Gates will open at 1 p.m. – about seven hours 15 minutes before New York plays the Baltimore Orioles in its final game at the 85-year-old stadium. For the first three hours, fans can walk through Monument Park, behind the fence in left-centre, and walk along the warning track in the outfield and to home plate. Field access will end at about 4 p.m., and Monument Park will close at about 6:45 p.m.
Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Goose Gossage, Ron Guidry, Graig Nettles and Bobby Richardson are to be part of the pre-game ceremonies, which start at 7:05 p.m.
A closing ceremony for the stadium will be held after the season. New York moves to a new US$1.3 billion Yankee Stadium rising next door. The first regular-season game there will be April 16 against Cleveland.