Thursday, February 7, 2008

New Yankee Stadium is ridiculous

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3235847

Great article about the new Yankee Stadium. My first reaction is: OMG.

Now, this is my reaction, even though I've never actually gone to a game there yet.

The OMGs came from unprecedented baseball stadium features:

video conferencing rooms for clients in the daytime in the stadium.

they compare it to a 5 star hotel

party suites that seat up to 410 people

58 by 103 television screen

granite and limestone exterior

... But who knows how nice the new stadium really turns out to be until it's finished and open in 2009?

It's all going to be about the little details. I imagine alot of money goes into modeling the suites, the clubhouse, tv, construction costs, but how much time can they make the inside of the stadium look unique?

That's my main problem with all the new stadiums. On the inside, the concourses are all nearly identical. And they are all pretty bland.

If they wanted the New Yankee stadium to feel really majestic, or 5 star hotel like, then even the concourses, all the bathrooms, food courts, and even things like escalators feel incredible to the eye.

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