NFT: Went to Yankee Stadium for the First Time Last Night

a Lobel's steak sandwich, then you did it wrong.

In comment 13562129 YAJ2112 said:

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a Lobel's steak sandwich, then you did it wrong.

I always go there all high and end up getting brother jimmys bbq slider bucket with fries and a cola for $20. Best deal in the stadium imo.

Lobel's is fantastic though. Just always a line and brother Jimmie is good to me

In comment 13562134 DennyInDenville said:

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In comment 13562129 YAJ2112 said: Quote: a Lobel's steak sandwich, then you did it wrong. I always go there all high and end up getting brother jimmys bbq slider bucket with fries and a cola for $20. Best deal in the stadium imo. Lobel's is fantastic though. Just always a line and brother Jimmie is good to me

You smoke weed? No way, bro!

and it so fucking corporate. It's really sickening. It didn't seem right when I was there.

Before corporate boxes and capacity was like 84,000.

Yankees stadium is full of World Series banners/ trophies and too many hall of fame monuments. Citi field doesn't have that problem.

In comment 13562167 superspynyg said:

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Yankees stadium is full of World Series banners/ trophies and too many hall of fame monuments. Citi field doesn't have that problem.

In comment 13562167 superspynyg said:

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Yankees stadium is full of World Series banners/ trophies and too many hall of fame monuments. Citi field doesn't have that problem.

That's a little harsh hehe

In comment 13562182 dune69 said:

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In comment 13562167 superspynyg said: Quote: Yankees stadium is full of World Series banners/ trophies and too many hall of fame monuments. Citi field doesn't have that problem. That's a little harsh hehe

All in good fun.

I went to the new Yankee Stadium, I was impressed by its grandeur and magnitude. But then it was quiet and overly corporate.

On a nice afternoon, I would much rather see a game at Citi Field over Yankee Stadium. Citi Field is a ballpark. There's more open air, it feels more like being outside, and it was just a far more pleasant experience for watching the game.

And how did it compare to when the Yankees are at Citi field?

I loved MLB and was a huge Mets fan. However, I took some summer event bus trip to Yankee Stadium...in 1973. It was the last year of the original ball park.

Glad I went.

In comment 13562218 Rover said:

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And how did it compare to when the Yankees are at Citi field?

LOL

Now that I've seen both sides, last night was probably 80 percent Yankees and 20 percent Mets fans. At Citi field, it's usually more like 60 percent Mets and 40 percent Yankees.

In comment 13562153 BigBlueDownTheShore said:

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and it so fucking corporate. It's really sickening. It didn't seem right when I was there.

I went there for the first time last month and it was like sitting in a mass of billboards

In comment 13562277 Larry in Pencilvania said:

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In comment 13562153 BigBlueDownTheShore said: Quote: and it so fucking corporate. It's really sickening. It didn't seem right when I was there. I went there for the first time last month and it was like sitting in a mass of billboards

...and Citi is literally one giant billboard for the bank.

As for the OP - i think Yankee Stadium is much brighter than Citi. Weird observation. Citi is all dark green and black. Yankee is white and grey/concrete.

Also - much less corporate this year. The new bars/hangout areas have made it so much younger and more lively.

I loved the feel and history of the old stadium, hard to duplicate that anywhere else no matter how old it got, similar to old Giants Stadium.

The new Yankee Stadium was nice but felt too corporate and bland. Just generic gray color everywhere among all the billboards, wish they would have had more colors or pin stripes patterns to break up that gray scale color tone they went for.

Although awesome job on the Monuments Park and museum (loved seeing all the historic championships lined up together by year), great way to showcase their and baseball's vast history.

It's a very nice ballpark and in line with what I'm sure the Yankees ownership wanted with all the corporate luxury boxes and club seats. Although tough to compare that with Citi Field. For all the warts the Wilpon's have as the Mets owners, they really did an amazing job with creating an Ebbet's Field like exterior. Smart choice to make all the seats in the park green (nod to the Polo Grounds). Plus nice touches with the Jackie Robinson Rotunda.

