Address | East 161st Street & River Avenue |
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Location | The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S. |
Coordinates | 40°49′37″N 73°55′41″W / 40.82694°N 73.92806°W / 40.82694; -73.92806 |
Owner | City of New York |
Operator | New York Yankees |
Capacity | 58,000 (1923) • 82,000 (1927) • 62,000 (1929) • 71,699 (1937) • 70,000 (1942) • 67,000 (1948) • 67,205 (1958) • 67,337 (1961) • 67,000 (1965) • 65,010 (1971) • 54,028 (1976) • 57,145 (1977) • 57,545 (1980) • 57,478 (2003) • 56,936 (2005) |
Record attendance | 123,707 on August 3, 1958 Jehovah's Witnesses International Convention[1] |
Field size | Left Field – 318 feet (97 m) Left-Center – 399 feet (122 m) Center Field – 408 feet (124 m) Right-Center – 385 feet (117 m) Right Field – 314 feet (96 m) Backstop – 84 feet (26 m) |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | May 5, 1922 |
Opened | April 18, 1923 April 15, 1976 (re-opening) |
Renovated | October 1973 – April 1976 |
Closed | September 30, 1973 (renovations) September 21, 2008 (final game) November 9, 2008 (final tour) |
Reopened | April 15, 1976 |
Demolished | March 16, 2009 – May 13, 2010 |
Construction cost | $2.4 million ($34,417,738.10 in 2022) Renovations: $167 million (1976; $894 million in 2023[2]) |
Architect | Osborn Engineering Corporation (1923) Praeger-Kavanaugh-Waterbury (1976) |
General contractor | White Construction Co. (1923) |
Tenants | |
New York Yankees (MLB) 1923–1973, 1976-2008 NYU Violets (NCAA) part-time, 1926–1948 New York Yankees (AFL I / NFL) 1926–1928 New York Yankees (AFL II) 1936–1937 New York Yankees (AFL III) 1940 New York Americans (AFL III) 1941 New York Yankees (AAFC) 1946–1949 New York Yanks (NFL) 1950–1951 New York Giants (NFL) 1956–1973 Gotham Bowl (NCAA) 1962 New York Skyliners (USA) 1967 New York Generals (NPSL / NASL) 1967–1968 New York Cosmos (NASL) 1971, 1976 New York Black Yankees (NLB) 1931, 1941–1948 New York Cubans (NLB) 1941–1946 |
Address | East 161st Street & River Avenue |
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Location | The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S. |
Coordinates | 40°49′37″N 73°55′41″W / 40.82694°N 73.92806°W / 40.82694; -73.92806 |
Owner | City of New York |
Operator | New York Yankees |
Capacity | 58,000 (1923) • 82,000 (1927) • 62,000 (1929) • 71,699 (1937) • 70,000 (1942) • 67,000 (1948) • 67,205 (1958) • 67,337 (1961) • 67,000 (1965) • 65,010 (1971) • 54,028 (1976) • 57,145 (1977) • 57,545 (1980) • 57,478 (2003) • 56,936 (2005) |
Record attendance | 123,707 on August 3, 1958 Jehovah's Witnesses International Convention[1] |
Field size | Left Field – 318 feet (97 m) Left-Center – 399 feet (122 m) Center Field – 408 feet (124 m) Right-Center – 385 feet (117 m) Right Field – 314 feet (96 m) Backstop – 84 feet (26 m) |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | May 5, 1922 |
Opened | April 18, 1923 April 15, 1976 (re-opening) |
Renovated | October 1973 – April 1976 |
Closed | September 30, 1973 (renovations) September 21, 2008 (final game) November 9, 2008 (final tour) |
Reopened | April 15, 1976 |
Demolished | March 16, 2009 – May 13, 2010 |
Construction cost | $2.4 million ($34,417,738.10 in 2022) Renovations: $167 million (1976; $894 million in 2023[2]) |
Architect | Osborn Engineering Corporation (1923) Praeger-Kavanaugh-Waterbury (1976) |
General contractor | White Construction Co. (1923) |
Tenants | |
New York Yankees (MLB) 1923–1973, 1976-2008 NYU Violets (NCAA) part-time, 1926–1948 New York Yankees (AFL I / NFL) 1926–1928 New York Yankees (AFL II) 1936–1937 New York Yankees (AFL III) 1940 New York Americans (AFL III) 1941 New York Yankees (AAFC) 1946–1949 New York Yanks (NFL) 1950–1951 New York Giants (NFL) 1956–1973 Gotham Bowl (NCAA) 1962 New York Skyliners (USA) 1967 New York Generals (NPSL / NASL) 1967–1968 New York Cosmos (NASL) 1971, 1976 New York Black Yankees (NLB) 1931, 1941–1948 New York Cubans (NLB) 1941–1946 |