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Notes From Yankees Propoganda Machine: What Empty Seats?


From the Times.

All of the lower-priced sections seemed to be packed, but there were dozens of empty seats in the premium levels. Seemingly all of the seats in sections 11 and 29 — eight rows apiece, at the left- and right-field ends of the Legends Suite area — were unoccupied.


Levine said many of the premium seats were sold, but ticket-holders did not attend the game or might have spent much of their time in a private club area. 


Really?  Randy, come on.  It was 70 and sunny on Friday.   Nicer Saturday.   Fox showed entire sections of empty cushioned seats.  You really want us to believe that people are paying thousands of dollars to hang out in the club and watch the game on TV?

You can read more of this nonsense here .




SPORTS / BASEBALL
By TYLER KEPNER
Published: April 18, 2009
The Yankees’ announced attendance Friday was 45,101, or 93.4 percent of the sold-out crowd for the Yankee Stadium opener Thursday.

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Yankee Stadium’s Home Run Design Flaw?

There were EIGHT more home runs at New Yankee Stadium today bringing the total to 25 home runs in 43 innings (if my math is right, adding 8 to yesterday’s LoHud story) including the exhibition games.

That doesn’t count all the balls that are rocketing out to the outfield.

Is this a design flaw?  It’s only April and the ball can’t stay in the park.   What will happen when it’s 90 and humid?

There’s no easy fix either…there isn’t much room behind the plate to move the infield back, and the design of the new stadium has bleachers and right field up against the femce.   Besides, when the ball is landing in the second deck in right field, there isn’t much you can do.

For those of you wondering, 22 runs was the most ever given up at the New Yankee Stadium (and ties the record for any of the Yankees homes) and the 14 run second was the most the franchise had ever given up in one inning.

When any fly ball has a chance of being a three run homer, the game becomes much more about luck than skill.

How you guys enjoying this new stadium?

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Daily News Figures Out Yankee Stadium Not Great

And so it begins…

Filip Bondy in the News

There’s a lot wrong with the new Yankee Stadium and with Section 203 – starting with the fact that it’s not Section 39 across the street. Here are a few of the many complaints collected after the two exhibitions leading up to today’s opener:

It’s too gray out there.

It’s too cold out there.

There are no painted lines separating the seats on the benches.

The sightlines from Section 203 are closer to being what they were from Section 41 at the old stadium, than from Section 39. 

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“The potted plants have got to go, the bathroom and beer lines seem as long as ever,” Sheriff Tom comments. “I defended a new stadium all along, but to me they bungled it.”

Perhaps most worrisome are those crowded entryways, which serve far too many fans from several sections milling about or moving from the concessions to their seats. This is the one problem that goes well beyond conventional whining and demands immediate club intervention.

“If there’s a fire, you’d need a chainsaw to get out of there,” Donahue says.  

Remember folks.  The complaining is after two exhibition games, and today will be all fat-cats.  Wait until the “real fans” start attending games.

Read the rest here.

More reviews and obstructed seats here.

And always keep an eye on New Stadium Insider.

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