NEW YORK (AP) -Yankee Stadium is set to host its final regular-season game on Sept. 21, 2008, with New York playing Baltimore. Shea Stadium will hold its regular-season wrapup a week later, on Sept. 28 against Florida. The Yankees and Mets recently received schedule drafts for the 2008 season from the commissioner's office. The Yankees also will host the All-Star game. Both New York teams are moving into new ballparks in 2009. Yankee Stadium opened in 1923. The new $1 billion ballpark is built across the street and will keep the same name. Shea opened in 1964. The $800 million Citi Field is being built in the parking lot beyond Shea's center-field wall.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. |
