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Yankee Stadium
Published or Updated May 13, 2019
Location: United States
Sport: Baseball
Level: Professional
Also Known As: The House That Ruth Built
Sport: Baseball
Level: Professional
Also Known As: The House That Ruth Built
Event Type: Venue
First Held: 2009
Next Up: 5/13/2019-5/19/2019
First Held: 2009
Next Up: 5/13/2019-5/19/2019
When and Where: every April through October in New York, NY

The new park, opened for the 2009 season at a cost of $1.5 billion, already boasts a glut of nicknames: The Stadium, The Big Ballpark in the Bronx, The House That Jeter Built, The New House, New Yankee Stadium.
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First game ever played (exhibition), the Yankees beat the Cubs 7 - 4.
Within the first 23 games, 87 homes runs were hit at this field.
Broke ground for the stadium on August 16, 2006 (58th Anniversary of Babe Ruth's Death.
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"Some new aesthetic touches make a big difference, especially the retired numbers displayed on a previously blank wall above the left-field bleachers and the championship seasons listed on a similar space above the bleachers in right."
Tyler Kepner