Two of the most expensive stadiums in American history will open this week, in a lavish £1.7 billion facelift for the Yankees and the Mets, New York’s two major league teams. Planned in more affluent times, the replacement of the landmark Shea and old Yankee stadiums with buildings designed to pamper corporate customers has angered fans and non-fans alike. The projects received hundreds of millions of dollars of public money, as well as lucrative sponsorship deals with banks now being bailed out by Washington. But ordinary fans must now compete for fewer cheap seats, while many question who will patronise … Continue reading New York’s Lavish New Stadiums Spark Outrage Among Baseball Fans