Nuevo New Yankee Stadium - Macombs Dam Park, Bronx
Tom Singer de MLB.com - A new Yankee Stadium leaped from past dreams to future reality Wednesday, when club and government officials parted the curtain on construction plans for an $800 million project to replace and honor the Major Leagues' third-oldest ballpark. Plans for the new stadium, the centerpiece of a broad redevelopment project to revitalize the Bronx riverfront, were announced at a press conference in the Stadium Club of the current Yankee Stadium.
Numerous political dignitaries, including New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Gov. George Pataki and a host of city and Bronx elected officials, joined Yankees owner George Steinbrenner in an event highlighted by the unveiling of renderings of the 51,000-seat park, targeted for a 2009 opening. Construction in Macombs Dam Park, adjacent to and north of the current field, is scheduled to begin late next spring.
"We decided we want to stay in the Bronx. We want to do the job here," said Steinbrenner. "We wanted to do something for the people who've always supported this team." While Yankees officials enthusiastically hailed the coming of a state-of-the-art showcase for sports' most successful franchise, government officials hailed that it will be built without public subsidy. The Yankees plan to pay for all costs related to the stadium, and its subsequent maintenance. "We are staying at home in the Bronx," Yankees president Randy Levine said. "We are continuing our tradition in the Bronx. |
