Comments on: Old Stadium sticking around until ’10 http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/old-stadium-sticking-around-until-10-7270/ A New York Yankees Blog Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:49:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/old-stadium-sticking-around-until-10-7270/#comment-286521 Andrew Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:59:18 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=7270#comment-286521 Only the great Yankees can have two ballparks. Only the great Yankees can have two ballparks.

]]> By: A Hind http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/old-stadium-sticking-around-until-10-7270/#comment-267317 A Hind Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:20:01 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=7270#comment-267317 there would be a neighborhood without the Yankees there, just like there are neighborhoods all over NYC with out sports teams all around them, and even though the yankees and there millions sits in the middle of the neighborhood the wealth of the team is doing nothing to help the lives of the poor people working in that neighborhood. just think about how you would feel if next to your house they tore down a park were you played all your life and gave you nothing to play in, even if your favorite team moved into the neighborhood, not to mention that you cant afford the tickets for a game. there would be a neighborhood without the Yankees there, just like there are neighborhoods all over NYC with out sports teams all around them, and even though the yankees and there millions sits in the middle of the neighborhood the wealth of the team is doing nothing to help the lives of the poor people working in that neighborhood. just think about how you would feel if next to your house they tore down a park were you played all your life and gave you nothing to play in, even if your favorite team moved into the neighborhood, not to mention that you cant afford the tickets for a game.

]]> By: Derek http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/old-stadium-sticking-around-until-10-7270/#comment-267218 Derek Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:33:42 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=7270#comment-267218 The thought of tearing the most hallowed sports stadium in the world down, to say nothing of the environmental concerns of tearing down a stadium so close to the new stadium and occupied housing. Can you imagine the dust, debris and subsequent respiratory illnesses they will bring, to say nothing of the subsequent lawsuits? I always felt sufficient money could be raised giving tours of the stadium to buy land to replace what was lost. How many people took the tours last year? It was a huge #. There has to be a way of salvaging the stadium while using the land inside it for little league/high school games. You mean to say there aren't architects who could figure something out to satisfy everyone? They're talking about 3 ball fields in the proposed park. The easy thing to do would be to simply level the stadium, but future generations will have no chance to see it. I fear we're being shortsighted here. The stadium belongs to sports fans everywhere and in every era that comes after us. The thought of tearing the most hallowed sports stadium in the world down, to say nothing of the environmental concerns of tearing down a stadium so close to the new stadium and occupied housing. Can you imagine the dust, debris and subsequent respiratory illnesses they will bring, to say nothing of the subsequent lawsuits? I always felt sufficient money could be raised giving tours of the stadium to buy land to replace what was lost. How many people took the tours last year? It was a huge #. There has to be a way of salvaging the stadium while using the land inside it for little league/high school games. You mean to say there aren’t architects who could figure something out to satisfy everyone? They’re talking about 3 ball fields in the proposed park. The easy thing to do would be to simply level the stadium, but future generations will have no chance to see it. I fear we’re being shortsighted here. The stadium belongs to sports fans everywhere and in every era that comes after us.

]]> By: Ross (NewStadiumInsider.com) http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/old-stadium-sticking-around-until-10-7270/#comment-266817 Ross (NewStadiumInsider.com) Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:17:42 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=7270#comment-266817 I have strong feelings about this since I played high school sports on those fields.. http://newstadiuminsider.blogspot.com/2009/01/tear-old-dump-down-its-for-kids.html I have strong feelings about this since I played high school sports on those fields..

http://newstadiuminsider.blogs.....-kids.html

]]> By: D.B.H.O.F. p.k.a Don Corleone http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/old-stadium-sticking-around-until-10-7270/#comment-266816 D.B.H.O.F. p.k.a Don Corleone Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:15:40 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=7270#comment-266816 “That’s going take at least two years because the city’s priority is the Yankees, not the neighborhood,” Joyce Hogi, a member of the Community Board 4 parks committee, said to Araton. Joyce Hogi grow up. Without the Yankees there is NO neighborhood. You see any other BILLION dollar businesses flocking to the Boogie Down BX? I have spent much of my working like in the Bronx on and off and without the Yankees being there it would be much worse off than it is. I use to get mad when George would threaten to move to Jersey or Manhattan some years back but whenever I see stuff like this I really do not see why he did not. If I looked at the Yankees as just a business and not the team and tradition I root for I would have moved them somewhere in North Jersey and made a MINT. The Yanks really could have moved to Jersey and done better $ wise, and did not so I really cringe when I hear this sort of bunk. “That’s going take at least two years because the city’s priority is the Yankees, not the neighborhood,” Joyce Hogi, a member of the Community Board 4 parks committee, said to Araton.

Joyce Hogi grow up. Without the Yankees there is NO neighborhood. You see any other BILLION dollar businesses flocking to the Boogie Down BX? I have spent much of my working like in the Bronx on and off and without the Yankees being there it would be much worse off than it is.

I use to get mad when George would threaten to move to Jersey or Manhattan some years back but whenever I see stuff like this I really do not see why he did not. If I looked at the Yankees as just a business and not the team and tradition I root for I would have moved them somewhere in North Jersey and made a MINT.

The Yanks really could have moved to Jersey and done better $ wise, and did not so I really cringe when I hear this sort of bunk.

]]> By: 27 this year http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/old-stadium-sticking-around-until-10-7270/#comment-266723 27 this year Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:12:17 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=7270#comment-266723 Yea, I know, I was just curious. Yea, I know, I was just curious.

]]> By: Mike A. http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/old-stadium-sticking-around-until-10-7270/#comment-266719 Mike A. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:53:40 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=7270#comment-266719 Sometimes. That was a quote from the article though, not something Ben wrote. Sometimes. That was a quote from the article though, not something Ben wrote.

]]> By: dan http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/old-stadium-sticking-around-until-10-7270/#comment-266713 dan Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:47:24 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=7270#comment-266713 good point. good point.

]]> By: 27 this year http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/old-stadium-sticking-around-until-10-7270/#comment-266711 27 this year Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:42:30 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=7270#comment-266711 Do you guys talk to each other before you make a post? Do you guys talk to each other before you make a post?

]]> By: Mike A. http://riveraveblues.com/2009/01/old-stadium-sticking-around-until-10-7270/#comment-266710 Mike A. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:40:31 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=7270#comment-266710 http://tinyurl.com/d7jyjt Yeah, you can't do that in the South Bronx. http://tinyurl.com/d7jyjt

Yeah, you can’t do that in the South Bronx.

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