The Yankees now lead the major leagues by drawing nearly 3.5 million fans a year at their aging, outmoded home, with ticket prices ranging from $8 to $95. The team's principal owner, George Steinbrenner, has long wanted a modern stadium with wider concourses, restaurants, more luxury boxes and club seating that would generate millions more in revenue and increase the value of the team. The efforts to get a new stadium go back at least 18 years. <p>The new stadium would have about 6,000 fewer seats but 39 more luxury boxes and far better sight lines, according to executives who have seen the plans. <p>*So he wants to abandon a historic stadium for one that has fewer seats. Apparently, the main advantage is that rich people won't have to mingle with the hoi polloi. I hope there is a campaign to keep the Yankees in Yankee Stadium.*
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