Hot off the presses: Over 300 Brand New Photos From Inside The New Yankee Stadium

"nymdan" on the baseball-fever message board took a tour of the New Yankee Stadium this morning, and has over 300 photos to share.

SPOLER ALERT! There are some great photos from all levels of the stadium, and it really gives you an idea of what the new place is like. If you want to be surprised on your first trip, don't view the album! Read the full post, after the jump

The NEW Yankee Stadium under the lights

I work in a high-rise building in Midtown Manhattan with amazing views of New York City. Looking out the north side windows, there are amazing views of Central Park and in the distance the Bronx. Lately, I have seen lights on in the distance in the vicinity of Yankee Stadium. I assumed they were testing out the lights in the new park, but I didn't dare venture up to the South Bronx in the dead of winter (I kid, I kid... Kind of).

It turns out that they ARE testing the new lights, and the WCBS 880 chopper did some flying this evening to capture some never before seen night-time photos of the new Yankee Stadium under the lights...


Photo: Tom Kaminski/ WCBS 880


Photo: Tom Kaminski/ WCBS 880

WCBS even took the time out to capture a photo of the Yankees' welcome to CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett:


Photo: Tom Kaminski/ WCBS 880

If that doesn't get you pumped up for the 2009 season, I'm not sure what will.

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The new Yankee Stadium continues to take shape...

Sliding Into Home has been on top of the new Yankee Stadium construction updates since day one, so it is not surprising at all to find these photos.

Without stealing Greg's scoop too much, here are some of my favorites:




That screen sure does put the screen in the current Stadium to shame.



That is some legit legroom in the upper deck seats. I'd say it is at least double the current leg room that upper deck seats offer.

Finally, this overhead shot is epic.

Just 8 months until the crowds start pouring in!

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Oh no! My authentic road A-Rod jersey is bad luck

Also, I ruined Chien Ming Wang's no-hit bid last year by talking about it. Annnnd I make Bob Shepherd announce my name over the PA via recording even though every other player has the new guy while Shepherd is out sick. Ok, now I'm just listing off random stupid superstitions and this isn't getting us anywhere.

Basically, I broke out the brand new A-Rod authentic road jersey, and the Yankees played like crap. I'd like to think the two have no relation whatsoever, but Derek Jeter would probably disagree.

Anyway, there was a game being played and idiots in the crowd to ridicule, but neither were too exciting on this night.

Please excuse my potentially fuzzy recollection - I dulled the pain of the horrid pitching by Mike Mussina with multiple $13 Foster beers. By the way, here is a little message for Mike Mussina to chew on over his next peanut butter and jelly sandwich - as much as I am against Yankee fans booing their own players, I'm not yelling MOOOOOoooooose anymore - I am booing. Loudly.

Manny Ramirez has hit the ball a combined 1,000,000 feet off of you in the past week, but you continue to feed him batting practice fastballs right down the middle of the plate. Seriously, get a clue.

Big ups to the cute girl who walked up the wrong set of stairs in tier section 12 and looked around pathetically until I yelled at her that she was in the next section over. She thanked me and said she always does that, not even realizing how creepy it was that myself and my buddy (Fake Ian Kennedy!) knew where she was supposed to be sitting even though we didn't know her at all. Ignorance is bliss.

Here's a question that I am sure MANY Yankee fans in the upper deck have asked - what is up with the Beck's Beer vendor who seems to have turrets and just repeats "now batting for Boston, JACOBY ELSBURY". I have seen him do this before with other teams as well. He just picks a random player from the opposing team and announces in a booming, wannabe PA voice that he is batting - even if he isn't batting. I don't really understand what the point of it is. Yes, he is drawing attention to himself, thus theoretically increasing his chances of selling the product he is hawking. However, the annoyance factor more than outweighs that and even if Beck's was my favorite beer in the history of the world, I would opt for a Miller Lite just out of spite. He did switch it up when Moose was getting bombed. He announced "now batting ROSS OPENDORF". Ross Opendorf indeed.

When the game torture was over, getting out of the Stadium was just as fun as always. The inner corridors of the upper deck were more jam-packed than usual and while I don't have one homophobic bone in my body, lets just say I didn't enjoy the close proximity of the other dude's junk to my backside. We made the smart decision to go back out into the seating area and snake through the seats until we reached the ramps to mercifully end the evening.

