Cracks Emerge in (mob built) Ramps at brand new $1.5 billion New Yankee Stadium

[Liberal_in_LA]

By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM and KEN BELSON
Published: October 23, 2009

The concrete pedestrian ramps at the brand-new $1.5 billion city-subsidized Yankee Stadium have been troubled by cracks, and the team is seeking to determine whether the problems were caused by the installation, the design, the concrete or other factors, according to several people briefed on the problems.

The new Yankee Stadium was one of the city’s signature construction projects.

The ramps were built by a company accused of having links to the mob, and the concrete mix was designed and tested by a company under indictment on charges that it failed to perform some tests and falsified the results of others. But it is unclear whether work performed by either firm contributed to the deteriorating conditions of the ramps.

The Yankees have hired an engineering company to take samples from the ramps — they ascend from field level to the stadium’s upper tiers, carrying thousands of people each game — to determine the cause and the extent of the problems as the team finishes its first season in the new stadium and prepares for what could be its first World Series there.

[HuckleB]

1. That's just perfect for the House That Steinbrenner Built.

I know they'll probably win it all, but...

:rofl:

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Ok this is funny...

at multiple levels

[Swede]

3. Maybe they should stop tearing down Yankee Stadium?

:nopity:

[Blue_Tires]

4. lolz

[Tansy_Gold]

5. I hate the Yankees

I'm sorry, but I do. I can't stand them.


Tansy Gold, White Sox fan

[Drunken Irishman]

6. Wasn't there a Simpsons episode like this?

Where the mob builds a ramp for Springfield Elementary and its design sucks (it was made out of bread sticks, I think) and the school goes bankrupt?

haha

[a la izquierda]

15. Yep, it was the access ramp for wheelchairs...

and i think the school shuts down as a result.

[Drunken Irishman]

17. Yes...

They spent all their money buying the ramp and the mob won't negotiate, so they outsource the teaching staff to a corporation whose sole intent is to make the next big Christmas present.

Lisa comes up with the name (Funzo) and during Christmas, they find out the gift breaks all other gifts, so they try to get all the Funzos in Springfield before it's too late.

Gary Coleman plays a security guard. I really funny Holiday Episode.

[a la izquierda]

19. It is a good one...

I wish the new episodes were as funny as some of the older ones.

[Zoeisright]

7. Maybe THAT'S where Jimmy Hoffa is!

:P

[AllentownJake]

8. Glad to see that it isn't just houses with Chinese Dry Wall

that are being effected by cost cutting contractors.

[pampango]

16. Yeah, I thought this was going to be blamed on China, too. n/t

[sellitman]

9. Not a Skankee fan here but....

They should never have moved. Their stadium was almost an historic site. Knocking it down should be a crime.

[Swamp Rat]

10. Maybe Jimmy Hoffa was buried there instead of beneath Giants Stadium.

:D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hoffa

[Kievan Rus]

11. I still don't get what was wrong with the old Yankee Stadium

Then again, I'm just some crazy Red Sox fan (from Pittsburgh, none the less, who likes the Steelers and Penguins but not the Pirates).

[flvegan]

12. Couldn't have happened to a worse team.

Suck it, 'Skanks.

[MilesColtrane]

13. Doze aren't cracks. Dey're traction grooves.

Youse got a problem wid dat?

[annabanana]

14. When will the world see another civilization that builds "For the Ages"?

. . cause we sure as hell don't have one now.

[amborin]

18. NYC has had a rash of bad concrete--bribes to inspectors, etc..Tokyo, too!