Steinbrenner is apparently so disgusted with the Yankees that he's tearing down the stadium:
NEW YORK -- A new Yankee Stadium leaped from past dreams to future reality Wednesday, when club and government officials parted the curtain on construction plans for an $800 million project to replace and honor the Major Leagues' third-oldest ballpark.
Numerous political dignitaries, including New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Gov. George Pataki and a host of city and Bronx elected officials, joined Yankees owner George Steinbrenner in an event highlighted by the unveiling of renderings of the 51,000-seat park targeted for a 2009 opening.
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A good thing about this is that Steinbrenner is paying for the new stadium and not using any taxpayer money for it.
The potentially bad side about that is that the money he is using to pay for the stadium is coming directly out of the money he normally puts into Revenue Sharing.
So what that means is the taxpayers are not paying for the stadium, but the Royals, Pirates, Devil Rays, and other small market teams will be paying for this new stadium.
But I'm sure they'll all enjoy playing there.
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