Random notes:
- Tino Martinez pulled the lever, counting down to the final game at the Stadium. I'm going to predict at least 5 more lever pulls from Tino this year. They should lose the Great City Subway Race and replace it with a "who will pull the lever the most times" counter. Tino FTW!
- The new Stadium is coming along nicely:

- I didn't witness any fights and I'm glad. If you like fights, check out this image from fans fighting at the Yankees / Red Sox game on 4/16
- Nobody yelled "take ya hat off" before God Bless America. Not even Fake Ian Kennedy because he was buying beer. I did receive a text message.
- There is no truth to the rumor that I ran into this guy at the game:


(yes, I am trying to end as many posts as possible with this image)

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How appropriate - a look "inside" the new Yankee Stadium

You get it? Because this site is called NYY Stadium Insider? Never mind.

The photo above is taken from inside of the new Yankee Stadium and was sent out by the New York Yankees. If I had to guess, it appears that Big Stein is standing around where home plate would be. The photo offers a good look at how the seats are arranged, height of the decks, etc. Its going to be really exciting when they start laying the turf for the field!


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Some NYY Stadium Insider Exclusive Yankee Stadium Construction Pictures

We don't have impressive inside of the stadium shots as seen on many other blogs, but we have this perfect-for-wallpaper shot below:



Click here to be taken to a page with a few more shots.

The new stadium is REALLY coming along nicely. It is amazing seeing how fast it went from an empty lot of dirt to a stadium!

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NYY Stadium Insider takes the Yankee Stadium Tour

Click on the photo above for a full page of photos and videos from the Yankee Stadium Tour

I've been a Yankee fan my whole life, but have never taken the time out to go on the "behind the scenes" Yankee Stadium Tour. Being that the current Yankee Stadium is closing after this season, I figured now was as good of a time as EVER to drop the $15 and get the behind the scenes look.

Before I gush on about how AWESOME it is, let me get the minor complaints out of the way...

1) Note to the Yankees - there is no need to hawk LAST YEAR'S media guide for $5 to paying customers on the tour. We get robbed blind enough by the Yankees. Those media guides were produced en masse and are all headed for a garbage dump and soon. At the end of the tour, they gave away the most cheesy keychain in the history of the world - would it have been that tough to give out the OLD media guide instead???

2) If you have a kid, and he/she/it is under the age of 5, don't bother taking them. They won't get it and all they will do is disrupt the others while they are trying to hear the tour guide give some of his nuggets. The annoying kid yelling "down, down down" while in the press box portion of the tour caused most of the tour participants to not hear what the tour guide was saying. I nearly demanded some money back from the dude with the annoying kid. I ask you this - why drag your under 5 year old kid through the boredom? They will never remember it and they won't enjoy it.

3) The clubhouse was part of the tour, but they squeezed 50 people into one quarter of the clubhouse and closed off the rest of it. Unfortunately, the part of the clubhouse that you were allowed in was not where the famous Munson locker is and I could not get a glimpse of it. That was a big disappointment.

Ok, I got the negative Nancy out of me - on to the good stuff. This tour is well worth the money for any Yankee fan over the age of 5. It is an experience you will be able to cherish forever, especially with this stadium being blown up a year from now. Getting to visit the areas of the stadium that are always off limits, even to the most diehard of fan is a real treat. I have been going to Yankee Stadium for 25 years, but until today I had never been into the press box, the clubhouse or the dugout. It was worth the wait. Just being in those places and thinking about all of the history that had taken place in the very spot you were standing was invigorating.

NYY Stadium Insider has a special web page dedicated to the tour. Definitely check it out - there are some cool pictures there.

If you are interested in taking the Yankee Stadium Tour, surf on over to the page on Yankees.com and get the 411. Do take note of the red fine print at the bottom of the page, detailing the MANY dates upcoming when your tour will NOT include the clubhouse portion of the tour. If you want to see the Yankees locker room, you will want to AVOID those dates.

*During the Final Season of Yankee Stadium, tours will not be available on the following dates: May 3, 4, 8, 17, 18, 24, 25, June 5, 7-9, 19, 21, 22, July 4-6, 19, 20, 23, 30, August 2, 3, 16, 17, 28, 30, 31, and September 13 and 14th.

*Due to additional events taking place during the dates of March 17-April 7, April 16- April 23, and July 10-17, there will be no tours available.

*The following dates are for when the Clubhouse will NOT be available during the 2008 Stadium tours: April 8, 29, 30, May 1-9, 16-26, June 3-10, 16-23, 27-30, July 1-9, 18-24, 28-31, August 1-4, 14-18, 25-31, September 1, 11-19.

Once again, I can't stress enough how worth it this tour was for $15. Although it was a blustery, cold winter day in March, the tour was exceedingly enjoyable and NYY Stadium Insider HIGHLY recommends it!


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