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Yankee Stadium Classic Tour

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Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
Yankee Stadium Classic Tour
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Sunday10am - 12:40pm
Monday10am - 12:40pm
Tuesday10am - 12:40pm
Wednesday10am - 12:40pm
Thursday10am - 12:40pm
Friday10am - 12:40pm
Saturday10am - 12:40pm


Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in the Bronx, a borough of New York City. It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees, one of the city's Major League Baseball franchises, from 1923 to 1973 and then from 1976 to 2008. The stadium hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the former home of the New York Giants football team from 1956 through the first part of the 1973–74 football season. The stadium's nickname, The House That Ruth Built, is derived from Babe Ruth, the baseball superstar whose prime years coincided with the stadium's opening and the beginning of the Yankees' winning history. It has also been known as The Big Ballpark in The Bronx, The Stadium, and The Cathedral of Baseball. The stadium was built from 1922 to 1923 for $2.4 million . The stadium's construction was paid for entirely by Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert, who was eager to have his own stadium after sharing the Polo Grounds with the New York Giants baseball team the previous 10 years. Yankee Stadium opened for the 1923 MLB season and at the time, it was hailed as a one-of-a-kind facility in the country for its size. Over the course of its history, it became one of the most famous venues in the United States, having hosted a variety of events and historic moments during its existence. While many of these moments were baseball-related—including World Series games, no-hitters, perfect games and historic home runs—the stadium also hosted boxing matches, the 1958 NFL Championship Game, concerts, Jehovah's Witnesses conventions and three Papal Masses. The stadium went through many alterations and playing surface configurations over the years. The condition of the facility worsened in the 1960s and 1970s, prompting its closing for renovation from 1974 to 1975. The renovation significantly altered the appearance of the venue and reduced the distance of the outfield fences. In 2006, the Yankees began building a new $2.3 billion stadium in public parkland adjacent to the stadium. The price included $1.2 billion in public subsidies. The design includes a replica of the frieze along the roof that was in Yankee Stadium. Monument Park, a Hall of Fame for prominent former Yankees, was relocated to the new stadium. Yankee Stadium closed following the 2008 baseball season and the new stadium opened in 2009, adopting the Yankee Stadium moniker. The original Yankee Stadium was demolished in 2010, two years after it closed, and the 8-acre site was converted into a park called Heritage Field.
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