIRC) ran out to catch up with him, signaling to let Duren dry the ball all he wanted. Everyone sympathized with him. Duren’s wildness was well known, and he’d already thrown one pitch well inside. His speed was astonishing in that era. After his first warm-up pitch, and the remaining one’s, the whole crowd gasped.

[@GolfMan489]

I never got the chance to go inside the old stadium, I started going to the games in 2009 when the old stadium was still up. Seeing the old Stadium across from the new one was such a gut punch. That's the closest i've been inside Yankee Stadium

[@1223jamez]

They should of kept part of the original Yankee Stadium as a museum!

[@ShortRound42]

They do. They have the seats, home plate, and other artifacts in their museum in the current stadium. As well as artifacts in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Also the monuments are STILL there behind the centerfield wall all can go and look through before games or on tours.

[@ampersand2001]

This makes me miss Tiger Stadium so much. I wish they would have just given it a big remodel and kept it around.

[@Touchmahtoaster]

True it kinda makes appreciating Comerica Park harder since Tiger Stadium was its predecessor

[@fstanley2328]

It was a crime how Illitch just let Tiger Stadium rot away instead of doing what the Cubs did with Wrigley.

[@marksauce2383]

For sure. Right on top of the action(in fact right field upper deck OVER the field), crack of the bat LOUD and echoing everywhere, and the smell of the Ball Park franks permeating the entire stadium. Damn! Didn't get any better then that.

[@scottcoval7547]

I just watched the demolition and history of the Pontiac silverdome. Hence why I'm here 😅

[@CadeWasHere6207]

Love this series. Great work. These episodes are so addicting (in a good way)!

[@littlebud9999]

👍

[@NoName-zb1gm]

I'm from Philly but got to attend the old Yankee Stadium once in 2005. It was a cool place with its nooks and crannies. Like most people I wish the stadium was still standing,

[@eincan1313]

Very well done, but one interesting fact that was not mentioned. During the renovation, the Yankees actually played at Shea Stadium for two season ‘74-‘75. And it made Bill Virdon the only Yankees manager to never win a game in Yankee Stadium.

[@ronpeacock9939]

I cannot fathom even to think about the history of that old stadium. It had outlived many built after her... As a yankee fan, I have to hate the Red Sox.. but there is one thing I have to salute them for... they love their old venue, Fenway Park... I'm told by friends of my family and others.. Yankee stadium lost much of it's charm in the monster renovation in the 70's... but unlike teams today.. where the Braves had to have a new stadium just 20 years later... They kept that old girl and fixed her up. She would have been torn down in the 70's with today's attitudes... Great video... though the Bronx Zoo was not the building.. it was the team and it's ownerships disfunctional ways that garnered that moniker..

[@GoDawgs18]

Turner Field was also very ugly, no character at all. As a young Braves fan I’m glad it got replaced

[@aztronomy7457]

As a diamondbacks fan the old Yankees stadium always reminds me of the legendary 2001 World Series.

[@RB01.10]

D-backs rightfully won that series, but it also officially planted the seeds for the end of the Yankees dynasty. The 2003 loss to the Marlins and the 2004 ALCS choke officially were the death knell for the team and their stadium in a way

[@SOswim1]

Great memories from watching the Yankees play inside that stadium! My father and his friends were part of the groups that tore it down, we have pieces of the walls, tiles from the lockerroom, the electrical plans, and even a chair that i sit in anytime i watch tv. I can tell you alot of tears were shed during demolition.

[@SFUFlash09]

Growing up, I was a big baseball fan and learned some of it's history as well. During the summer of 2008, I was going into my senior year of college, and my parents surprised me with tickets to see the Yankees play at Yankee Stadium. I remember going to that game and upon walking into the stadium all the names of the greats were popping into my head. The hair on the back of my neck was standing and I had chills all over my body. The game was amazing. A-Rod hit a homer, Giambi hit a grand slam, and another player hit a home run as well.

[@DJSpotG]

Were you a Yankees fan ? I’m from Charlotte NC and I plan on going at the end of September ... I imagine having that same feeling you had but idk lol since it’s the new stadium 🏟

[@edwardguillen4381]

@@DJSpotG the new stadium is cool but def not the same feeling as the old.

[@joeykurtz]

That 1958 NFL Championship game is widely regarded as the greatest game ever, btw. Happened right there at the old Yankee Stadium

[@penaltybox9097]

Its a damn shame they tore that place down ..

