tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post6271376794073871703..comments2023-10-30T05:45:18.219-04:00Comments on Bronx News Network: At New Stadium, a Distant CrowdBronx News Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03022201181076163457noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post-52363606068765318802009-04-20T08:05:00.000-04:002009-04-20T08:05:00.000-04:00taxpayers weren't consulted/considered on a lot of...taxpayers weren't consulted/considered on a lot of things having to do with this stadium project, to say the least.GAX in the Bronxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post-64897097311580702242009-04-20T00:06:00.000-04:002009-04-20T00:06:00.000-04:00Good point.
But I would have been glad to make up...Good point.<br /><br />But I would have been glad to make up my mind when the stadium was being developed. Unfortunately however, taxpayers weren't consulted. So, since the only design critique I'm granted is in retrospect, it'll have to do.Grahamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post-91217727945170572042009-04-19T08:28:00.000-04:002009-04-19T08:28:00.000-04:00you missed my point or maybe i didn't malke it cle...you missed my point or maybe i didn't malke it clear.<br /><br />no HE didn't make any comment about citifield... but the talk on WFAN and everywhere else about citifield is largely complaints that they made the stadium so intimate and so small with the upper decks hanging over the field and as a result the outfield views are obstructed - just like they were at the old yankee stadium.<br /><br />and now here's this blog entry about the new yankee stadium yearning for the old intimate stadium with upper decks hanging over the field - which is the cause of obstructed views!<br /><br />so my point is that i guess new yorkers can't be pleased because one place wants it bigger so you can see everything and the other wants it smaller and intimate - which is the cause of not being able to see everything.<br /><br />i wasn't saying that graham should make up his mind, but that in general, new yorkers should make up their minds, because you can't have it both ways.<br /><br />got it?GAX in the Bronxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post-67128347613493957392009-04-18T08:19:00.000-04:002009-04-18T08:19:00.000-04:00Gregory - While the real Yankee curse has been poo...Gregory - While the real Yankee curse has been poor team formulation, there is something to the "karma" factor. Derek Jeter used to refer, often, to the "ghosts" of the old stadium. Yankee Stadium was an intimidating place for visiting teams. It wasn't just the rabid fans who hung over the field in the upper decks, it was the two dozen world series' and three dozen pennants. There are countless stories of visiting players (and new Yankees) being overwhelmed by the history and spotlight of Yankee Stadium. We'll have to wait and see if that effect carries over.Grahamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post-66249411274041383862009-04-18T00:16:00.000-04:002009-04-18T00:16:00.000-04:00But the real question comes down to karma -- will ...But the real question comes down to karma -- will the Yankees be cursed by this new stadium? <br /><br />Regardless, it gets harder and harder every year for me to root for them.Gregory Lobo Josthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04107292816385400755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post-52856042693546727752009-04-17T23:14:00.000-04:002009-04-17T23:14:00.000-04:00GAX - Other stadiums aside, the issue here is that...GAX - Other stadiums aside, the issue here is that New York residents (and Yankee fans in general) paid a lot of money to keep the Yankees in the Bronx, but that money went to a facility that offers a lesser value product at a higher price.Grahamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post-27384426710936724322009-04-17T22:02:00.000-04:002009-04-17T22:02:00.000-04:00Gary, unless I missed something, Graham didn't off...Gary, unless I missed something, Graham didn't offer an opinion on Citifield. He doesn't have to "make up his mind." This is his opinion on Yankee Stadium.Jordan Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16424614658656024841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post-32830340850590405272009-04-17T13:28:00.000-04:002009-04-17T13:28:00.000-04:00This is an issue across many sports. For the sake...This is an issue across many sports. For the sake of making money, teams are likely to build new stadiums with a plethora of luxury suites and charge lots of money for seats that the average person can no longer realistically afford. There's no denying that this creates a "wine and cheese" crowd; if you are not convinced, watch a Lakers game at Staples Center and pay attention to how invested (or not) the crowd is. <br /><br />As far as the differences between Yankee Stadium and Citi Field, I suppose that just shows the difference between Yankee fans and Mets fans. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post-87552845006700145092009-04-17T12:07:00.000-04:002009-04-17T12:07:00.000-04:00i guess no one can please new yorkers.
at the s...i guess no one can please new yorkers. <br /><br />at the same time that citifield is getting ripped because the proximity of the stands to the field is obscuring some of the outfield in some seat locations, here comes this blog entry that the size of the new yankee stadium causes a loss of intimacy and why, oh, why can't we have it like the old stadium when the grandstand hung over the field... and obscured the outfield in many seat locations.<br /><br />make up your mind!GAX in the Bronxnoreply@blogger.com