Yanks go cheap with the 2 games in April

Yanks offer 1923 prices for exhibitions for the 2009 Home opener
Bleacher seats 25 cents; grandstand $1.10 for games vs. Cubs
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com

NEW YORK , The Home that Ruth built goes on the cheap-- The exterior of the new Yankee Stadium rising across 161st Street was designed to incorporate many of the aspects that made the original 1923 version so distinctive, showcasing the tall vaulted arches and the Gate 4 home-plate entrance.
For its first two games, visitors walking into the new Yankee Stadium will also be invited to pay homage to the building's predecessor in another special way -- attending a ballgame by trading a few coins for a ticket.


The Yankees announced Tuesday plans to roll back ticket prices to 1923 in a "Turn Back the Clock" promotion. Fans will be able to attend the April 3 and 4 exhibitions against the Chicago Cubs at the same prices it would have cost to be present for the Stadium's first game.

in the mid 1980;s main box tickets were jeust $14.50 each and now they ar over $300 per ticket for some of the best field box seating..

Full-season ticket licensees will receive complimentary tickets for the first exhibition games. Partial-plan holders will receive the first opportunity to purchase tickets thereafter, via a pre-sale (restrictions apply).

"To express our gratitude toward our full-season ticket licensees, we are offering tickets for these two exhibition games at no cost to them," said Yankees chief operating officer Lonn Trost.

"The balance of tickets will be sold first to our partial-plan holders, then to the general public, at vastly reduced rates compared to the regular season. Using such a pricing model for these games allows us to thank our fans for their continued loyalty and introduce them to baseball's new grand cathedral."

The street hustler will be selling tickets for the rainy April games at the same price!

For the inaugural exhibition contests, Bleacher tickets will be priced at 25 cents, and Grandstand tickets will be priced at $1.10 -- the same prices they were when Babe Ruth christened the new building on April 18, 1923, slugging a third-inning home run off Boston's Howard Ehmke.

The Yankees said tickets on the Terrace Level will cost between $20 and $35, tickets on the Main Level will be between $20 and $45, and tickets on the Field Level will range from $45 to $50.

Individual-game ticket prices will not exceed $50 for either game, the club said. Remaining tickets, subject to availability, will go on sale to the general public at a date to be determined in the future.

Check yankees.com for further details and purchase instructions