Gate 2 Demolition at Old Yankee Stadium 3-31-2010

[BHTurnow]

When Yankee Stadium and CitiField were in the planning stages, the economy was is great shape. No one could forsee the economy turning as bad as it did. The reason the stadium was knocked down was Michael Bloomberg and his deputy mayors. He wanted the stadium gone and it is all part of his plan to make the Bronx the premier borough in New York, all while getting richer. Sad to see this happen for so many reasons. In the end, NYC could care less. They never did and never will.

[mktmajor2003]

Hate the yankess but its sad when a piece of baseball history is destroyed. I wish someone could have at least saved gate 2 or listed it in the registry of historic places so they couldnt mess with it. Its a shame when corporate America can destroy something so sacred to people

[BHTurnow]

Gate 2 was the ONLY authentic section of the stadium from 1928. It was not modified during the 74-75 renovation. This was the one piece that was not altered. The City blew it and destroyed history!

[qpalzmxnskwieudjcnvb]

whats so special about gate 2??

[WrathofKhanII]

good job corporate america,

you want the statue of liberty with that,

hell even Osama didn't take this much of our nations history

[curious824]

nothing but sadness is what i see...Thank you for recording history.

[alonenjersey]

Am I the only Yankee fan who did'nt see any footage of this sad event on any of the local networks?

[gcastro44]

why do a lot of people think that the yankees are synonymous with the USA? most of the USA can care less.

[Yoseman1]

@gcastro44

That is because most of the USA is not that bright, proven over and over again.

[TheGinger48]

The House that Ruth Built has become, the house that greed destroyed.

[itcamefromthefuture]

I'm excited about the new park! To going to be amazing. They can't build it soon enough!

[bigbren92]

@itcamefromthefuture are you stupid? or just ignorant...

[freakyfornash]

That really sucks they couldn't save Gate 2, and would doing so have really been too much to ask? What they're doing to Old Yankee Stadium is exactly what Barack Obama (Bin Laden) is currently doing to our now sorry country!

[brnsgr45]

@ beatlebrian: The agreement was that the stadium would be razed to provide parkland. I'd rather have that than another housing project...

[beatlebrian]

I would like to know what the hell NYC was thinking after what has happened to Ebbetts Field and The Polo Grounds?

[Appelpr]

hard to watch :(

[yanksfan609]

And with it goes the memories

[SclafaniBagni]

@yanksfan609 ummm no? im pretty sure the demolition hasnt erased my memories...

[perfectlittlelife]

Props to you for catching this. I wanted to be there but I was working. This is a sad day indeed. :(

[OllieRamone]

Indeed. May the morons who let this happen burn in hell forever.

[beatlebrian]

This is truly a sad day....