Tear Down Stadium and Build Up the Bronx (NY Times)
From The New York Times:
By HARVEY ARATON
Published: January 24, 2009
"...When it is in the baseball team’s interest to demolish a stadium so there will be enough parking by opening day, the old ballpark can’t come down soon enough. When the existing stadium site has been designated for replacement park baseball fields, the community can wait — in the case of Heritage Field on the existing old Stadium site, until at least fall 2011, or three years after the last major league pitch...."
"...Having long ago learned that slogans are much cheaper than sympathy, now there is one on the River Avenue side of the new stadium. Building the Future of the Bronx, it says. All that is missing is Bombers after Bronx. The community’s future is parkland in piecemeal, with taxpayers picking up the ever-escalating tab...."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/sports/baseball/25araton.html?scp=2&sq=yankee%20stadium%20&st=cse
By HARVEY ARATON
Published: January 24, 2009
"...When it is in the baseball team’s interest to demolish a stadium so there will be enough parking by opening day, the old ballpark can’t come down soon enough. When the existing stadium site has been designated for replacement park baseball fields, the community can wait — in the case of Heritage Field on the existing old Stadium site, until at least fall 2011, or three years after the last major league pitch...."
"...Having long ago learned that slogans are much cheaper than sympathy, now there is one on the River Avenue side of the new stadium. Building the Future of the Bronx, it says. All that is missing is Bombers after Bronx. The community’s future is parkland in piecemeal, with taxpayers picking up the ever-escalating tab...."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/sports/baseball/25araton.html?scp=2&sq=yankee%20stadium%20&st=cse
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