[@RB01.10]

It was obsolete, and they already renovated it once in which most felt it only made the place worse. The new one is much more modern and spacious, unlike the old one which was cramped. Not to mention at least they preserved the history to a degree, by converting the old location into baseball playing field(s) (Heritage Field) with mentions of the old stadium

[@DDeeeez]

I went to several games at the old stadium when I was a kid (25 now). Sucks that it’s a blur memory but I remember watching A-Rod hitting a walk off home run, Randy Johnson pitching and Mo walking out while Enter Sandman played. Glad to have been to the old Yankee stadium and I’m also glad to continue making memories at the new Yankee stadium 😢

[@andrewbell7579]

Thoroughly enjoyed that, a very well done video.

[@johnjones9901]

I am genuinely enjoying this video, great commentary, and I have to give you credit where it’s due, awesome storytelling, and I say enjoying it because I’m still in the middle of it but I wanted to comment and for sure leave a like incase I forget to because I’m anxiously waiting for the video to be over so I can check out your other content, super impressed seriously and I say anxiously regretfully because I almost don’t want this video to end because I’m really enjoying it that much lol, like legit haha, I keep rewinding it almost stalling so it doesn’t finish up lol, please keep up the amazing work, especially in a category with so much growth potential, I don’t even have to see any of your other content you’ve got a subscriber for sure 💪💪💪🙏🙏 thank you for this awesome video, I am learning a lot about my favorite baseball team and enjoying it very much along the way!!! Enough talking though I got to get back to the video lol jkjk, not really though lol 😊😊😊

[@mattyice2889]

i’ve made 4 yankee stadium trips. 2 to the old stadium and 2 to the new. i love yankee stadium as it is but it just doesn’t compare to the house that babe built and it never will. i was at the second to last game ever played in yankee stadium, the somber yet excited and always electric energy was almost chilling.

[@Jiltedin2007]

This is why you will never see Fenway Park torn down for as long as there is Major League Baseball!

[@daniellinehan63]

Came close 15 years ago

[@Jiltedin2007]

@@daniellinehan63 What happened 15 years ago?

[@willisapril]

@@daniellinehan63 it was 1999 they tried to build a new Fenway but they were unsuccessful. However we have nearby brand new Polar Park which is a lot cheaper and it actually a better experience than going to Fenway.

[@mattchewy7184]

Thank you for making this video. This was awesome, and well made. Awesome job! I was lucky enough to visit Yankee Stadium before it was torn down. As a young boy, I was in heaven, revisiting the urge to ditch the tour guide and run onto the field and step in the batters box, and stand on the mound.. memories I have to this day, I'm almost 30... On that note Let's go Yankees!

[@jefffuller9918]

The last game I saw at the old stadium before the big 73-76 refurbishment was special. It was old timers day and Mickey homered off Whitey Ford. The Yanks played the Oakland A's with Catfish, Reggie and Company. The biggest part was seeing the late Eleanor Gerhig and Claire Ruth.

[@chrisperry2754]

So the best part was seeing to ball players wives instead of Mickey Mantle? You ever tell your wife how gay you are?

[@brendas.1374]

As a Red Sox fan, I’m so glad Fenway Park is still around. It’s a historical landmark!

[@yankee3153]

We’ll just be glad because in 1999 they were looking to knock it down and move it

[@willisapril]

Whats nice is I've grown to love Polar Park more than Fenway as I love going to games there, so much cheaper and it is a much better experience and the best part is Fenway Park is still here!!!

[@alexkitner5356]

As someone from the northern half of NJ the Yankees and Mets were basically our home teams. Was always more of a Mets family but my grandfather was a devout Yankees fan and I saw many games in the original Yankee Stadium. Over time and after years of living in Massachusetts I developed a love for the Sox but there was some internal conflict- until they decided that Yankee Stadium was expendable. The fact they knocked down a stadium with such a rich history that was so inherently part of the sport was one of the last straws in my opinion of the team. It borders on the level of burning a flag or pissing on a grave in my opinion. There's a massive difference in my view of the old school Yanks from the historic times of Ruth and Murderers Row and even Martin and Mattingly, and the Joe Torre, Jeter loving A-ron years of now... Some places shouldn't have come down, Wrigley, Fenway, and Yankee Stadium should all have been on that list.

