Pictures from My Trip to Yankee Stadium

I got a chance to checkout the new Yankee Stadium for the first time this past Saturday as they beat the Cubs 10-1 in just their second game ever in the new digs.

I entered the game skeptical, but very excited to see the new place. I had high hopes for it, although I have to admit I thought the Manhattanization effect on the stadium would be too much for me to handle. It wasn’t. Overall, I definitely liked the new park.

Pros

The bleachers again serve beer, they are connected to the rest of the park, and the view is better than the old bleachers, mostly.

The new concourses make it so you can get up and get some food/beer without missing any of the action. Also people getting from place to place in the new park don’t have to walk in front of other fans.

More bathrooms and ATM’s.

In the old stadium you couldn’t see the scoreboard if you were too close to it. That is no longer an issue. Even from directly underneath it, you can see it all.

Cons

It's much harder for the average fan to get autographs. Players no longer walk into the stadium, they drive directly into it. Also, during batting practice, if you don’t have a ticket to the lower level area you are not allowed down there to grab a signature from your favorite player.

Security is poorly trained and is all over. You will no longer be able to walk over to your friend with seats across the park and sit next to them, even if they are sitting in the bleachers.

The Mohegan Sun bar is a great place to get a shot or a beer, but a terrible place to watch a game. Maybe it was just because it was an exhibition game, but I would estimate that at least 85 percent of fans in there could care less that a baseball game was going on.

Now, on to the pictures

View from the concourse in right field as you enter from gate 4

Concession stands all have photo tributes above them just as pictured.

View from the concourse.

Beer is $10 in a plastic cup

The expensive seats are sectioned off. Don't even think about it.

The great hall. I got out of here as quickly as possible. Very crowded.

Bar closest to the Great Hall. You might need a drink after those crowds.

View from the grandstand wasn't bad where I was.

left field bleachers

Right field bleachers

You can still see the train as it goes by.

Jim Beam Suite is located on the grandstand concourse.

Mohegan Sun bar and batter's eye from left field.

You can really see the Bronx from left field.

Slightly changed down the left field line.

mmm...$9 beer.

View from the bleachers.

Bleacher Cafe

Monument Park

Centerfield scoreboard from underneath.

This scoreboard is pretty cool, but too small.

These seats suck.

Inside the Mohegan Sun bar. Decent selection.

mmm...great selection of beer. Unfortunately, I don't know how much.

Inside the crowded Mohegan Sun bar you cannot see the field.

Crowded and nobody seems to care about the game. Yes, there is a game going on.

If you do get to the front of the bar you get a decent view.

In the hallway out in center field. I have no idea why they thought it was a good idea to cut off Babe Ruth's number.