Whap! Goes the bat in the big yankee stadium. The yankee stadium started getting built about in 2006, and finished about in 2009. Lots of baseball  games where played in the yankee stadium. About 6,581 games where played in the old yankee stadium! The yankee stadium is lokated in Bronx, new york on  east 161st and river Ave. For more information, go to the yankee stadium’s web site.