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Richmond County Bank Ballpark
Richmond County Bank Ballpark is a stadium in Staten Island, New York. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Staten Island Yankees minor league baseball team, an affiliate of the New York Yankees. It opened in 2001 and holds 6,964 people.
Many local residents commonly refer to the park as Staten Island Yankee Stadium, instead of the much longer name of Richmond County Bank Ballpark at St. George.
The stadium is practically adjacent to the Staten Island Ferry Terminal in the St. George section of Staten Island, and is reachable by the Staten Island Railway and buses. The ballpark was built on what had been the site of the B & O Railroad railyards by the City of New York.
Richmond County Bank Ballpark was part of a deal with both the Yankees and New York Mets, brokered by then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Due to Major League Baseball territory rules, the Yankees and Mets have veto power over each other (and any other Major League Baseball franchise), if they want to bring an affiliated minor league team in to the New York City metropolitan area. The Yankees and Mets had attempted to move minor league teams to the area in the past, only to be turned down with their rival. With help (and public money) from the mayor, both teams agreed to allow each other to have a minor league team in the city in return for new stadiums. The Mets moved a franchise to a new stadium in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, which is called KeySpan Park.
Due to the high public cost (over $80 million), the siting and the tepid public interest in another baseball stadium in a city that already supports two major league teams, the building of the Richmond County Bank Ballpark was not without its controversy. However, the two parks have the distinction of being the first new professional team sporting venues to be built in the city since the current Madison Square Garden in the 1960's.
In 2004, it served as the home of the New York Storm, the city's Pro Cricket team.
In 2005, Richmond County Bank Ballpark hosted two of the four concerts of the Across The Narrows Festival. The other two concerts took place simultaneously at Keyspan Park.