Yankee Stadium
Comparison with the 1923 Stadium

Yankee Stadium

Section Title: Comparison with the 1923 Stadium
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Characteristic	Old Stadium [as of 2008]	New Stadium

Opening Day	April 18, 1923	April 16, 2009

Capacity	56,886	50,287

Seat width	18 inches (46 cm)–22 inches (56 cm)	19 inches (48 cm)–24 inches (61 cm)

Seat length	29.5 inches (75 cm)	33 inches (84 cm)–39 inches (99 cm)

Concourse width (average)	17 feet (5.2 m)	32 feet (9.8 m)

Cup holders	Select Field Level Seating	For every seat in General Seating

Luxury suites	19	56

Club seats	—	4,300

Team stores	6,800 square feet (630 m2)	11,560 square feet (1,074 m2)

Restroom fixture ratio	1 per 89 fans	1 per 60 fans

Public elevators (passenger lifts)	3 (Otis Traction)	16 (KONE Traction)

Video scoreboard	25 feet (7.6 m) by 33 feet (10 m) (Standard-definition LED)	59 feet (18 m) by 101 feet (31 m) (High-definition LED)

Distance from Home Plate to:

Backstop	72 feet 4 inches (22 m)	52 feet 4 inches (16 m)

Left Field	318 feet (97 m)

Left Center	399 feet (120 m)

Center Field	408 feet (124 m)

Right Center	385 feet (120 m)

Right Field	314 feet (96 m)

Source: New York Yankees

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Seats are 19–24 inches (48–61 cm) wide, up from the previous stadium's 18–22-inch (46–56 cm) wide seats.

final_sentence: Seats are 19–24 inches (48–61 cm) wide, up from the previous stadium's 18–22-inch (46–56 cm) wide seats.