On Tuesday, July 15th, the New York Yankees host the 2008 MLB All-Star game at Yankee Stadium. The “All-Star Summer 2008″ festivities are sure to be a platform for much media attention about the Yankees move to their new ballpark, The New Yankee Stadium, next year. The new stadium will sit next to the location of the old Yankee Stadium. Yankee president Randy Levine promises the new venue to be a “the most spectacular fan-friendly stadium ever built.”
Spectacular? Of course. Fan-friendly? Maybe from an architectural standpoint. Surely the new Bronx ballpark will remain hostile to Red Sox fans or any out-of-town fans donning the attire of visiting teams. But more importantly: Will it be real? Or will it be fake?
Is the expense, and the extravagance, of the new stadium true to the recent Yankee history of always buying the best that money can buy? Or is it an untrue-to-self departure from the team’s rich history in “The House that Ruth Built”, the facility in which the Yankees have played since 1923, and where the team has won 39 American League pennants and 23 World Series championships.
And will it really be what the Yankees say it will be, The New Yankee Stadium? Or will it be, instead, The New “Yankee Stadium”?
Real-real, Real-fake, Fake-real, or Fake-fake? You decide.
Some links to visit before you vote:
– The official site: The New Yankee Stadium
– ESPN on The New Yankee Stadium
– New York Post on Hard Rock Cafe at The New Yankee Stadium
– One blogger’s take on the Hard Rock at the new park
And search “fan friendly Yankee Stadium” on YouTube for some interesting results.
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