1959 Yankee Stadium seat questions and pictures

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by marvymelvin

Thanks to Brock, Dave, and David. The information is awesome. So I am guessing since my Dad sat in the reserved seat section, his seat would have still been an original from 1923 flat back seat? Also, when where the seats painted blue? I see under the blue on many seats there is a light green color. Anybody know the timeline for seat colors/paint?

Yes, flat-backed. The seats were painted blue in the mid-sixties "freshen up," when CBS bought the team, and Mike Burke was president. The copper frieze and exterior concrete were painted white at that time. It was, IIRC, 1966 or '67.

[Dave Grob]

I think the color you are referring to is "Seafoam Green". When trying to gauge what 1959 looked like, I would suggest looking at color footage from the 1958 and 1960 World Series as this might provide the answer you are looking for.

Dave Grob
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[steve B]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

Yes, flat-backed. The seats were painted blue in the mid-sixties "freshen up," when CBS bought the team, and Mike Burke was president. The copper frieze and exterior concrete were painted white at that time. It was, IIRC, 1966 or '67.

That's maybe good news for me.

I've had the sinking feeling seeing the seafoam green that my Fenway seat may actually be a Yankee Stadium seat. Both used the identical flat back seats in some areas. Fenway still has a lot of them.

Mine was supposedly removed during an early 70's renovation which as far as I can tell didn't happen at Fenway.

Were all the seats at Yankee Stadium repainted blue in the 60's? I'm hoping they were.

And, is there any way to tell the Fenway seats apart from the Yankee Stadium ones?

Steve B