Yankee Stadium Information
Yankee Stadium
Bronx, New York 10451
1-718-579-4495
www.Yankees.com
To order Yankees Magazine call 1-800-GO-YANKS
Yankee Ticket Office
1-718-293-6013
For Group Sales Call 1-718-293-6000
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Yankee Stadium is located at 161st Street
and River Avenue in the Bronx.
Northbound exit - I-87 Exit 4 or Exit 5
Southbound exit - I-87 Exit 6
-There are 15 Yankee Parking lots that
surround the stadium that in run by the Kinney Company.
-A Subway is located at the corner of 161st. and River Avenue
-Buses are available to and from the Stadium. Call NYC Transit
Authority at 1-718-330-1234 for more information
-A Ferry is also available to and from the stadium. Call 1-800-53-
FERRY for more information.
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Dimensions Left Field - 318 Left Center - 399 Center - 408 Right Center - 385 Right Field - 314 |
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Yankee Stadium Information
MONUMENT PARK:
Contains historic monuments and plaques to former Yankee greats
such as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio.
Park is open from the time the gates open until 45 minutes prior
to the game. Access the park via staircase at the end of the
aisles between Field and Main Level Section 36. The park is
closed between doubleheaders and during inclement weather.
GATE OPENING TIMES
All gates open 1 1/2 hours prior to game time Monday through
Friday for night games. All gates open 2 hours prior to game time
on Saturday and Sunday.
PEDESTRIAN MALL:
Formerly East 157th St., the Sidewalk Cafe, Advance Ticket Sales,
Day of Game and Reservation windows can be found in the Mall area.
CUSTOMER SERVICE BOOTHS:
The Guest Services area is located on the Loge Level, Section 3.
It is staffed with knowledgeable guest service representatives
who will be able to assist you with questions and concerns.
Additional information booths: Sections 2, 9 and 33, Field Level;
Section 3, Main Level; Section 7, Loge Level; Section 4, Tier
Level
AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINES:
Section 9 and Section 20, Field Level
FIRST AID / MEDICAL:
First Aid Stations are located on the Field Level, Section 2,
Main Level, Section 15 and Main Level, Section 28. If medical
assistance is needed, please notify the nearest Security Guard or
go to the nearest First Aid Station.
ADVANCE TICKET WINDOW:
Section 9, Field Level
ELEVATORS / ESCALATORS
The Yankees provide a permanently stationed elevator operator in
each Stadium elevator used by the general public. Wheelchair
disabled guests may take the elevators at Field Level, Section 13,
Main Level, Section 13 or Loge Level Section 12 to access all
levels of Yankee Stadium. The elevator at Field Level, Section 13
does not provide access to the Club Level Suites, you must take
the elevator located in the Yankees lobby at Field Level, Section
2.
There are also three escalator locations at Yankee Stadium. Refer to the map for locations.
EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS
Yankee Stadium personnel have been trained in evacuation
procedures. Should an emergency evacuation situation occur,
emergency information would be displayed on the scoreboard and
announced on the public address system.
TDD PHONES
TDD phones are located on the Field Levels. Ask any Guest
Relations host for additional information.
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE PARKING
Wheelchair accessible parking is available at all 11 Kinney
Parking Lots surrounding Yankee Stadium. The Yankees have
designated 75 parking spaces, 96 inches wide and include access
aisles for this purpose. Twenty of the 75 spaces are also
accessible to high top fans. Only vehicles with state-issued
disabled parking plates or permits are permitted in these areas.
BOTTLES AND CANS:
A New York City ordinance prohibits fans from bringing cans,
bottles (glass or plastic), jugs, coolers or hard containers of
any kind into the Stadium. This is a safety measure to protect
fans as well as team and Stadium personnel. If these items are
found to be in your possession prior to entering the Stadium,
personnel will ask you to dispose of the item(s). Once you enter
the Stadium, canned or bottled goods will be confiscated and
disposed of and coolers, jugs, etc. will be checked at the gate
to be picked up as you leave the Stadium.