In comment 13562297 Justlurking said:

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In comment 13562277 Larry in Pencilvania said: Quote: In comment 13562153 BigBlueDownTheShore said: Quote: and it so fucking corporate. It's really sickening. It didn't seem right when I was there. I went there for the first time last month and it was like sitting in a mass of billboards ...and Citi is literally one giant billboard for the bank. As for the OP - i think Yankee Stadium is much brighter than Citi. Weird observation. Citi is all dark green and black. Yankee is white and grey/concrete. Also - much less corporate this year. The new bars/hangout areas have made it so much younger and more lively.

Citi is not all dark green and black anymore. It sounds like you haven't been there in 5-6 years. It's much more vibrant now than it was when it opened.

Been there tons of times and it's beautiful inside and out. Monument Park is awesome. Lit up beautifully at night. A ton of great food options. Prices have gotten better. Zero complaints.

Two different approaches to a baseball stadium.

I actually haven't been to YS2 yet. Would like to check it out one of these days. I went to the old one a bunch of times - great park.

There are so many beautiful parks around the league now. There are so many I want to visit.

Yankee stadium>Citi
Yankees>>Mets
Yankee fans>>Mets fans
Judge>>Conforto
Didi>>Rosario
Mets fans on bbi are cry babies
This is now once again a Yankees town after being a Mets town for 2 hours
Enough of ALL RISE!...Enough of Gary Sanchize!..Enough of feeling like second class citizens. THIS IS OUR CITY TONIGHT!! LETSSSS GOOOO!!!!

In comment 13562338 Keith said:

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Yankee stadium>Citi Yankees>>Mets Yankee fans>>Mets fans Judge>>Conforto Didi>>Rosario Mets fans on bbi are cry babies This is now once again a Yankees town after being a Mets town for 2 hours Enough of ALL RISE!...Enough of Gary Sanchize!..Enough of feeling like second class citizens. THIS IS OUR CITY TONIGHT!! LETSSSS GOOOO!!!!

TRIGGERED!!!!!!

In comment 13562332 arcarsenal said:

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I actually haven't been to YS2 yet. Would like to check it out one of these days. I went to the old one a bunch of times - great park. There are so many beautiful parks around the league now. There are so many I want to visit.

I feel like so many of the parks are cookie-cutter. Is there really that much of a difference between what's in Philly, Washington DC or Cleveland? One of the best things about Yankee Stadium and Citifield is that they aren't ripoffs of Camden Yards. For me, it might be more interesting to see unloved newer ones like what the Marlins have...or some of the older ones like the Skydome or where the A's play. Obviously visits to spots like Fenway, Wrigley are musts for baseball fans.

In comment 13562167 superspynyg said:

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Yankees stadium is full of World Series banners/ trophies and too many hall of fame monuments. Citi field doesn't have that problem.

That's because the Yankees retire the number of every player that ever gave a handjob to a Steinbrenner

Like every other person, I prefer the old stadium. I do think the new stadium does a good job of evoking the "feel" of the old stadium in terms of how the field looks, but obviously not in terms of the overhanging upper decks.

I prefer Citi as a field, but I'm just thankful new Yankee Stadium did not turn out like Met Life.

In comment 13562342 Enzo said:

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In comment 13562332 arcarsenal said: Quote: I actually haven't been to YS2 yet. Would like to check it out one of these days. I went to the old one a bunch of times - great park. There are so many beautiful parks around the league now. There are so many I want to visit. I feel like so many of the parks are cookie-cutter. Is there really that much of a difference between what's in Philly, Washington DC or Cleveland? One of the best things about Yankee Stadium and Citifield is that they aren't ripoffs of Camden Yards. For me, it might be more interesting to see unloved newer ones like what the Marlins have...or some of the older ones like the Skydome or where the A's play. Obviously visits to spots like Fenway, Wrigley are musts for baseball fans.

