This is why you knock down stadiums, even the best ones

Tyler Durden · 02-28-2008, 01:14 PM

They just sit there and rot, it's like your grandma sitting in a nursing home and no one visiting her. It comes to a point, where you have to put your dying dog a sleep.

JetsFan2012 · 02-28-2008, 01:16 PM

Yuck. Although, it IS Detroit, so it probably blends in with everything else.

What's the plan for current Yankee Stadium when it closes?

Tyler Durden · 02-28-2008, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by pauliec

Yuck. Although, it IS Detroit, so it probably blends in with everything else.

What's the plan for current Yankee Stadium when it closes?

Tearing it down, and building park land.

Bay Ridge Jet · 02-28-2008, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by pauliec

Yuck. Although, it IS Detroit, so it probably blends in with everything else.

What's the plan for current Yankee Stadium when it closes?

A wrecking ball

Tyler Durden · 02-28-2008, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Bay Ridge Jet

A wrecking ball

Can't use wrecking balls or demo in NY. Both the Yankees and Mets have to take it apart piece by piece.

Bay Ridge Jet · 02-28-2008, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Sean Ryan

Can't use wrecking balls or demo in NY. Both the Yankees and Mets have to take it apart piece by piece.

Thats kind of sad watching it go piece by piece. I dont care how they get rid of Shea as long as it becomes parking again.

Tyler Durden · 02-28-2008, 01:24 PM

Here is what NYC Parks Department has on there website.

JetsFan2012 · 02-28-2008, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Sean Ryan

Man, look at the big light stanchions and load-bearing beams and the wooden walls... they certainly don't make 'em like that anymore.

Bay Ridge Jet · 02-28-2008, 01:33 PM

Prince Fielder was hitting bombs at Tiger stadium when he was a kid.

chirorob · 02-28-2008, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by pauliec

Man, look at the big light stanchions and load-bearing beams and the wooden walls... they certainly don't make 'em like that anymore.

Notice the grass is still cut, and the infield looks nice. Good priorities.

JetsFan2012 · 02-28-2008, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by chirorob

Notice the grass is still cut, and the infield looks nice. Good priorities.

I got this pic from Wiki, taken in Nov. 2007.

The grass is still cut, that's true (and odd, I guess). But there is still trash from concessions in the stands. The last game was in 1999. How is that possible?

JetsFan2012 · 02-28-2008, 01:46 PM

oy, that picture is big. Sorry chaps.

FF2® · 02-28-2008, 01:50 PM

Looks life they filmed The Natural there!

Tyler Durden · 02-28-2008, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by FoxboroFanatic2

Looks life they filmed The Natural there!

Tiger Stadium played Yankee Stadium in 61*

FF2® · 02-28-2008, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Sean Ryan

Tiger Stadium played Yankee Stadium in 61*

61* ?????

Did 61 cheat?

SMC · 02-28-2008, 02:17 PM

Damn, Detroit is the saddest town in America.

chirorob · 02-28-2008, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by pauliec

oy, that picture is big. Sorry chaps.

Most depressing stadium ever. BTW "chaps?" How was the flight over from Jolly Old England?

Traitor Jay & the Woodies · 02-28-2008, 04:16 PM

i was lucky enough to catch two games there during the last season in 1999.

I've been to 20 major league parks, and that was one of the best to take in a game. the outfiled stands uniquely framed the game and the crowd was literally right ontop of the field.

the insides of the stadium were falling apart, and the neighbor hood was a war zone, but inside, it was beatiful. i much prefer it to the sprawling mess that is Comerica.

JetPotato · 02-28-2008, 04:23 PM

The sad truth is that they should really knock down Detroit, not just the stadium.

Tyler Durden · 02-28-2008, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Guido Monzino

The sad truth is that they should really knock down Detroit, not just the stadium.

Keep Comerica Park, it is a beauty.

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JetsFan2012 Waterboy Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 0	Yuck. Although, it IS Detroit, so it probably blends in with everything else. What's the plan for current Yankee Stadium when it closes?

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