BANNERS AND SIGNS:
The following rules apply to the display of these items:
They may not be hung in fair territory or any part of the playing field or as to obstruct the view of fans or Stadium signage.
They may only be held up in, or paraded through, the general seating area between innings.
The use of weights of any kind to keep a banner or sign in place is strictly prohibited.
Note: If any banner or sign interferes with the sight line of the players, the umpires may request its removal.
MAIN GIFT SHOPS:
Sections 24 and 25, Field Level
NON ALCOHOL SECTIONS:
Sections 13 and 14, Tier Reserved
NO SMOKING:
There is no smoking anywhere within the confines of Yankee
Stadium.
DESIGNATED DRIVER BOOTH:
In return for promising responsibility for the safe and sober
transportation of their group from the Stadium, a registrant will
receive coupons for free sodas during the game at which they
enroll. Designated drivers must be 21 years of age and have a
valid driver's license. Section 4, Field Level
HALL OF FAME SUITES:
Sections 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 25, 31, 32, 33 and 34,
Loge Level
LUXURY SUITES:
Club Level
GREAT MOMENTS ROOM:
Club Level
STADIUM CLUB:
Section 12, Field Level
YANKEE CLUB:
Club Level
PINSTRIPE PUB:
Section 8, Field Level
A little history of the Stadium....
Asked to leave the Polo Grounds when his Yankees began outdrawing the Giants in 1920, owner Jacob Ruppert seized the opportunity to build what would become the most famous stadium in all of baseball, a triple-decked wonder called Yankee Stadium.
Erected on the site of a Bronx lumberyard just across the Harlem River from the Polo Grounds, Yankee Stadium was quickly dubbed "The House That Ruth Built" to honor the Yankee whose home runs were revolutionizing the game (and filling Ruppert's coffers). On April 18, 1923 Ruth's three-run home run led the Yankees to a 4-1 win over the Red Sox in the stadium's first game.
The grandstand was extended around the foul poles by 1928, with wooden bleachers surrounding the rest of the outfield, and the top of the stadium was ringed with a distinctive white fence facade.
Like the stadium, the playing field itself was quite remarkable. The left- and right-field corners were only 281' and 295' in 1923, but left sloped out dramatically to 460' while center was a near-impossible 490' away.
Deep left and center fields became known as Death Valley as many a right-handed slugger watched towering fly balls die there. Eventually, stone monuments to Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Miller Huggins were erected in deep left center, and although considered to be in the field of play they were rarely reached by batted balls.
Lights were added in 1946, and the stadium remained virtually unchanged until 1973, when it was closed completely for two years of renovations and modernization.
The stadium was reopened in 1976 with major structural improvements.
Bulky support poles for the upper decks had been eliminated, along with the corresponding obstructed-view seats, and escalators improved access to the upper decks.
Naturally, Yankee Stadium has been the scene of many of baseball's greatest moments.
Yankee Stadium Attendance Records
REMODELED
STADIUM, REGULAR SEASON
ALL-TIME
STADIUM RECORDS
TOP
20 CROWDS AT NEW YANKEE STADIUM
TOP
20 REGULAR-SEASON CROWDS AT NEW YANKEE STADIUM
1999
REGULAR-SEASON ATTENDANCE
ROAD
Largest Night Game Attendance (at New York Mets, July 9)
- 53,820
Largest Day Game Attendance (at New York Mets, July 11) -
53,869
Largest Doubleheader Attendance (at Chicago, May 22) - 35,310
OVERALL
Yankees 1999 Home Attendance (81 games, 81 dates) - 3,292,763
Yankees 1999 Road Attendance (81 games, 80 dates) - 2,951,467
Yankees 1999 Total Attendance (162 games, 161 dates) - 6,244,203
Total
Attendance —
Hilltop Park (1903-12) - 3,451,542
Polo Grounds (1913-22) - 6,220,031
Yankee Stadium (1923-73) - 64,188,862
Shea Stadium (1974-75) - 2,561,123
Yankee Stadium (1976-99) - 53,517,967
*Shea Stadium (4/15/98) - 40,743
Total: 129,980,268
* Game
vs. Anaheim Angels played at Shea Stadium when Yankee Stadium was
closed by the City of New York after an expansion joint fell on
April 13, 1998.
