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Yankee
Stadium Model, Circa 1973
Nearing completion, there's just a few more things to do before I can
call it finished
161st Street and River Avenue Bronx,
New York
Welcome to a most unusual website. Here I will chronicle, from start to finish, the building of an exact scale
model replica of Yankee Stadium as it appeared in mid 1973. Opening on
April 18, 1923, and christened with a 3 run home run by none other than Babe Ruth, this first ever triple decked concrete
and steel stadium was built in only 285 days. My replica has taken a bit longer, actual construction began on March 8,
2008. I'm well into the end game now and expect to finish this spring.
I love how they worked out the layout for this particular
tower, 4 rows of 31 lights, 5 rows of 29 and 1 row of 1
As most everybody knows by now, America's most
famous sports arena, Yankee Stadium, has been replaced with a new structure, also called "Yankee Stadium". As
one of those who were lucky enough to have been in "the old stadium", I'm not going to let this famous building
disappear forever from the face of the earth without a fitting tribute. This model will be built so that those who were not
as fortunate as I will be able to get a realistic look at this magnificent sports palace in all it's glory. No significant
feature will be omitted, allowing for the real feel and ambiance of the old stadium to come through. Flags, windows, monuments,
speakers, bat racks, gates, railings, bullpens etc., etc. will all be here. Looks like I'll be done sometime in the spring
of this year. Maybe opening day!
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