A Comprehensive Project Management Report: Yankee Stadium Renovation

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the Yankee Stadium renovation project, focusing on the application of project management principles. It examines the initial project introduction, detailing the stadium's location, cost, and the rationale behind the renovation, including the implementation of LED lighting and IT infrastructure. The case study section delves into the specific changes and improvements made, such as increased seating capacity, enhanced parking facilities, and the integration of Information Systems to improve the fan experience. The report compares the old and new stadium features, highlighting dimensions, seating arrangements, and technological advancements. Furthermore, the report discusses the learning outcomes from the project, emphasizing the importance of project management practices, time and cost management, and effective communication among team members. The analysis concludes with the benefits derived from the renovation, including improved recreational facilities and overall stadium experience, within the constraints of the budget and timeline. The report incorporates industry research papers and academic literature.

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1. Introduction of the project
This project depicts the crucial necessity of using professional project management
practices while renovating Yankee baseball Stadium. For New York Yankees it is a home field
of the New York City of FC for a Major League Soccer (MLS) and Major League Baseball
(MLB). The baseball park is located in Concourse, Bronx, New York City and it is a $2.4 billion
cost stadium with a $1.2 billion public subsidiaries (Gayer, Drukker and Gold 2016). The new
stadium has replaced the actual Yankee stadium in the year of 2009. The cost of the mega project
is more than 1 billion and people benefitted more than 1 Million. The case study nominated is
about Environmental impact statement draft scope of work along with LED lights. The
renovation become possible with the Gigatera LED leaded technology design and installation.
This proposed project is about development of a new air stadium which will hold around
54,000 spectators (including 1000 standing spaces and 53000 seats). The current structure of the
stadium would extend from the eastern 161 street to the midblock. The newly installed MUSCO
metal halide system is recently installed. After realizing the need of field lighting the sports
committee has decided to replace the entire lighting with advanced lighting (Breton 2018). The
deployed technology at Safeco field was improved therefore; the actual 800w SUFA lights were
upgraded to a new SUFA-A 1 KW model. As a result the current situation of Yankee stadium
was improved dramatically however it incorporates the net reduction of energy to 40%. The new
outfield and infield are now respectively 50% and 25% of brighter than previous time (Grow and
Flagel 2018). Currently, the new stadium is completely ready to enable ultra high definition
broadcasting. This new project can successfully eliminate all related to flicker phenomena. It is
highly praised that, the lighting ambiance have been obtained through no deviation in luminance

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values of outfield and infield. It is assumed that the ultimate implementation of the project can
replace the 55,000 seat stadium completely. The newly proposed stadium structure is a five level
stadium. Apart from stadium structure it also includes media facilities, offices, restaurants, many
other amenities and house spaces as well (Davenport 2017). The proposed stadium includes
plaques and monuments as well. It is expected that, the new stadium will provide much
comfortable facilities in terms of aisles, concourses and larger seats to the users. The viewing
condition of the stadium will also be improved a lot with such renovation. The authority has
decided to incorporate seats closure to the baseball stadium. The newly proposed stadium holds
certain technologies as well those can manage the security and safety related challenges. The
other instances of the project include marketing and functioning facilities that are available
during off season and non gaming time phases (Weinstein 2017). The baseball playing field will
be replicated with same features dimensions and stadium orientation. However, the height of the
new stadium will be similar to the current one that is around 138 feet.
2. Case study
The case study focuses on new look of Yankee Stadium that will be obtained after
renovation. The current status, expected changes and new offers those can be obtained with the
successful renovation completion of the project. After incorporating Information System (IS) to
the project different changes those can generated in the Yankee stadium renovation project are
part for this case study. The major baseball league is beneficial from both business and users
perspectives (Li 2017). The sports authority would be able to obtain commercial revenue from
tickets and games, television broadcasting and also other sources to pay for the project team.
There are many fans who wish watching movies on television rather than attending those in other

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forms. In order to reach expectation of all clients the Yankee stadium committee has decided to
take needful electronic support in terms of IS to enrich the fan’s experiences. In order to offer
absolutely new interactive inside and outside services to fans television broadcasting and other
sources to pay are also required (Whisenant et al.. 2017) In order to keep the stadium full of fans
and to custody all fans very happy the stadium operational committee offers more videos and
services as well. In order to enhance the rate of attendance along with commercial revenue the
New York Yankees has planned to incorporate supporting Information System technologies to it.
The stadium authority has planned to rely on information technology while incorporating needful
renovation on the existing stadium.
Figure 1: Current Yankee stadium 2009
(Source: Whisenant et al. 2017, pp-40)

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The sports committee has decided to add 1100 flat panel high definition monitors while
redesigning the stadium along with job functionalities. Theses monitors will also offer up to date
sports scores, live gaming coverage, promotional message videos, and interactive video
conferencing technologies to the members (Gavin 2016). The stadium will also offer parking
facilities along with highly improved spectators. It is defined that the proposed interior contains
state of the art facilities. The proposed stadium is an open air stadium whose capacity is around
54,000 that include 53,000 seats and 1000 stadium spaces (Davenport 2017). The parking
facilities offered by the company are extremely insufficient though recently the available parking
spaces are around 7079. The cases study demonstrates renovation of the Yankee Stadium and the
building three garages. With successful implementation of the project new parkland would be
created along with recreational facilities.
The old Yankee stadium was existed in the year between 1923 and 1973 while the history
of Yankee took place. After successful renovation of the old Yankee stadium from the time scale
of 1974 and 1975 many changes and renovation have been occurred. The new Yankee stadium is
a glorified mall. The sitting arrangements are all renovated and the existing old wooden seats and
beams are all replaced. Though, the beams could have blocked the complete view from some of
the locations also (Jones 2018). Within the time period between 1912 and 1913 the Yankee
stadium has opened its door. After comparing the previous and current Yankee stadium the
changing components those have been measured are elaborated in the below section:
Comparison factors Old Yankee stadium Current Yankee stadium
Opening day 1923 2009
Existing dimension of the field  Width of the Left Field
318 inches
 Left Field 318 inches