Yankee Stadium Facts
YANKEE
HOME BALLPARKS
1903-1912 Hilltop Park, 168th St. & Broadway,
Manhattan
1913-1922 Polo Grounds, 155th St. & 8th Ave.,
Manhattan
1923-1973 Yankee Stadium, 161st St. & River Ave.,
Bronx
1974-1975 Shea Stadium, 126th St. & Roosevelt Ave.,
Flushing
1976- Yankee
Stadium, 161st St. & River Ave., Bronx
YANKEE
STADIUM GROUND RULES
Foul poles are outside the playing field. Any batted ball hitting
a foul pole above the fence line is a home run. Bat racks are
within the dugout.
Any thrown ball hitting dugout railing or foundation and rebounding on field is in play. Any ball going into dugout or hitting other parts of dugout is out of play.
NEW
YANKEE STADIUM DIMENSIONS (1988- )
Left field foul pole: 318 ft.
Right-center field: 385 ft.
Left-center field: 399 ft.
Right field foul pole: 314 ft.
Center field: 408 ft.
The height of the outfield fence is 7'5" in left field, 7'3" from left-center field to right-center field, and 9' in right field.
The distance between the left-center field fence and the front wall of both bullpens is 30 feet.
The distance between the right-center field fence and the front wall of the right field bleachers ranges from 3 feet (the center field end of the bleachers) to 12 feet (the right field end of the bleachers).
NEW
YANKEE STADIUM DIMENSIONS (1985-1987)
Left field foul pole: 312 ft.
Right-center field: 385 ft.
Left field: 379 ft.
Right field: 353 ft.
Left-center field: 411 ft.
Right field foul pole: 310 ft.
Center field: 410 ft.
NEW
YANKEE STADIUM DIMENSIONS (1976-1984)
Left field foul pole: 312 ft.
Right-center field: 385 ft.
Left field: 387 ft.
Right field: 353 ft.
Left-center field: 430 ft.
Right field foul pole: 310 ft.
Center field: 417 ft.
OLD
YANKEE STADIUM DIMENSIONS
Left field foul pole: 281 ft. (1923-27), 301 ft. (1928-73)
Left field: 395 ft. (1923-27), 402 ft. (1928-73)
Left-center field: 460 ft. (1923-36), 457 ft. (1937-73)
Center field: 490 ft. (1923-36), 461 ft. (1937-66), 463 ft.
(1967-73)
Right-center field: 429 ft. (1923-36), 407 ft. (1937-73)
Right field: 370 ft. (1923-36), 344 ft. (1937-73)
Right-field foul pole: 295. ft (1923-38), 296 (1939-73)
FIRSTS
Game: April 18, 1923 (4-1 win over Boston Red Sox)
Ceremonial First Pitch: NY Governor Al Smith
Pitch: Bob Shawkey (ball)
Victory: April 18, 1923 (4-1 over Boston)
Loss: April 22, 1923 (4-3 to Washington)
Batter: Boston's Chick Fewster (grounded to short)
Yankee Batter: Whitey Witt
Hit: Boston's George Burns (April 18, 2nd-inning single)
Yankee Hit: Aaron Ward (April 18, 3rd-inning single)
Run: Bob Shawkey (April 18, on Joe Dugan's single in 3rd)
Home Run: Babe Ruth (April 18, three-run homer in 3rd)
Error: Babe Ruth (April 18, dropped fly ball in 5th)
LASTS
(original Stadium)
Game: September 30, 1973 (8-5 loss to Detroit Tigers)
Attendance: 32,969
Batter: Mike Hegan (flied out to CF)
Home Run: Yankees' Duke Sims (September 30 off Detroit's
Fred Holdsworth)
Pitch: Detroit's John Hiller
Victory: September 29, 1973 (3-0 over Detroit Tigers)
NYY Winning Pitcher: Doc Medich (September 29, 3-0 CG over
Detroit)
