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Article: Do Yankees really need new stadium? (baseball team)
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- Real Estate Weekly
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- April 22, 1998
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The roller joint that fell last week demolishing seats at Yankee Stadium has only served to focus attention on the team's lease with the city that expires in 2002.
George Steinbrenner is in discussions with the city, his spokesperson Howard Rubenstein confirmed, but no decision has been made yet as to the Yankees next home.
The choices remain a new Stadium in The Bronx, a new stadium on the West Side of Manhattan or a move to the New Jersey Meadowlands.
Team owner Steinbrenner has always said he wants a new ballpark, Rubenstein noted, and the options are still open. He has not indicated any reservations, Rubenstein said, about problems with new stadium ...