The new Yankee Stadium
The new Yankee Stadium, a $1.5 billion lavishly constructed home for the New York Yankees, opened today and is ready for tonight’s exhibition game against the Cubs.
Known as “The House That George Built,” Hal Steinbrenner said he was very impressed with the new stadium, and thinks his father would be “very proud.”
Players also reacted to the new stadium:
Joba Chamberlain : “I am trying not to get lost first of all. I am going to have to send a telegram to talk to some of the other guys in the clubhouse. You can’t ask for anything better than this, to come home and have this waiting for us. It’s great for all of us guys that worked so hard to get where we are at. It’s probably a little different for the guys that have been here 12-13 years.
“Pitching on the mound is going to be a little different, just because your background’s going to be different, so that will take a little adjustment.”
A.J. Burnett: “You can get lost in here easily. I think they did a very good job. I was apart when they did one a re-make of the one in Toronto and they did an A-plus job, but this is just incredible.
Johnny Damon : “If you could see the looks on our faces, you can tell Christmas came a bit early for us this year. My first thoughts were that we very fortunate to have a place like this. This place is special the second you walk into it.”
Joe Girardi: “It’s like Christmas morning. It’s an unbelievable building.
“The first door I walked through was the kitchen. It’s probably my favorite place. I love to eat, that’s my passion.”
Phil Coke: “It’s unbelievable, you can’t put it into words. And I haven’t been able to see it all yet.”
View photos of the new Yankee Stadium below.