Yankee Stadium

Yankee Stadium
	; Yankee Stadium's first public event, a Yankees batting practice session
Location	East 161st Street & River Avenue, Bronx, New York
Coordinates	40°49′45″N 73°55′35″W / 40.82917°N 73.92639°W
Broke ground	August 16, 2006
Opened	April 3, 2009
Owner	New York Yankees; (land leased from the City of New York)
Operator	New York Yankees
Surface	Grass
Construction cost	US $1.6 billion
Architect	HOK Sport
Capacity	52,325
Field dimensions	Left Field - 318 ft (96.9 m); Left-Center - 399 ft (121.6 m); Center Field - 408 ft (124.3 m); Right-Center - 385 ft (117.3 m); Right Field - 314 ft (95.7 m)
Tenants
	New York Yankees (MLB) (2009- )

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For the original Yankee Stadium, see Yankee Stadium (1923).

Yankee Stadium is the new baseball stadium of the New York Yankees Major League Baseball team, located in the New York City borough of the Bronx. It was opened with an exhibition game against the Chicago Cubs on April 3, 2009.

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Tenants
Yankee Stadium's first public event, a Yankees batting practice session
Location	East 161st Street & River Avenue, Bronx, New York
Coordinates	40°49′45″N 73°55′35″W / 40.82917°N 73.92639°W / 40.82917; -73.92639
Broke ground	August 16, 2006
Opened	April 3, 2009
Owner	New York Yankees (land leased from the City of New York)
Operator	New York Yankees
Surface	Grass
Construction cost	US $1.6 billion^[1]
Architect	HOK Sport
Capacity	52,325^[2]
Field dimensions	Left Field - 318 ft (96.9 m) Left-Center - 399 ft (121.6 m) Center Field - 408 ft (124.3 m) Right-Center - 385 ft (117.3 m) Right Field - 314 ft (95.7 m)
New York Yankees (MLB) (2009- )