Talk:Yankee Stadium

Which way is North?

Which way is North? This can aide in determining where the setting sun, or noonday sun, is going to affect spectators. Seven1672 (talk) 17:05, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

The house that Jeter built

Two editors appear to be in an Edit war over the insertion of the phrase... It is known as "The House That Jeter Built" after Yankee captain and short stop Derek Jeter who's success over the years undoubtedly helped to rake in a portion of the funds used for the building. This is disruption and should stop. Acps110 ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:11, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

I understand why there is an Edit war over this phrase "The House that Jeter Built" as this is not yet, as far as what I can see, anywhere in common use among the fans of the Yankees and others warranting its insertion in Wikipedia. It is one thing to acknowledge in Wikipedia that which is in popular usage. However I invite you to "Google" the phrase. You will find that there is No wide movement for this designation, and as such someone putting it in an article is, in essence, campaigning for something that does not yet exist. I am a Los Angeles Dodger fan, and although it may be a complete truth that the stadium in Chavez Ravine in Los Angeles is indeed "The House that O'Malley Built", it would be inappropriate to put it in Wikipedia as the fans do not know the place as such. There is a seeming rush to mimic the phrase to replace "The House that Ruth Built" in the loss of the original Yankee Stadium. There cannot ever be a replacement for that legendary historic place, and any attempt to replace the designation of Yankee Stadium (1923) with an immediate replacement of the phrase for the New Yankee Stadium is somewhat insulting to a legendary figure like Babe Ruth, the legend who was there at the beginnings of the enterprise that we now know as Major League Baseball. Babe Ruth, because of being where he was in time, helped to build up the sport to a unique central part of American culture. Derek Jeter, while a great player deserving laud and honor, is not in the same place in space and time. As far as the New Yankee Stadium, the editors should allow some time for this structure to be known for what it will be known. It is new and needs some time to cure. thurifer ^{(talk • contribs)} 09:45, 03 June 2010 (UTC)

If anything it should be called 'The House that George Built' or 'The House that The Boss Built' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.32.123.61 (talk) 02:46, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

I've heard it referred to as "The House That Jeter Built" before, but enough to make it in this wiki? I dunno. Let's see some sources. --Muboshgu (talk) 03:12, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 67.180.161.183, 18 June 2010

{{editsemiprotected}} Another addition to the infobox as a nickname would be "The Other House That Ruth Built"; a name I have heard used before. --67.180.161.183(talk)_{19:55, 18 June 2010 (UTC)}

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. SpigotMap 20:08, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Home Run Haven

There should probably be some re-wording to this line: "Several reasons were given for the sudden dropoff in home runs, including a lower April 2010 temperature (56 degrees in comparison with 63 the previous year), slower winds, poor pitching, a change in direction in winds," It makes it sound like poor pitching this year is the reason for the drop off in home runs, when in fact, the pitching has been better throughout MLB. Kjscotte34 (talk) 11:23, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Why is poor pitching mentioned as a reason for a drop off in home runs at all? I think it means to say better pitching, right? isn't that the problem? Dancindazed (talk) 23:20, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Nicknames?

Why was the "nicknames" section deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yankeeguy536 (talk • contribs) 00:50, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Because they're unsourced, of dubious usage and notability, and they were cluttering the infobox. --Muboshgu (talk) 02:18, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Is $1.6 billion more than $2.3 billion?

I am confused. The current version of Yankee Stadium[1] says that

[Yankee Stadium's] price tag of $2.3 billion . . was the third most expensive stadium after Wembley Stadium in London and New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

but the current version of New Meadowlands Stadium[2] says that

At a construction cost of approximately $1.6 billion, [New Meadowlands Stadium] is the most expensive sports stadium ever built.

Am I the only one who finds these to be contradictory? I have no idea what is correct, but I hope someone will clarify and, if necessary, get the facts straight in the articles. HuskyHuskie (talk) 05:40, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Well, after two weeks of no response, I guess there's no one in the tri-state region smart enough to figure this out. Okay, I'm going to make some changes, but I want to explain my reasoning, since someone is bound to see their pet edit changed and will be upset.

First of all, neither claim's citations come from widely-recognized sources. The claim for the Yankee Stadium comes from fieldofschemes.com, apparently a blog devoted to the cost of stadia to the public. The Meadowlands Stadium claim comes from mostexpensivefacts.com. The former links to a PDF with intricate details on the cost of Yankee Stadium, whereas the latter is colorful website with photos, but is written, I must say, rather amateurishly. For example MEF.com states: In [sic] May 25, 2010, the stadium hosted Super Bowl XLVIII and it was the 1st super Bowl match that was played in New York Metropolitan jurisdiction. Well, we all know what they were trying to write, nonetheless, it does, I think, cast them in a poor light that they couldn't correctly provide the actual facts regarding the future Super Bowl to be played at the Meadowlands. The FOS.com website actually makes no claims as to how Yankee Stadium fits in to the rankings, and it appears whoever wrote the YS was the 3rd most expensive was merely using the public costs part of the $2.3B figure, which, if it was the total, would make YS #3 behind NMS and Wembley.

So while the MEF.com site says that NMS is the most expensive, for all I know, they got their facts from Wikipedia. It just doesn't seem particularly trustworthy. It certainly does not dispute that YS cost $2.3b. So I'm going to change both articles to reflect that Yankee Stadium is the most expensive, followed by NMS, then Wembley. HuskyHuskie (talk) 01:30, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Okay, thanks to User:Kjscotte34, some clarity has been achieved. See his comments at Talk:New Meadowlands Stadium#Is $1.6 billion more than $2.3 billion?. I'm glad someone could finally come in and properly fix the nonsense that was in this article when I first came across it two weeks ago. HuskyHuskie (talk) 02:06, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

"See also" section . . . why?

This article, like many, has a section that says "See also". In this article this section lists other major stadia in the NYC area. Why? What is the purpose of this? There's nothing like this at Wrigley Field, Fenway Park, or Soldier Field. I was going to delete the whole section as I do not see the purpose, but I decided that I wouldn't flip off a New Yorker walking down the street, so I probably shouldn't do it here, either. Still, I'd like an explanation. HuskyHuskie (talk) 02:01, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

I don't see what purpose it serves, since the various venues should already be accessible via the categories. My guess is that whoever posted it was making a point about all the new arenas New York has been getting, but that seems like overkill. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 07:19, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

interesting aspect on the infield

Does anyone know why outside of the third base and first base infield has the infield dirt jet out in a triangle shape? And if so, would it be notable enough for the article? I've never noticed an infield like that before and I couldn't find it anywhere. Is it meant to give a baserunner some dirt traction when rounding the base or what? Dancindazed (talk) 18:08, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

"Amenities and facilities" section has incorrect unit conversions

Some of the unit conversions in the "Amenities and facilities" section are converting square feet to square meters using the feet-to-meters conversion factor. This factor needs to be squared. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.175.225.22 (talk) 23:01, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

There are two templates used, and for simplicity's sake, here are both of them, converting 3.28 feet and 10.76 square feet to meters and square meters respectively: 3.28 feet (1.00 m) and 10.76 square feet (1.000 m²) Those look correct to me. Can you point out which items are incorrect in the article? Or better yet, correct them yourself? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:15, 19 October 2011 (UTC)