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Dimension of the field  Left Center 399 inches
 Center 408 inches
 Right Center 385
inches
 Right Field 314 inches
 Left Center 399 inches
 Center 408 inches
 Right Center 385
inches
 Right Field 314 inches
Seating arrangement details
Capacity of seating
56,886 47,428
Width of the seat Between 18 inches and 22
inches
Between 19 inches and 24
inches
Cup holders No No
Average Concourse Width 17” 32”
The 2009 Yankee baseball stadium construction project has completed after long time
delay. The construction work started on 1993 and assumed to be accomplished in 1995 but it
took much timeline and completed on 2009. After 1923 it was re opened on 1976 but the final
demolish is completed in 2009.
The construction cost estimated for the project is expected to be $2.4 Million and it is
completed within the estimated budget.
White construction co. Is the general contractor contracted for the project and the
architects hired are Osborn Engineering Corporation (OEC) and paeger kavanaugh Waterbury
(1923)

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The proposed stadium is a comprises of five levels and whatever global challenges the
Yankee spots authority is facing will be completely minimized as soon as the consumer base will
increase. The committee has increased their regular business strategies by implementing new
technologies. The ways through which the technologies are changing the business aspect will
also be changed. These changes need to be planned much carefully to increase the profitability,
efficiency and services (Shire 2017). Many changes in terms of renovation and modifications are
incorporated but the height remains almost similar. It is assumed that certain additional actions
and environmental review requires approval from City, State Federal agencies etc. Some of the
actions are discretionary which requires proper review under SEQRA and CEQR.
It will be able to successfully dispose the city owned properties in terms of long term
stadium lease, parking facilities sites as well (Edelman 2018). The maximum suggested height of
the stadium is 1388 feet. Some of the recreational facilities are also changed which helps to
replace the amount of losses so that the net values get increase. The project which has been
proposed will occupy the portion of Macomb’s Dam Park north and the south of East Jerome
Avenue. The recreational facilities can eliminate all the operational and functional challenges
which may collectively impact the expected success from the project (Cummins 2017). The
number of recreational facilities and respective numbers of facilities are elaborated in the below
section those can be obtained from the project learning.
Number of references Recreational facilities Numbers of facilities
R1 Tennis court: In the summer
season all the 16 courts are
open air and in the winter
16

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season 14 of them are covered
R2 A little league baseball field
(which is infield 90 infield and
outfield overlapped)
1
R3 Running track with a soccer
field and a spectators stands
1
R4 A 60 foot infield little baseball
field
1
R5 Basketball court 1
R6 Handball court 32
After analyzing the project details it has been found that if all the project details are
followed properly then the complete project will be executed by 2009 within estimated budget
and timeline as well (Gayer, Drukker and Gold 2016). Again, during the under construction
phase of the new stadium the players will play in the existing stadium part. It is also assumed
that the existing stadium construction will be accomplished by 2009 within the schedules time
and budget.
3. Learning outcome
From successful completion of the renovation project it is determined that, deployment of
the project will deliver provide recreational facilities to its users. It has been learned that in order
to successfully implement the project management practices it is very much important for the
project manager and project team members to follow the project management practices. The

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precise development and construction schedule for new parking are not estimated at the similar
timeline (Whisenant et al.. 2017) The total numbers of garages expected to be build in the
location are four however, till the end of 2009 it is expected that from the four garages 3 will be
complete. As the analysis year EIS has chosen 2009. On the other hand, it is also expected that
the entire garage project will be completed along with other specifications by the end of 2011
(Edelman 2018). In order to complete the project within estimated budget and time other two
important factors those are to be followed accordingly include time management and cost
management. However, interaction among the project team members is also very important.
Open communication is the best possible solution should be used by the project team members to
share project related information. It is realized that, before entire renovation of the stadium work
the rest of the field was used to play matches. Due to the parkland amount certain shortfalls are
also countered (Palendat 2018). Apart from that the replacement parkland amount will be
actually provided during the construction project development phase. It is expected that with the
completion of the renovation project the below are the features the project manager will be able
to obtain:
 The capacity of the stadium will increase
 It will be able to provide garage and parking facilities to the clients
 The IT support will ensure the combined safety and security of the stadium
 The LED lighting will provide a clear view to the consumers
 The open air space stadium will also offer a clear and comfortable environment to
the viewers who will come to watch matched n the stadium

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 State legislation and federal actions are the other options should have to be
followed by the stadium committee while conducting the stadium renovation
project
With successful deployment of this project the Yankee sports committee would be able to
accommodate more umbers of audience along with secured and successful parking also. With the
proposed project the state funding facilities are also be available (Sorrells, and Kempf 2017).
Proper completion of the project will identify the potential impacts based on the expected
changes in terms of land usage, zoning and public policies. The audience can identify the
socioeconomic conditions considering a historic research analysis results. Accurate mitigation
measures will also be potentially identified. In addition to this the urban design and details visual
resources used will be identified (Gayer, Drukker and Gold 2016). The hazardous materials and
the used list of natural resources are also elaborated in this project. Specific traffic and offered
parking facility details can also be identified with the successful implementation of the project by
the end of 2009. In addition to this, the lists of required future commitments are also elaborated
through this project.

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