▁ ▁Yan kee ▁Stadium ▁ ▁The ▁Ed ison ▁Port land ▁C ement ▁Company ▁was ▁bare ly ▁surv iving ▁finan cially ▁until ▁a ▁new ▁contract ▁was ▁won ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 2 . ▁ ▁Production ▁began ▁on ▁the ▁original ▁Yan kee ▁Stadium ▁on ▁May ▁ 5 , ▁ 1 9 2 2 , ▁and ▁was ▁completed ▁in ▁just ▁ 2 8 4 ▁working ▁days . ▁ ▁Bu ilt ▁in ▁The ▁Bron x , ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁New ▁York , ▁the ▁stad ium ▁was ▁home ▁to ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Yan ke es ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁During ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁construction ▁ 4 5 , 0 0 0 ▁bar rel s ▁of ▁c ement , ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁cub ic ▁yards ▁of ▁gra vel , ▁and ▁ 1 5 , 0 0 0 ▁cub ic ▁yards ▁of ▁sand ▁were ▁mixed ▁by ▁ 5 0 0 ▁men ▁who ▁produced ▁ 3 5 , 0 0 0 ▁cub ic ▁yards ▁of ▁concrete . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁building ▁under w ent ▁renov ations ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁the ▁walls ▁were ▁left ▁un touch ed ▁because ▁Ed ison ' s ▁concrete ▁mix ▁was ▁seen ▁to ▁be ▁hard ▁and ▁dur able ▁enough ▁to ▁remain ▁int act . ▁ ▁The ▁stad ium ▁was ▁closed ▁for ▁several ▁years ▁of ▁renov ations ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁re open ing ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 . ▁From ▁then ▁it ▁remained ▁in ▁use ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 8