The Opening of Yankee Stadium

The Yankees will return to New York on April 15 to play exhibition games against Brooklyn on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday before opening the 1923 season on Wednesday, April 18 against the Boston Red Sox. The defending American League champions announced that tickets for the first game at Yankee Stadium would go on sale Wednesday, April 11. The team said that many applications for tickets had already been received, but that a large number of box, reserved, and grandstand seats remained and would be available. The Yankees' ticket outlets included their Forty Second Street offices, the Winchester Store on East Forty Second Street near Madison Avenue, and Spalding's downtown store on Nassau Street.

The Biggest Event in Baseball History

The Yankees are expected to make the opening of Yankee Stadium the biggest event in baseball history. The "important people," including national, state, and local politicians will attend, as will baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landisl, American League President Ban Johnson, National League President John Heydler, and many baseball owners. Yankee Stadium's seating capacity for opening day is 70,000, with 25,000 seats in the lower grandstand, 25,000 in the upper grandstand, 10,000 in the mezzanine, and 10,000 in the bleachers. The facility cost $2.5 million.

Yankee Stadium is Easily Accessible

Many New York newspapers have provided directions to the Yankees' new ballpark. The Bronx is thought of as "foreign territory" to many city residents, who are used to attending ballgames in Manhattan or Brooklyn, but the fact is that Yankee Stadium is easily accessible from almost anyplace in New York City, including the north Bronx, by subway. Those who drive their own cars can cross one of many bridges from Manhattan, while those who drive from the northern Bronx can use the Grand Concourse roadway.

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