New York City - Part 1

Hmmmm... a part 1. We were only there for 24 hours - yet - there is more than one part...

We woke up really early Tuesday morning and drove to NYC. We had tickets to take a tour of the new Yankee Stadium at 12:30. We arrived in DC about 10 - with no major traffic. We drove around Yankee stadium for awhile looking for a parking spot. We found a great - free one, and got lunch and then went to the stadium. The new stadium is AWESOME! I really liked it. I'm pretty sentimental - and to see the old one (Yankee Stadium people are to refer to it as the "original stadium" not "old one") across the street - and all the history, made me a little sad - but the new one just makes so much more sense! From any part of the stadium - you can see the field. While you're waiting in line at concessions. If anyone has been to the old oops - original stadium - you know that you can't access the whole stadium from where you're sitting. If you were in the outfield bleachers - that's where you stayed. There was no walking around the stadium. The new one goes all the way around. They have still kept that same ads/banners in the new stadium in the same locations as the original - giving it the feel that you're still in Yankee Stadium.

Our tour started off in the museum. WOW! There was so much history there, and it has to be worth BILLIONS! Signed balls - uniforms from the very start of the Yankees. Photos - trophies - everything. We then went to Monument Park. It is located in the outfield of the park and has monuments of the players who have had their numbers retired or have been the great players!

Next stop: dugout. WOW! I LOVED this part. Seriously - you see the guys sitting there all the time - who would have thought I would get to sit there? So - Troy hates the Yankees. So - he just took pictures of me. So, sorry for all the pictures of me. I know - I look stellar. A 5 hour drive will do that to you.

Anyways, here are just a few of my millions of pictures from the stadium: Me and the Jeter bobblehead. I was laughing in this picture, cause I almost tipped it over. It was hollow and light....

Taken from the field





The two above pictures are photos of what is located at the concessions. I thought it was awesome that they disclosed calorie counts of stadium food...that can't be good. Also, they pulled some Yankee photos out of the archives and put them up above the concessions. Some of these have never been seen by the public. One of these pictures (it's hard to tell) is of a LONG time ago - when fans had to cross the playing field to get to their seats!


This last picture is my sentimental one. You can read the sign - but through the gates, you can see the original Yankee Stadium. All the great things that have happened there..sigh...only one thing to say...GO YANKEES!