Yeah, I get it - I haven't been to any of the new parks besides Citi Field, so I don't know how cookie-cutter they are or aren't - but I've heard a lot of them are really nice.

Obviously Wrigley and Fenway are awesome for historic reasons but probably much less comfortable to kick back and watch a game at.

I hate the way the Marlins park looks on TV - the whole aquatic/neon theme is hideous, IMO. It's probably not terrible in person, though.

I'd love to go to Coors or SafeCo. People rave about PNC, too.

I think we can all agree that MetLife fucking sucks.

so didn;t think it'd be fair to say anything; positive or negative. But it seemingly gets great reviews, so I'll go with that.

Metlife was destined to suck as soon as the Jets became equal partners with the Giants. Would've been great if they got the stadium on the westide of Manhattan or near Citi-Field which was reported as a possibility, but Woody refused. Ugh.

new YS is growing on me, though it lacks the charm and the impact of history the last version of the old stadium had.

Went a few weeks ago and it seemed many fewer beer and food choices versus my last visit two years prior.

In comment 13562153 BigBlueDownTheShore said:

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and it so fucking corporate. It's really sickening. It didn't seem right when I was there.

That's how I feel. The new Stadium lacks all the charm of the old one. Now, it just seems cold and sterile.

with the roof open in May a few years ago (maybe 2009 or 2010). the locals said it was rare for an open roof game in May, but it was a beautiful night.

best stadium I've been to easily for pure stadium experience.

Cheap (walked up got tickets for $35 a handful of rows behind the dugout), the scenery is incredible, and saw Ken Griffey Jr pinch hit in one of his final games, not a ballpark food eater, but the beer selection was very nice and affordable.

Fenway is still the best park for total experience (outside the game) the park is a shit hole, the seats are tiny, and there are awful sight lines, but outside the stadium is so much fun and activity.

Wrigley is close.

Camden Yards has some nice bars close by (Pickels pub? Sliders?) I lived in NoVa for a few years and frequented Camden.

I agree with most of the comments on the New Yankee Stadium and Citi field. I've only been to citi field once so far and I think I like it so much because Shea was a cookie cutter dump.

And although the new Yankee stadium might seem corporate, there was not a lot of post-game options at the old Yankee Stadium other than Stan's and the bowling alley.

My first game ever was the old Yankee Stadium, my father (as Ive mentioned a diehard Yankees fan) picked me up one random week day afternoon and said get your glove we're going to see the Yankees and he drove to the stadium from New Haven. They played the California Angels and Reggie Jackson hit a triple. He was my favorite player at the time (wssn't he everyones?), so I had a little bit of nostalgia for old Yankee stadium I never had for Shea even as a Mets fan.

The best part of Shea was during my 20's a buddy of mine worked at a hedge fund and would get us access to the diamond club and seats with the players families. I sat in front of Carlos Beltran's family one game and next to Cliff Floyd's father and son at another game. He doesn't have that same connection at Citi Field.

I noticed how small the passageways were for people of today's size (yes, I think people are bigger today than in 1925) in the numbers trying to get through them. Just seemed like replacement was needed for safety reasons if nothing else. The new YS is OK - I don't have strong feelings about it one way or the other.

I've only been to Citi for soccer and it seems nice enough.

Back in the day, besides the old YS and Shea, got to the Polo Grounds (to see the Mets), the old Connie Mack stadium in Philly, Wrigley and Fenway before their modifications. Haven't really kept up with new stadiums outside of NYC much.

... but I have been to the new Busch Stadium in St Louis - one of the Shofner kids married a woman whose dad is a rabid Cardinals fan (if there's any other kind). Cardinals games at Busch are quite a scene. Gotta say that those are some serious fans out there.

