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Vacation Week

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I had off this week from work to use up some of my vacation time, so I thought I would take some day trips.
I started my vacation week of day trips with a visit to the Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum on Sunday. I haven’t been there since I was in the Cub Scouts (probably 6-8 years old), but some of it seemed familiar. I didn’t get a chance to see the Concorde while I was there but hope to maybe see it soon.
On Tuesday, I drove up to Cooperstown to visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame. This was another place I haven’t been to in a long time so some of it did seem familiar but some of it seemed new to me. While there, I also stopped in to see the Wax Museum which is down the street from the HOF.
On Wednesday, I went down to Philly to check out Eastern State Penitentiary. I went there last year for their Terror Behind the Walls haunted house and decided I wanted to go back and tour it during the day. I also walked around the outside of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and saw the infamous Rocky statue.
On Thursday, I got to tour the new Yankee Stadium. :) I got to visit Monument Park (the one in the old Stadium was better), the Yankee Museum, and the Yankee dugout. If they Yankees were on a road trip, I would’ve also been able to visit the locker room. I’ll definitely go back next year when they’re out of town so I can check that out. I just wish I had toured the old Yankee Stadium while I still had the chance.
I ended my vacation week of day trips with a visit to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The last time I was at the Statue of Liberty, I was probably in middle school. I do remember that we were allowed to go up into the crown then and the stairs were very narrow. We were in a constant line, slowing going up the stairs to the crown.

 

Winter Classic At The House That Ruth Built

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The NHL is trying to put together a deal that would have the New York Rangers playing a 2008-2009 regular season game at Yankee Stadium before it’s closed for good. They want the opponent to be one of the Original Six, which I think the only logical choice would be the Boston Bruins. They’re the closest of the other 5 cities where fans could easily come and watch a game. Personally, I would rather see them play the New Jersey Devils. I’m unsure how I feel about a sport other than baseball being played at Yankee Stadium but then again, the New York Giants football team played at Yankee Stadium from 1956-1973. Since it was before my time, I’m not used to anything other than baseball being played in the Bronx.

 

Yankee Stadium Ground Breaking

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Today, George “The Boss” Steinbrenner and Mayor Bloomberg broke ground on the new Yankee Stadium. It is scheduled to open in 2009 across the street from the current House That Ruth Built. It will hold less fans than the current stadium but from what I’ve read about the new stadium, that’s the only downside. The new stadium will have the same dimensions as the current ballpark but the rest of the stadium will look like the original Yankee Stadium, including the facade that used to encircle the roof. The current stadium only has the facade in the outfield portion. The Yankee bullpen will be in right field which will be interesting to see. I’m so used to it being in center/left-center near Monument Park. Speaking of Monument Park, that will also be moved over to the new park. I am seriously thinking about getting tickets to the very last game of the season in 2008 and then the Opening Day of the new stadium in 2009.