[@RB01.10]

Oh please, the old one was incredibly outdated and obsolete. Not to mention falling apart. Especially after that incident in 1998 which many felt paved the way for a new stadium. You can only renovate a place so much, and Steinbrenner wanted a new one since the 90’s.

[@alexkitner5356]

@@RB01.10 yet Wrigley Field and Fenway are still there... and Steinbrenner is an ass that cared more about ticket sales and seats.

[@strongereveryday2302]

I was at old Yankee stadium in 1995 and 1996 for Old Timers Day both times, Got to see Dimaggio, Mantle, Ford, Berra and all the rest. Yankees wins both times. When you went in there you truly felt the history like no other stadium I have been to before. It was a sad day to see it go but time stops for no one.

[@SupermanHopkins]

Seeing Yankee Stadium being systematically demolished hurt my soul.

[@jonathonpoloski917]

Its amazing how short of a time this part of the industrial revolution took off. From thoughts on 1900, to the almost maxed out capacity it held from the 50's. Only 50 years to make Yankee stadium something I even saw as a kid in the early 2,000's. Now I'm an o's fan but, being in construction, this is marvel of construction.

[@robgrova6250]

There was literally nothing like being in the Stadium during those late '90s years... especially in the playoffs, that building would literally shake. It was the best!

[@FunBoxBoards]

Incredible Video! Beautifully done 🙌🏼

[@briansmith9439]

The first time I remember being at the stadium was for Mickey Mantle Day 1967 and the last time I was there was in June 1994 when Yankee Stadium hosted the 15,000 competitors and SRO attendance numbers at the closing ceremonies of Gay Games IV with Sir Ian McKellen as host: "Remember no one wins on a march, no one tries to. We all march forward together."

[@rstefanie2622]

Attended Mickey Mantle Day as well. Your date is incorrect. Date was June 8 1969. There was a previous MM Day, but that was in 1965.

[@jone6258]

The present day version of Yankee Stadium is the 3rd version of Yankee stadium with similarities to the first. While attending a game this year i struck up a conversation with a security guard who went to first Yankee stadium and says Yankee stadium 2 was completely different than the first. you can find the "renovation" of Yankee stadium on KZbin and Im sure you'll agree it was torn down and replaced. the field is what held the magic. now kids play baseball on hollowed ground.. Pretty cool

[@georgedlugos2]

Despite what people say the new stadium is beautiful and it's appropriate there's a whole field where the old stadium was which was old decrepit and a dump! The new one is vastly superior

[@jone6258]

@@georgedlugos2 I agree it's beautiful I wouldn't call YS2 a dump It was charming. YS3 is awesome baseball only small not an overbuilt atrocity like citi field

[@pooky1959]

Hallowed*

[@jone6258]

@@pooky1959 correction hallowed

[@elbowdown1420]

New Yankee stadium upper deck is just proportionally off. The outfield bleacher area still looks like an afterthought

[@wadehinden5940]

Very nice the facts are well documented however the original Yankees stadium. Which was renovated in 1973? Had fiberglass bleacher seats no backs. Also the original seats were very uncomfortable wood paint blue. These seats were sold because they were stored in a warehouse. I think a Tabaco company Winston or Marlboro conducted the sale the fans did carry out there seats on the last game before the re construction the grass was also rolled up by fans and removed. People were leaving Yankees stadium with anything they could carry.

[@Rber43]

Great video. Really covered the history of this place thank you

[@littleblackduck3134]

The Yankees have a television network (YES) they produced a 3 part program about Yankee history. I think your production is just as good if not better.

[@DEADLIESTMAN1]

very well commentary and edited 💯

[@johnlloyd732]

Great video, thanks

[@boogitybear2283]

I attended a Yankees game in September 2005. I’m so glad I did. Little did I know it would be gone a few years later.

[@joshuacruz4244]

I'm from NYC and have passed and drove by yankee stadium 🏟 countless times over the years, the old and new stadium right off the major Deegan expressway it stands. When that new stadium was built just right across street the old stadium stood, and you could see it there, and it just stood lifeless, empty, dark and desolate, almost creepy. To think that so many championships was won there, and so many iconic moments in sports history was made there, and to see it abandoned by itself alone felt really weird.. #yankees #forever #America's #team #greatest #franchise #in #sports #history

[@travisrowe7697]

As a Sox fan, I’m so glad Fenway was preserved. As a baseball fan, i made the trip in 2008 to make sure I experienced one game in Yankee Stadium.

