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Yankee Stadium Review

 
On Thursday, July 2, I went to the new Yankee Stadium for the first time. Overall, I was much more pleased than I originally thought. I had expected much different things from the stadium, and I will describe everything that I saw, and explain all of my opinions. Let me start off by saying the stadium is absolutely gorgeous. Just from standing outside, you could tell how beautiful the ballpark really is and how much money the Yanks put into it. One little aspect I liked was that the Yankees changed the way of security checks upon entering the stadium. The old way was that there would be a few stations around one area, and you would have to wait in line, and some of the lines got extremely long. Now, the Yankees have many security people spread out over all the entrances, so the lines are extremely short, if at all. There were no lines for security checks on Thursday.  The biggest difference between the old and new stadium is the standing room, and the "comfort level" of the stadium. What I ... (link)

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