The House That George Built will look quite different next year.
Opened in 2009, Yankee Stadium III is undergoing a major construction project beginning this week that will eliminate the obstructed-view seats in the bleachers, cost in the neighborhood of $20 million — all funded by the Yankees — and be completed in time for the start of the 2017 season.
The project includes seven new social gathering areas in the Stadium.
While roughly 2,000 seats will be lost during the process, the team plans to sell more than 200,000 additional tickets for the 2017 season at $15 or less that will allow buyers access to the new areas.