Cusefan0307
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I think it would give us better home field advantage...and man...yesterday just makes me wish we had an outdoor stadium.
I would rather play in yankee stadium than MetLife...NYC home games
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OrangeHeel
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I was not that impressed with MetLife as a venue. Expected more (see Linc in Philly) given what I read. While I'm a diehard BoSox fan, I think Yankee Stadium is a great venue & unique. OP is spot on about this. As to open air for us given climate -- retractable > dome > open air IMHO.
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So you mean October then.
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2008 happens only once every 20 years or so
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Not with that roster, unless I have the year wrong and it's 1999.
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In 2014, over 50% of Yankee mgmt mandated payroll limit will be locked up in 4 players. And that doesn't include Cano's payday. But the good news is that the rest of the teams won't get their Socialism check from the Yankees.
As far as future football games in that awesome stadium, I think I'm in the minority in that I prefer football games in football stadiums, not baseball stadiums. When the 50 yard line is one of the worst seats in the house, something doesn't seem right.
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Yankee Stadium has some nice things going for it...a good replay scoreboard, some cache from the baseball team that plays there, the fact that it is in New York, though the Bronx is not ideal.
But...
* It has a capacity of less than 45K for football. Unfortunately, athletics are largely about money. It is hard to make money playing in such a small stadium.
* It is difficult to tailgate there. Not many lots, most are not as close as they could be to the stadium and they don't allow open flames (though they were tolerated to some degree yesterday).
* The sight lines, the closeness of the seats to the field, even the way the seats are aligned to the infield...are all horrendous compared to stadia designed to watch football games. There are no good seats for football in Yankee Stadium. The ones close to the field are in/near the endzone. The ones near the 50 yard line are 30 or 40 yards or more from the playing field. They can't even sell the ones at field level near the 50 yard line because they are so low to the field that the players block the view for fans.
MetLife on the other hand...
Has a perfect setup for tailgating. Perfect design for watching football games. The best and biggest replay scoreboards I have ever seen.
Easy to get in and out of (except from hotels 2 miles away when relying on GPS units). Huge capacity with potential for making enough money to justify playing games there.
To make any game at one of these facilities financially feasible, the ticket prices are going to be steep. If I have to pay $100-$150 for a ticket to a football game, I want to have the best possible football experience for my money. That comes from watching games in MetLife.
The bowl games in Yankee Stadium have been fun to go to, I have enjoyed the experience. I hope the Pinstripe Bowl continues, the ACC gets it and if SU gets invited to go there, I will attend again.
But I don't want to see SU schedule home games there. A 3 game series with Army with games at West Point, Yankee Stadium and the Dome might work for me though. I think I would prefer to play Army at Yankee Stadium in front of a sold out Yankee Stadium than in front of a half empty MetLife Stadium. Though I am not 100% sure.
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SUtomcat - as much as I agree with your assessment - Yankee stadium is in the Bronx (NYC) and met life is in NJ - I vote NYC - nuff said!
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If you really want to play games in a baseball stadium in front of 35,000 people, play at CitiField.
At least you'll have plenty of room for parking and tailgating. And it's still NYC if that's all that matters to you.
And the Mets won't mind. They might not even notice.
At least you'll have plenty of room for parking and tailgating. And it's still NYC if that's all that matters to you.
And the Mets won't mind. They might not even notice.
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Yeah I agree but where are many of our recruits coming from? If we are going to play downstate I would rather go to Yankee St instead of Met Life - I avoid jersey like the dumb plague that it is!
Cusefan0307
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You can still charge more at yankee stadiumavila it to capacity, and get a noteworthy opponent there. II just think if we are playing in ny, Yankee stadium makes the most sense to me. MetLife just kind of has a sucky atmosphere and I don't think it gives us an advantage as the "home" team, but I'm sure there are giant and jet fans who would disagree with me.
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Met Life sounds great. Maybe all those tri-state alums that didn't show up vs. USC will be there next year vs. Ped St.
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If you really want to play games in a baseball stadium in front of 35,000 people, play at CitiField.
At least you'll have plenty of room for parking and tailgating. And it's still NYC if that's all that matters to you.
And the Mets won't mind. They might not even notice.
You missed your best punch line.
And unlike Yankee Stadium, CitiField will be available for football games all of October.
The truth hurts. B@stard!
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It's really an apples and ORANGES argument.
If u want your experience to be a total football one, then it's GIANTS Stadium, hands down.
If u want your experience to be unique, ie: taking the subway, pre-game beers costing u the price of a 12 pack, the look of the facade backdrop, the look of cnyers when they walk into Billy's and go 'holy fcuk, this place is huge! I thought it was going to be a shoebox!', the sights of Steinbrenners mug in the northeast end zone, 27 World Championship banners etc...then it's Yankee Stadium.
I could care less, but I would think Yankee Stadium would become a pain because football IS tailgating.
If u want your experience to be a total football one, then it's GIANTS Stadium, hands down.
If u want your experience to be unique, ie: taking the subway, pre-game beers costing u the price of a 12 pack, the look of the facade backdrop, the look of cnyers when they walk into Billy's and go 'holy fcuk, this place is huge! I thought it was going to be a shoebox!', the sights of Steinbrenners mug in the northeast end zone, 27 World Championship banners etc...then it's Yankee Stadium.
I could care less, but I would think Yankee Stadium would become a pain because football IS tailgating.
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But they all showed up at the Garden for that noon crapper against Temple last week. Had a dozen in my crew.
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so they are just as fair weather as the local fans they love to bash