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Old Posted Mar 28, 2009, 11:44 PM
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Originally Posted by genop View Post
the original was built starting 1922 and finished in 1923. what he is talking about is the make over they did on the stadium in the mid 70's. the only thing that remained the same was the skeleton of the stadium and most of the outer wall. it looks totally different from opening day.
Right. The Yankees played a couple of years at Shea while Yankee stadium was being "rebuilt" with a different look. The last incarnation opened in 1976. The new stadium has been designed to look more like the original, both inside and out.

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