[@ericponce8740]

The 9th Avenue Elevated train (which was dismantled in 1958 after the NY Giants left for San Francisco) made travel accessible between Yankee Stadium and the Polo Grounds.

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

8:46 that's actually Babe Ruth's real bat. He famously used a heavy bat. 44 ounces. That's how he generated his power. It gives you great coverage over the strike zone.

[@sylvainbrousseau44]

Again a very good video. Thank you.

[@MythicMint]

You forget how the Yankees past is just endless legends sometimes.... From Ruth and Lou Gehrig to Yogi, Mantle all the way to Jeter. Just non stop legends and HOF'ers. Nothing but respect for the club.

[@turtle19dad]

I hate that he's gone, but to me the only one to do the voice for this video should've been the late, great Vin Scully. Great video. NY is still on the bucket list. Great video.

[@timotmon]

Great vid.. nice dig on the Sox at the end there. lol I've heard from several people that they feel the new stadium lacks soul but wonder if that'll change over time, with more titles and more legends playing there.

[@giancarlomegale8176]

Excellent video! Gave me goosebumps as a Yankees fan especially in the beginning

[@peatyboweaty]

Good documentary, but your facts were off by just a bit. The Yankees played in 1 World Series in the 1980's, but they did not win. They lost the '81 series to the Dodgers in 6 games. The Yanks were not offered a domed stadium in the 70's. If you have any credible sources for this, I'd like to see The retractable roof stadium, proposed by Giuliani, was planned to be built where the current Stadium sits. There were talks of moving to the west side of Manhattan, but those particular plans were not part of it. Rivera and Pettitte were not signed free agents, they came up through the farm system along with Jeter and Posada.

[@ralphgarcia913]

I think he made an error as the City of New Orleans tried recruiting the Yankees in 1971 and they would play in the New Orleans Superdome. That's probably what he meant.

[@MidnightTokenFloydChatAccount]

Also the "bobby Mercer scoring all 5 runs in the game of Manson's funeral" you ment drove in.... and saying ruth hit 3 home runs in the 1st game at yankee stadium

[@RB01.10]

The 1980 World Series was actually the Phillies defeating the Royals in six games

[@peatyboweaty]

@@RB01.10 That was supposed to say 1980's

[@ralphgarcia913]

There was a rumor in 1971 that the city of New Orleans was interested in buying the Yankees despite the Yankees drawing a million fans every year.

[@sakenu16]

It is Ed Koch (like Kotch not coke) lol. One of the time I attended a Yankee game it was in late 80’s and they were terrible along with the South Bronx. It was only fitting that the night I went, was Mug Night at Yankee Stadium an appropriate name for the location at the time.

[@bobbykokis4933]

Just a correction: The Yankees didn't run the Dodgers out of NY. The Dodgers left because they didn't get the new stadium they wanted in the area they wanted. Meanwhile LA wooed the Dodgers. The Giants left with them because the Dodgers needed another team to go to the West Coast with them. There were other teams in the running, but the Dodgers owner convinced the Giants owner to do it.

[@bobbykokis4933]

Just to add to this, imagine if the real Yankee Stadium and Ebbets Field were saved (with the Dodgers staying in Brooklyn). They'd be even more revered than Fenway and Wrigley. The Giants likely stay too and end up taking the new stadium in Flushing Meadows that went to the Mets (this is what NYC wanted to give the Dodgers). What an alternative timeline.

[@formerlyknownashammerofthegods]

The city wanted the Dodgers to use the area that would become Shea Stadium.

[@imnotcreativeenoughforagoo731]

It's really tragic that all that history basically thrown in the trash but sometimes it's good to just say goodbye you can't hold onto the same thing forever.

[@frederickgriffith7004]

