I Still Can’t Believe They Tore Down Old Yankee Stadium

By Byron Bennett | October 18, 2011

Old Yankee Stadium was the home of the New York Yankees from 1923 to 2008. It was located at 161st Street and River Avenue in the Bronx, across 161st Street from the new Yankee Stadium. The stadium was renovated extensively during the 1970s. For some fans, the true “old Yankee Stadium” is the one that…

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Shea Stadium’s Ghost in the Shadow of Citi Field

By Byron Bennett | October 17, 2011

Shea Stadium was home to the New York Mets from 1964 to 2008. Located in Flushing, New York, adjacent to the former grounds of the 1964 Worlds Fair, Shea was the second of the so-called “cookie cutter,” multi purpose stadiums, following RFK stadium (formerly D.C. Stadium), which opened in 1961. Stadium access by subway was…

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