Ok, one last one actually. After I wrapped up Gibson Stadium, I took a short break and then decided to take a run at Yankee Stadium to truly finish off the older stadium series. So, here it is:
The original Yankee Stadium had several structural issues, which led to it eventually being torn down (although something similar had happened in the 70s, and you know...) but I figured if they kept it they would look for a way to boost revenue. Hence, the behind home plate suites I added.
I also brought back the frieze along the upper deck that was lost in the 1970s renovation.
A lot of the bigger changes I made came in the outfield, which used to have more ads than your average interstate offramp. I added columns along the outfield. In right center I moved the bullpen into the stands, added a primary videoboard and lineup boards, and engraved some Yankee's history. I also added a batters eye with a bit of Yankees' history on it:
In Center I added another video ribbon with an out of town scoreboard along the top. I also rebuilt Monument Park, including a bit of help from the Hall of Fame and Baseball Reference.
Finally, in left I added a new grand entrance, with a fitting Latin saying for the Yankees' history.
It was fun to play a bit with transforming this classic park, and again, it's interesting to think about how different the park could look if steps were taken to save it. It's too bad we lost it to history, but it's fun to bring it back into the game in this form.
Yankee Stadium was particularly deep, which means that the home run numbers are depressed and doubles and triples are increased.
Zip file can be found here
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