Comparing Upper Decks (Old Yankee Stadium vs. New Yankee Stadium)

Ben over at River Ave. Blues just posted a great review of his experience at the new Yankee Stadium. Please head over there and read his well-written and informational post.

The main takeaway from his review is the striking difference when comparing the old Yankee Stadium's Upper Deck to the "Grandstand" at the new Yankee Stadium:


Old:

New:

We touched on this in our review of the new stadium, but seeing this photo gives us really drives the point home. If you are in the upper deck of the new Yankee Stadium, you are much further from the field of play than you were at the old Yankee Stadium. This, combined with the 1,048 obstructed seats in the bleachers guarantees that the fan experience at the new Yankee Stadium will be worse for the majority of the people in the highly touted "affordable seats."

When you get down to it, the point of going to a baseball game is to see the action on the field. For the average fan, the Yankees have spent $1.6 billion to provide worse views of that action. How can that be considered anything less than a failure?
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Time is running out to work concessions at the New Yankee Stadium

This isn't breaking news, but it is worth noting that time is running out to apply for a job as one of the helpful, efficient and friendly concession stand workers at the New Yankee Stadium. Legends Hospitality Management (the Yankees' new "homegrown" concession company), has been holding special job fairs for all interested persons:

Legends Hospitality provides all of the fine dining, concessions and merchandise services for the new Yankee Stadium. We are currently looking for experienced workers to fill positions in our restaurants and clubs, and available positions include servers, bartenders, food runners, cooks, concession stand workers and supervisors. Qualified individuals will be self-motivated, hard working and have fine dining experience.

In order to interview potential candidates, Legends Hospitality will be holding job fairs on the following dates and times:

Saturday, January 24, 2009 from 10am-4pm (Union Members Only)
Thursday, January 29, 2009 from 4pm-7pm
Saturday, January 31, 2009 from 9am-12pm
And every Wednesday in February, beginning on February 4, 2009, from 10am-1pm

With the bleak outlook for the economy, there should be plenty of overqualified workers applying for these all-important jobs. All I ask is that the homegrown concession company requires their workers to add another speed of service to their repertoire. Any frequent visitors to the Old Yankee Stadium who waited in the endless concession lines are well aware that the workers from Centerplate (the former concession company) operated in two speeds: slow and stop.

Potential peanut salesmen should be happy to know that the Upper Deck is considerably less steep in the New Yankee Stadium, making their peanut-throwing a bit less tedious.

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