My very first memory of the original Yankee Stadium was in 1960 as a four year old. I was riding on the subway on the uptown number 4 train with my older brother and mother. The train had just left the 149 st grand concourse and was about to go out of the tunnel out to the elevated portion of the 4 line.It was in the evening so immediately the Stadium lights caught my eye. I could see the crowds of people who were in the upper deck. So apparently a live game was being played. I got up and ran to look out the train car doors. My older brother hoisted me up so I could get a better view before the train pulled into the 161st station. Man I was so excited. I begged my parents after that to take me to that Stadium. As a backdrop my Parents were Dodgers and Giants fans even though we lived in the Bronx. So were both sets of grandparents. They never forgave the Yankees for waiting until 1955 to integrate the ball club with the great Elston Howard. But they had the honor to see the Yankee legends of the late 1940s to the mid 1950s play at Ebbetts field against the Brooklyn Dodgers during many World Series they played against one another. My father did get to see both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig play at the old Comiskey Park in Chicago as a boy.He was on a family visit with his parents to visit my father's relatives. I finally got my wish to see the Yankees with my Papa,Paternal Granddad and Paternal great granddad in 1963.For these three men they felt it was an honor to see DIMAGGIO pre 1951, MANTLE,MARIS,BERRA ,FORD and the rest of these Yankees play. My father felt that my older brother and younger sister should also have the honor. They still didn't care too much for the Yankee ownership though. But they didn't think it was fair for us three kids not to have these special memories. I remember the green seats. The green grass and the smell of it. I thought I was in a canyon because the noises seemed to echo.It was really big. The short Right field porch. The huge left center and right center. The flagpole and the monuments on the field. And the comment great granddad made about Mantle."See that fella there. He playing on one leg.But he still giving his all.In the field and at the plate.Now that's a ballplayer. Because he loves the game."

[@daggermario1995]

"The Boston Red Sox have a lot more losses to look forward to " That was great !!! Laughed heavily on that 😂😂🤣

[@debbstraw579]

Baffles me everyday that they tore down a stadium completely with history like this. Ive never been a Yankees fan but as a Baseball fan makes me sick. Glad Fenway and Wrigley rebuilt there stadiums to its former glory.

[@Eddie-zk2qi]

They tore down a 32 year old ballpark, get over it.

[@averymatthews7694]

Brilliant video!

[@jayflow7022]

I wish I got to attend the first stadium but I never did, I am a Mets fan but I’m still shocked that they knocked it down so much history would’ve been an amazing museum

[@nickyl9040]

LaBreece TV is guilty of not doing their homework The New York Yankees played their home games in Shea Stadium during the 1974 and 1975 seasons while Yankee Stadium was being renovated. The renovated ballpark that the Yankees played the '76 season in was so fundamentally different from the House that Ruth built that many Yankee fans regarded Yankee Stadium 2 as a new ballpark

[@droningharry]

What a history and ending with the best burn ever! I truly enjoyed the video.

[@raymondortiz1113]

So many memories that the old Yankee stadium gave me through out the years, so many great players from mantle to Derrick Jeter, tes i will never forget.

[@MrCtsSteve]

Yep ..felt the same way about Tiger Stadium. Should've revamped it . Hell the palace of auburn hills is gone too

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

I grew up in NYC. My family had jobs at the Stadiums. It was common to work Shea stadium, Yankee stadium, and Madison square garden. I think they were kind of like in a union or something. Either way I was born late and I didn't get all of the privileges that my uncles and aunts did. However we still had some connections and I did get to go to quite a few games at Shea stadium because we lived in flushing and I got to go to a couple games at the original Yankee stadium. Once in the 1990s to see Danny Tartabull and my favorite Don Mattingly play. Another time in August of 2002 to watch Toronto face the Yankees. Giambi & Rondell White hit home runs. Mussina pitched. I remember that game much better. I never thought they would tear down the old stadium, and as far as I am concerned the Boston Red Sox reversed the curse on us, because we tore that building down. Winning a title that first year was basically a function of the fab five bringing their ghosts over. They left with them & Steinbrenner. The curse of Cashman reigns now.

[@arturogranados1133]

Thank you so much for this.

[@jmartinez9332]

It's amazing you didn't mention in 74-75 Yankees played at Shea Stadium while Stadium was rebuilt. The rebuilt was hideous because they took a beautiful but rundown stadium and created a sterile generic looking stadium that packed personality. Although I'm a Mets fan I appreciated the history of the team and stadium.

[@petegobeckli1386]

J Martinez. Good 📞 call! The REAL! YANKEE STADIUM was razed. Gone were the posts that supported the place. &... those beautiful FACADES with the FRIEZES! that adorned the place. It was uh CATHEDRAL! Stenbrenner purchases the YANKEES & the stadium renovation made people FURIOUS! I'm from CHICAGO & we were like: WTF! The NEW! stadium looked like some suburban outfit PLOPPED! down in the BRONX!

[@elbowdown1420]

You meant "Lacked"?

[@vedere2]

An additional minor correction: after the mid-70’s renovation, left-center field was 430 feet, not 417 feet. That dimension was indeed reduced to 417 feet years later.

