2008 All-Star Game will be at Yankee Stadium!

by sanchez96 on Jan 16, 2007 12:40 PM EST

From ESPN:

Yankee Stadium will be the site of the 2008 All-Star Game, sources in baseball said, in the last year of the ballpark.

The new Yankee Stadium is scheduled to open in 2009, and old Yankee Stadium closed, 86 years after the ballpark was first built in 1923, and 33 years after the ballpark was remodeled on the same site in 1976. With the All-Star Game slated to be in an AL park in 2008, officials chose Yankee Stadium for the site, believing it to be an appropriate way to usher out the historic building.

The All-Star Game has been held in Yankee Stadium three times previously, the last time in 1977.

I guess my questions are:

Why has it taken 30 years for the All Star game to return?

Will the New Yankee Stadium have to wait almost 30 years before the game is played there?

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And of course how many

inches of rain can we expect for that night? Murphy's law, you know.

Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier. The cigars taste better. The trees are greener. --Billy Martin

by garp on Jan 16, 2007 2:16 PM EST reply actions

I hope I can get tickets

Not likely, though

Yankees win! Theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Yankees win! -John Sterling

by goyankees on Jan 16, 2007 5:09 PM EST reply actions

How come?

Are they hard to come by?

"That was pure youth, speed and recklessness." --Mike Mussina on Melky Cabrera's 6/5 sprint for home

by JaneKnowles on Jan 16, 2007 6:00 PM EST up reply actions

I'll have

tickets, it goes to season ticket holders first.

Great Success!

by ReLaunch on Jan 16, 2007 6:28 PM EST up reply actions

Are you sure?

I would figure MLB would have the bulk of the tickets for corporate outings.

Off the Facade
An interesting alternative to the mainstream.

by PinstripePowerhouse on Jan 16, 2007 7:09 PM EST up reply actions

Its part of

your season ticket package. Its a stupid game anyway, I'm going to sell my tix.

Great Success!

by ReLaunch on Jan 17, 2007 7:11 AM EST up reply actions

Wait until a few days before the game

And cash in!

Off the Facade
An interesting alternative to the mainstream.

by PinstripePowerhouse on Jan 17, 2007 9:11 AM EST up reply actions

Sure,

but my seats this year are in the bleachers, I got the 61 game plan. Last year I was in the upper tier and I didn't like it as much, so thats why we are back in the bleachers. Tell me if your still interested.

Great Success!

by ReLaunch on Jan 17, 2007 4:58 PM EST up reply actions