In comment 13562347 jlukes said:

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In comment 13562167 superspynyg said: Quote: Yankees stadium is full of World Series banners/ trophies and too many hall of fame monuments. Citi field doesn't have that problem. That's because the Yankees retire the number of every player that ever gave a handjob to a Steinbrenner

yea ok

In comment 13562360 arcarsenal said:

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I think we can all agree that MetLife fucking sucks.

The fucking worst. Tropicana Field is better.

and I came back with mixed feelings. I remember the first time I stepped into an aisle and saw the field for the very first time in the old stadium and it took my breath away and is permanently embedded in my brain for recall. It was a night game with the Red Sox and Guidry was on the mound going up against Eckersly, the year Guidry was 24-3. Unfortunately, the game was one of Gator's three losses that year. Yaz took him deep twice and the atmosphere was overwhelming. I will never forget the feeling seeing that field for the first time. I didn't get it this time. Of course, I went to a lot of games in the old stadium and got used to the pristine field, but man - that first time was simply overwhelming to this farm boy who listened to Yankee games on a cheap transistor radio every game for nearly 20 years and had only seen pictures of Yankee Stadium.

There are a few things I really like about the new stadium. For instance, if you buy something to eat, you can sit at the field level where there are seats with side tables for your food as you eat. That was nice. Secondly, the bathrooms are exponentially better than the old stadium. Monument park is nicer, although I didn't go down because the waiting line was insane. The hallways and food stands are far superior to the old stadium. I was surprised that I did not hear the old "GET YOUR HOT DOGS HEERAH - HOT DOGS HEEEER" and "COLD BEER HEEEERAH, COLD BEER" and there were no rude ushers. Makes me wonder if it was a conscious decision to get rid of it. Very surprising. I expected a bit of a change at the 7th inning stretch, but it was the same only with better audio. I was surprised that the field crew still do the YMCA dance after all these years.

I have mixed feelings about the techno-audio/visual stuff that kind of overwhelms the actual game. Reminded me of part rock concert, part ball game.

I took my 16 year old grandson with me for his first ever Yankee game and he was blown away and said it was the best time he ever had in his life. And ultimately, it was a choice to have a bonding moment with him while I'm still alive and he's young enough to appreciate hanging out with his grandfather. Apart from Chapman blowing the lead, it was a great game.

I showed this picture of my grandson and me in the Sunday game thread, but I'll repost it. It was a great, great time

excellent, grandpa!

Just a beautiful park. The view of the city and the bridges is the cherry on top.

In comment 13562899 Greg from LI said:

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Just a beautiful park. The view of the city and the bridges is the cherry on top.

Holy ****.
1) You and I agree
2) You actually have been to Pittsburgh?
3) You actually LIKE something about Pit?

But to me, it doesn't look that great.
It seems very dark, like a dome.
Looks like it is too 'depressed' in the ground.

I think NYS looks beautiful, but to me, it's more of a mix between a mall and monument, upper deck is too far removed, and the caste system stinks.

PNC is the best, every ballpark needs to be a ballpark. PNC feels like a park in the city.

I'm mixed on the new Yankee Stadium. Obviously the old one had great memories and awesome times. The new one is ascetically nicer. Nobody would argue the insides/concourses though. Lets be real the old Yankee stadium concourses were an absolute dump with no room. The new ones are so much nicer, much easier to get around the new stadium. I kind of think its cool that for my kids this will be the place that will have their great memories hopefully in the years to come.

The best stadium I have ever been to hands down is Coors. Great park. Went there a few years after it was opened and back then every game sold out. They would put a few hundred seats in the "rock pile" the elevated CF bleachers on sale about 4 hours or so before the game. We grabbed a pair and it was an awesome place to watch the game from. with all do respect to the bridges of Pittsburgh, hard to beat the view of the sun setting over the orange and purple Rockies...

Blue Point Toasted Lager?

My cousins live there and my wife is from Erie and has family there. The ballpark is the only worthwhile thing about the place.