Baseball at Yankee Stadium, East 161st Street and River Avenue, Bronx, New York
Yankee Stadium. Home of the New York American League Baseball Team, known as the "Yankees." It is the largest baseball Park in the United States. Seating capacity 60,000.
The original Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in the Bronx, New York City. It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees, one of the city's Major League Baseball franchises, from 1923 to 2008, except for 1974-75 when the stadium was renovated. It hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the home of the New York Giants National Football League (NFL) team from 1956 through September 1973. The stadium's nickname, "The House That Ruth Built", is derived from Babe Ruth, the baseball superstar whose prime years coincided with the stadium's opening and the beginning of the Yankees' winning history. It has often been referred to as "The Cathedral of Baseball".
Location: Bronx, New York
Address: East 161st Street & River Avenue
Tenants:
Baseball
New York Yankees (MLB) (1923–1973, 1976–2008)
American football
NYU Violets football (part-time, 1923–1948)
New York Yankees (AFL I / NFL) (1926–1928)
New York Yankees (AFL II) (1936–1937)
New York Yankees (AFL III) (1940)
New York Americans (AFL III) (1941)
New York Yankees (AAFC) (1946–1949)
New York Yanks (NFL) (1950–1951)
New York Giants (NFL) (1956–1973)
Gotham Bowl (1962)
Soccer
New York Skyliners (USA) (1967)
New York Generals (NPSL / NASL) (1967–1968)
New York Cosmos (NASL) (1971, 1976)