Yankee Stadium (demolished 2010)

Yankee Stadium is a stadium in The Bronx, United States that opened in 1923. Its recorded capacity is 58,000.

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Yankee Stadium
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Key facts

Yankee Stadium is a stadium in The Bronx, United States that opened in 1923. Its recorded capacity is 58,000. It is owned by City of New York and New York City. It is operated by New York Yankees and New York Yankees. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are New York Yankees 1923–1973, 1976–2008, Manhattan Jaspers, 1932, 1938, 1940, NYU Violets part-time, 1926–1948, Gotham Bowl 1962, New York Black Yankees 1931, 1941–1948, New York Yankees, New York Skyliners, New York Generals, 1941 NYU Violets football team.

Location
The Bronx, United States
Type
Stadium
Capacity
58,000
Opened
1923
Status
Demolished
Current owner
City of New York, New York City
Naming rights
No current sponsor name
Name changes
0
Playing surface
Natural grass
Location of Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium

Yankee Stadium is at latitude 40.826944, longitude -73.928056, in The Bronx, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.

Data table for this chart
Recorded location of Yankee Stadium
FieldValue
Latitude40.826944
Longitude-73.928056
CityThe Bronx
RegionThe Bronx
CountryUnited States
OpenStreetMap objectNot recorded
Footprint geometryNot yet exported by the pipeline

Technology

Playing surface, roof and equipment recorded for Yankee Stadium
FeatureRecorded asConfidenceSource
SurfaceNatural grassWikipedia infoboxSource

See the venue technology guides for how these work.

Naming rights

No naming history is recorded for this venue.

Ownership and operation

Owners and operators of Yankee Stadium, past and present
RoleOrganizationPeriodStatusConfidenceSource
OwnerNew York City1923 to presentCurrentWikidata statementSource
OwnerCity of New YorkPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource
OperatorNew York Yankees1923 to presentCurrentWikidata statementSource
OperatorNew York YankeesPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource

Tenants

Tenants of Yankee Stadium and the competitions they play in
TenantCompetitionsPeriodStatusSource
New York Yankees 1923–1973, 1976–2008Not mappedPresentCurrentSource
Manhattan Jaspers, 1932, 1938, 1940Not mappedPresentCurrentSource
NYU Violets part-time, 1926–1948Not mappedPresentCurrentSource
Gotham Bowl 1962Not mappedPresentCurrentSource
New York Black Yankees 1931, 1941–1948Not mappedPresentCurrentSource
New York YankeesNot mapped1923 to presentCurrentSource
New York SkylinersNot mapped1923 to presentCurrentSource
New York GeneralsNot mapped1923 to presentCurrentSource
1941 NYU Violets football teamNot mapped1923 to presentCurrentSource

Recorded changes

16 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.

Change log for Yankee Stadium
DateTableFieldFromToMonth
2 October 2026venue_features(created)not set33972026-10
29 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set432422026-09
29 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set432412026-09
29 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set432402026-09
29 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set432392026-09
29 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set432382026-09
29 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set432372026-09
29 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set432362026-09
28 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set394672026-09
28 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set394662026-09
28 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set394652026-09
28 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set394642026-09
28 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set394632026-09
28 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set394622026-09
28 September 2026venueswikipedia_revidnot set13761026112026-09
28 September 2026venueswikipedia_titleYankee_Stadium_(1923)Yankee Stadium (1923)2026-09

Sources and licenses

Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:

Row-level sources used for this venue:

Wikipedia article: Yankee Stadium (1923) (revision 1376102611). Wikidata item: Q675214.