1922 to 1923
On February 6, 1921, the New York Yankees announced the purchase of ten acres of property in the west Bronx. The future home of Yankee Stadium was purchased from the estate of William Waldorf Astor for $675,000. On April 18, 1923, The House That Ruth Built opened for business. Yankee Stadium was a gigantic horseshoe shaped triple-decked ballpark that was the first to be called a stadium. Countless articles have been written by countless historians bringing forth every aspect of the stadium's history. Merion Bluegrass. Yankee Stadium. The architect who designed The Yankee Stadium (which was its original name) was Osborn Engineering (1923) and Praeger-Kavanaugh-Waterbury (1976). The construction was done by White Construction Company in 1923at the cost of $2.5 million and the renovation in 1976 cost $160 million. The stadium's nickname, The House That Ruth Built, is derived from Babe Ruth, the legendary baseball superstar whose prime years coincided with the stadium's opening and the beginning of the Yankees' winning history. Yankee Stadium closed following the 2008 baseball season and the new stadium opened in 2009, adopting the Yankee Stadium moniker. Yankee Stadium was demolished in 2010, two years after it closed. The construction on the old Yankee Stadium began on May 5, 1922, the stadium officially opened in 1923. With the new Yankee Stadium, groundbreaking began on August 16, 2006 a … nd the official opening was in 2009. Jakeem2009. Answered.  Yankee Stadium is a stadium located in The Bronx, New York City. It is the home ballpark for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the home stadium for New York City FC of Major League Soccer (MLS). In 1993, New York Governor Mario Cuomo proposed using the West Side Yard, a 30-acre rail yard along the West Side of Manhattan and owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, as the location for new stadium for the Yankees. CHALLENGE. The original Yankee Stadium, built in 1923, has long been considered the most iconic structure in the game of baseball. Enveloped in history, mystery and an environment many thought would be impossible to emulate, “the house that Babe built” was nearing the end of its storied life.  Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, New York. It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees, one of the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises, from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008. Yankee Stadium closed following the 2008 baseball season and the new stadium opened in 2009, adopting the Yankee Stadium moniker. Yankee Stadium was demolished in 2010, two years after it closed. In 2006, the Yankees began building a new $2.3 billion stadium in public parkland adjacent to the stadium. The price included $1.2 billion in public subsidies. The design includes a replica of the frieze along the roof that was in Yankee Stadium. Yankee Stadium closed following the 2008 baseball season and the new stadium opened in 2009, adopting the Yankee Stadium moniker. Yankee Stadium was demolished in 2010, two years after it closed. Now there's the house that Bill Becker built. And they both are Yankee Stadium. Becker, 87, of Toms River, N.J., is a master builder of models made of matchsticks. Bill Becker, 87, of Toms River, N.J., shows the replica of Yankee Stadium he built out of 75,000 matchsticks on Friday, May 17, 2013. The replica was on display in the Bronx at the new Yankee Stadium last week and will be exhibited at the Yogi Berra Museum in Montclair, N.J. The stadium was built from 1922 to 1923 for $2.4 million ($32 million in 2014 dollars). The stadium's construction was paid for entirely by Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert, who was eager to have his own stadium after sharing the Polo Grounds with the New York Giants baseball team the previous 10 years. Yankee Stadium closed following the 2008 baseball season and the new stadium opened in 2009, adopting the Yankee Stadium moniker. Yankee Stadium was demolished in 2010, two years after it closed. For the last time, the Yankees aren't building a new Yankee Stadium for the Bronx because it is the poorest Congressional district in the country. And they aren't building it for you anymore than the Mets are with Citi Field. This isn't about a grand slam home run for the city's economy. 
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