Arrive Magazine - March/April, 2009

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behind home plate to right field. A video screen looms high over the hall’s wide concourse, which leads to concession stands, restaurants, a Yankees museum and nearly 12,000 square feet of retail shops, including an art gallery and memorabilia store. It’s a setting that might make you think you’ve wandered into an upscale shopping mall.

The bleacher area in center field, a virtual dead spot in the old stadium, brims with activity. Fabled Monument Park, a fan-favorite collection of bronze plaques memorializing Yankee greats, now stands just beyond the center field fence. A sports bar overlooks Monument Park, and an outdoor food court overlooks the sports bar. Among other dining options are the Yankee Steakhouse and Grill Room and a Hard Rock Café, both of which will remain open year-round. Looming over the center field bleachers, the new stadium’s high-definition main scoreboard measures 59 feet high and 101 feet wide, more than twice as large as the one it replaced.

As at Citi Field, seating at Yankee
Stadium brings fans closer to the action,

with wider seats that are turned toward
the infield. The backstop is just 52 feet be-
hind home plate, 18 feet closer than at the
old stadium. The effect

is dramatic: Not even the pitcher, standing 60 feet 6 inches away atop the mound, will be as close to the batter as the Legends Suite ticket holders seated in the first few rows behind home plate.

Like the Mets, the Yankees are hoping that their inaugural season in their new home sees them back in the playoff hunt after a disappointing finish in 2008. Which brings us to the question on the minds of all New York baseball fans hese days: Do the new stadiums come with improved pitching?

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