When the new Yankee Stadium was built, there were plans in place about how the grounds of Old Yankee Stadium were to be utilized to create an area known as Heritage Park.  this would include retaining the original playing surface, as well as adding additional softball fields, a soccer/football field [...]]]>

Initial Heritage Park Plan

When the new Yankee Stadium was built, there were plans in place about how the grounds of Old Yankee Stadium were to be utilized to create an area known as Heritage Park.  this would include retaining the original playing surface, as well as adding additional softball fields, a soccer/football field and some tennis courts to the surrounding area.

Unfortunately, there has been some neighborhood objection to this plan, and the new “current plan” calls for a bastardization of the original playing surface that would leave no recognizable artifact of the original Yankee Stadium.

Along comes the “Save Gate 2” plan.  By saving one of the most endearing images of Yankee Stadium’s artifice, this group hopes to preserve Gate 2, and have it act as an entrance to Heritage Park that will save the sense of history.

Ticket To The Game endorses the “Save Gate 2″ plan, as it meets community demands and preserves a bit of stadium history going back more than 80 years. For Brooklyn Dodger fans who know there is literally nothing left of where Ebbets Field used to be, they should be sympathetic to this idea, even if it is for the Yankees.