Yankee Stadium seats/ticket help

I'm with BYH. Not a better seat for the $ than tier reserve behind the plate. In fact, I believe that's where I was when Brett hit the home run against Gossage in Game 3 in 1980. So it's a particularly good place to sit for KC fans.

 

The one time I went there, I sat about 30 rows up from home plate. I don't know what the tickets would cost now... back 10 years ago, they were about $20 per. (Probably three times that now.) I loved the seats, and there were none of the obnoxious fan cartel there.

 

If you go, definitely take the subway -- not only because the highways can be a pain, but it's a great experience walking along the street under the elevated subway, bars and stores along the way, and then walking into the stadium and seeing the grass and sky.

Whatever you do, fill up before the game. If you insist on eating or drinking inside, take out a bank loan first.

 

Wow. I just woke up to see lots of good advice on this thread already.

Something tells me I'll be trying for tier reserved seats behind home plate. Ten different sections of tickets have sold out already, so it's down to the $58 tickets and less now. So long as I'm not in the bleachers, fine. And so long as I don't forget to make that stroll down 161st and River Avenue.

I've seen Wrigley and Fenway, so this summer I'm curious to see how Yankee Stadium stacks up.

Again, thanks everyone for all the advice. Some great tips already.

 

Awesome advice. I too will be making my first trip to the Bronx this summer. I was already planning on grabbing some tickets behind home plate, but this cemented it.

Thanks everyone.

 

By the way, being a baseball nut that I am, I take it that it's worth getting there really early and checking out Monument Park?

 

And maybe SJ.NY can have a "Ozfest" when you hit town

 

Someone else here told me that yes, it's worth it. Apparently it's open until one hour before the game starts. If I'm there, there's no way I could pass on seeing that.

 

Slight threadjack.

Still having not decided on our summer trip (beaches or NY), I know the SJNY.com group can help me out here: I REALLY don't want to spend $250/night on a hotel, thus I began searching for military lodging in NY. I found the Coast Guard station on Staten Island, about a 10 minute ride to the ferry. Would that be a managable place to stay, considering we'd be sight-seeing/ballgaming during the day, back to the hotel to shower/change and back to the city for nightlife?

 

Well, for $50 a night -- as opposed to $250 -- I can probably deal with some inconveniences.