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So, I went up to the new place yesterday and I wanted to share some impressions I had of it.

It's a wonderful stadium, really comfortable, excellent food and a great experience, but it doesn't have the history.  Now, part of my experience was definitely colored by the sight of the old stadium sitting there, empty and forlorn.  You come up on the 4 train and see the old stadium just like you always did.  You sit in the new place and you see the old stadium sitting there.  It makes you compare the two and reinforces the history you lost.

But enough about that, the new place is a wonderful place to watch a game.  The concourses are huge and open, so you can watch the game while waiting in line. There are more places to eat and buy things than you can imagine so the lines are short. The people working at the stadium are friendly!  (How did that happen?) They smile, ask how they can help and generally must not be from New York.  

The food options are tremendous, but bring your wallet.  A hot dog is $5.50 and as an added bonus they now serve Nathan's!  The garlic fries are a must and there are burgers, tacos, pulled pork, cheese steaks, sushi...tons of food.  Plenty of beers, fresh lemonade, gourmet popcorn, fresh roasted peanuts and thanks to NYC laws, you can see the calories of everything you consume. (That is good, right?)

There are stores everywhere that contain intersting and ridiculous things.  (You can buy freeze dried sod from the old place for $75.)  There is a Yankee museum which contains interesting artifacts, Munson's locker and signed baseballs by thousands of Yankees.  I am a little confused about the layout of the balls because Mickey Mantle's ball is followed by Morgan Ensberg's.  There is also an Armando Benitez ball but I couldn't find Enrique Wilson.  

One intersting thing is that with the open concourses you can watch the game from the lower level as long as you don't mind standing.  So, you could buy a cheap seat and then just stand by the rail for the entire game.  I did it for an innning and nobody told me to get moving.  The seats are wider, the rows more open and there are cupholders for every seat, so no more kicked beverages.  

In short it is a pleasure to go to a ballgame there, but they need to improve on two things ASAP.  The first is Monument Park which looks like a cave underneath the Mohegan Sun Bar.  It looks terrible and sends a terrible message about what the Yankees think of their history. The second is the retired numbers which can't be seen and have been put above the bleachers in left.  Could you paint them on the walls or make them visible please?

Other than that, check the place out, it is wonderful.  Now the Yankees just need to create some history there.