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New York Yankees Break Ground on Stadium VOLUME 13 THE NEWS OF AMERICA’S COMMUNITY OF ARCHITECTS SEPTEMBER 22, 2006 DESIGN PROJECT WATCH New York Yankees Break Ground on Stadium tics of the 1923 structure while adding today’s amenities. But now a new Yankee Stadium will more closely continue the tradi- tion and symbolism that began in 1923 at the original “House.” And, even though the geography will shift slightly, Yankees history and pride will continue. The new, asymmetrical, open-air, 51,000-seat Yankee Sta- dium will be located on a South Bronx site adjacent to the existing stadium. Design elements of the original 1923 structure that will be replicated with modern interpretation are: • The four-story brown limestone and granite façade and entry by Russell Boniface ture while adding today’s amenities. • A roof overhang jutting out above Associate Editor Groundbreaking was held on August the upper deck 16. The stadium will open in 2009. • The traditional arch frieze hanging Iconic Yankee Stadium will live on from the roof in a new incarnation that combines The legacy continues—just • The right-field bullpen modern with tradition—thanks to one across the street • Traditional auxiliary scoreboards. of AIA’s own. “But don’t call it New Yankee Stadium, both the original and Yankee Stadium,” says Earl Santee, existing structure, has had tremen- AIA, principal-in-charge and senior dous success. It is nicknamed “The principal at HOK Sport. “It’s Yankee House that Ruth Built” because it was Stadium.” Located in New York City’s christened with a Babe Ruth home Bronx borough, Yankee Stadium has a run on opening day, 1923. The original storied baseball history. An asymmet- three-tiered structure stood for 50 rical, open-air ballpark originally built years and was demolished in 1973 to in 1923 and reconstructed in the ’70s, make way for the existing structure, “The Stadium” has hosted 37 World opened in 1976 on the same parcel Series and many great players. But of land. While modern for its day, it the time has come to continue that lacked the original design elements legacy in a new, more functional ball- that had become symbols of Yankees park. Kansas-City based HOK Sport + tradition. Venue + Event designed the new $800 million Yankee Stadium, financed by The new stadium will rep- the Yankees. It will replicate design characteristics of the 1923 struc- licate design characteris- VOLUME 13 THE NEWS OF AMERICA’S COMMUNITY OF ARCHITECTS SEPTEMBER 22, 2006 DESIGN Elements of the current Yankee Sta- dium that will be retained are: • The geometric dimensions, includ- ing the renowned “short porch” right-field fence—which is a modi- fied version of the original stadium’s “porch”—where the distance from home plate to the right-field fence is unusually short • Monument Park, an area in the existing stadium that contains Yankees’ plaques and retired jersey numbers. New features will include: • A double façade element that combines the traditional Yankee limestone and granite façade with a secondary modern façade of glass and steel build the stadium across the street. tomorrow’s fan. What we will have, • A Great Hall concourse in between From a planning perspective, it’s a then, is an interesting interplay for the two facades illuminated by natu- tight, urban site. But to house the Yan- the fans of the legacy of the Yankees’ ral and artificial light kees for the next 50 years in the Bronx tradition while looking at the Yankees • Better sightlines in the seating bowl was an important factor because it re- of today and tomorrow.” • A different seating layout ally talks to the legacy of the Yankees • Modern bleachers with a café in in New York City.” Duality, the Great Hall, and center field wayfinding • Increased wayfinding, parking, and Preserving the Yankee legacy was Santee points out that the goal in access paramount to Santee. “The original designing the new Yankee Stadium • Twenty-first century technology. building was built in 1923. In some is to recreate the intimate experience ways, that legacy will continue—just that fans have always enjoyed at “The The new Yankee Stadium is also the across the street. The architecture is Stadium.” impetus of a large-scale South Bronx really about trying to continue the lega- redevelopment plan. cy of the Yankees in the Bronx through Fans will arrive at the new stadium the original symbolic elements. For and see what Santee calls the tripod AIA architect melds mod- example, the limestone and granite arch façade of the old days, albeit with ern with tradition facade from 1923 will be the basis for modern interpretation. “The idea of it Earl Santee, principal-in-charge, is