Long Lines Outside Yankee Stadium Prior To AL Wild Card Game

Last night’s AL Wild Card game, which the Astros won 3-0, saw massive lines outside Yankee Stadium with fans waiting to get through security gates and into the ballpark. Yankees Exec Dir of Communications & Media Relations Jason Zillo said the situation was in part created by a temporary closure at Gate 6, a primary entry point, due to a medical emergency with a fan. The fan was treated by EMTs and police and taken to a local hospital, but the pregame closure of Gate 6 built up lines among what was already a sellout crowd of 50,113, the largest Yankees home crowd this season (Eric Fisher, Staff Writer).

Some fans waited in line for "an hour or more" to get in, and many "vented about the hold-up on social media" (N.Y. POST, 10/7). The lines "kept people waiting past first pitch" (Newark STAR-LEDGER, 10/7).