[@thomas-wj9kt]

Center field was 417,after the renovation.

[@marioq8395]

Really good watch. You should do one on Candlestick park in San Francisco. Lots of great history including the world series earthquake.

[@Kurtb31]

How do you not know what happened.. it’s now a park across from new stadium

[@JumboFPS]

Molina hit the last home run there. Pretty cool to fulfill Ruth’s quote after he hit the first one. How cool is that! - from a rays fan :)

[@YOUNGPADAWON]

Still breaks my heart this stadium is Gone…I was lucky enough to be there a good amount of my childhood & I’m proud to say I was there on its last opening day In 08 & in 09 I was there again at the first game of the new one …watched us lose to the Indians that day still two of my most cherished games as a yankee fan

[@humbertocellig]

well done mate! best video about The Yankee Stadium. 👏

[@djs82a29]

The next Yankee Stadium will probably be built where the old one was. It would make sense logistically to do so, and would be awesome.

[@mattyice2889]

6:10 i’m currently wearing my yanks 2000 ws hat, i love that subway series patch

[@leeannfrohn88]

The only baseball game I ever attended was back in Summer 2008 at the original Yankee Stadium! We drove from Mass to see the Yankees vs. The Red Sox, What a great memory! I was so hungover, with no ac stuck in traffic for like forever trying to get back home. Lol.

[@glassfotografia]

15:54 time stamp. The sign 🪧 Yankees Comeback wasn’t referring to the NY Yankees it was referring to the US military intervention in the Dominican Republic in 1965. The sign was a way to express discontent with the American troops in Dominican soil. In Latin American the term Yankee is usually use to refer to Americans and more directly to American soldiers.

[@philipcaseyacalloway204]

Bro you must've watched a lot of Modern Marvels growing up too. Good work, and thank you for giving me ammo for all the damn Yankees fans I know 😂😂

[@benstephenson8993]

It was a travesty to lose Yankee Stadium. Steinbrenner’s dying greedy wish fulfilled. The new stadium was not done right. Cheap looking freeze, the field level luxury “moat,” the levels pushed so far back from the field instead of stacked like at the old stadium. Yankees lost their identity in so many ways.

[@TheImperialShredder]

My family had seasons seats. It felt so empty not to go back where we shared our family memories.

[@MikeCee7]

at 19:25, I thought that the Giants, Jets, Yankees, and Mets all played at Shea Stadium for two years. (& they Shea stadium was the only venue to host 4 different teams) - I was young then in the Mid 70a, but I don’t recall the Giants playing two hours away at Yale, in New Haven, CT for two years. - There were closer college stadiums to NYC that could of played in.

[@llTOONZll]

I kinda understand why they tore it down . Inside the stadium , there were a lot of tight spaces within it so you could imagine how crowded it was during a playoff game

[@axlsg6511]

The New Yankee stadium is great but the old one is the best.... The cubs and red Sox have the 2oat iconic ball parks in the league now.

[@petegregory517]

I had no idea they tore it down. Haven’t paid attention to mlb for years but had no idea it’s been reaaaaal long time.

[@TheOldTapeArchive]

The tasteless 1970's renovations gutted the old park, but the bones were still in place. With proper planning to find a temporary home site, the stadium could have been renovated to bring it back to its pre-1974 dimensions, including the frieze. The current stadium is more of a mallpark than a ballpark, with the soul of the old place removed. The owners wanted a place where the field level seats were pricey and separated (thus they're so often empty, though the poor optics of that are lost on the team owners, as those empty seats are paid for). They wanted a place where they can serve $100 entree's in a centerfield steakhouse. To be honest, too many fans want an "upscale" experience, as if at a theme park, as opposed to an historically genuine one. Also, in an age of $300M contracts, ticket prices would probably be just as high if the old place were still around. But it would have been worth it to watch a game on hallowed baseball grounds. The current place...not so much.

[@ShortRound42]

But that's the same philosophy the Yankee owners had in the 20s when they constructed that first magnificent stadium. They wanted to make more money. So they put in more seats, better lighting, first electronic scoreboard in the nation, etc. Paying for the best players (ie: Ruth) They made it state of the art at that time to make money. So this current stadium did the same. When it was built it made the luxery boxes, more food choices, shops, a museum inside, etc...to make more money. It's the name of the game no matter the era. They all started teams way back in the 1800s....wait for it...to make money.