the skin of the new building but feature in the old days, and will be again, is one of the most experienced ball- interpretation with modern materials.” that the façade is the quintessential park architects in the world, having Yankees symbol.” Fans will come worked on more than 18 parks for Santee describes how a modern through a series of gates, portals, and Major League Baseball. “The Yankee façade of glass and steel will be entryways in the limestone and granite Stadium project took 10-11 years to beyond the limestone façade. Santee facade. Once inside, there will be the culminate in the groundbreaking that defines the meaning of the double 30,000-square-foot Great Hall. we had in August,” explains Santee. façade: “The double façade says that “We looked at various sites, and, at we appreciate the great history of the The façade is the the end of the day, from a site selec- Yankees in such a great way, but we tion standpoint, the best site for the also want the new stadium to be a quintessential Yankees was to stay in the Bronx and modern building about today’s fan and Yankees symbol. VOLUME 13 THE NEWS OF AMERICA’S COMMUNITY OF ARCHITECTS SEPTEMBER 22, 2006 DESIGN you once you enter.” The Great Hall explains. “Two-thirds of the seats will Santee describes the Great Hall as will also offer more than game-time be in the lower deck and one-third 75 feet tall and 60-100 feet wide, run- concessions by featuring year-round is in the upper deck. We also made ning from the right field to home plate destination restaurants, retail, and a minor adjustments to how the seating and featuring much transparency. Hall of Fame Museum. bowl works so fans will be closer to “It will be a space to allow everyone the game.” Santee adds that there will to gather inside the building, collect Wayfinding will not be difficult, unlike be 57 luxury suites, which will be on themselves, and understand the sym- at today’s stadium. “From the Great their own level. “They are very much bolism of the Yankees while looking at Hall, fans will proceed into the wide integrated into the seating bowl,” a modern façade of glass and metal. It main concourse,” Santee continues. says Santee. “When you look at the will have this duality of building skins, “They will be able to see the field and building, it is about providing the best and the Great Hall in between will walk to their seats, unlike today where possible seats for everybody.” establish that duality—the interplay fans come through the gates and go of Yankees past with the Yankees of up a series of ramps and escalators. The seats will remain Yankee blue as today and tomorrow. In some ways, The new design will be purely in and they are now. The blue seats became the Great Hall will also be the Grand out. And I think it is important to the popular after the original green seats were painted in 1966. Monument Park will be relocated to the new sta- dium but shift location to behind the center-field wall instead of its existing left-centerfield position. The Yankees wanted to make sure that the fans in the bleachers had an improved experi- ence, so they created a café for them, situated in the vacant black “batter’s eye” section of the center-field stands. “We have created a club that will go behind Monument Park and called it the Grandstand Café. It overlooks Monument Park. Fans watching from the cafe will have a reminder of the legacy of the Yankees as they watch the game.” The seats will remain Yankee blue as they are now. Central station of today, because the overall experience that fans have an façade transparency will allow fans unobstructed view of the field from the Santee explains that the existing to see people moving all around in main concourse. Concourses in the stadium’s home-run fence dimensions the main concourse and the spacious upper level will also be spacious.” will be retained to keep the record concourses above.” books alive and recreate the ambience The seating bowl, bleach- of the existing experience of Yankee Natural and artificial light will illumi- ers, and field dimensions Stadium. “We wanted to keep the nate the duality of the Great Hall. “The The organization of the existing homerun dimensions alive, especially space will have a skylight over the stadium’s seating will be flipped from having a right-field porch like the cur- top of it with apertures at three big the existing Yankee stadium, where rent one.” gate spaces that will take fans from two-thirds of the seating capacity is a light space to a dark space to a now in the upper deck and a third is The frieze returns light space. It is the thing that attracts downstairs.
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