Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión, Jr. called for the museum to function as a "Cooperstown South".
Adolfo Müller-Ury | Adolfo Pérez Esquivel | Adolfo Alsina | Carrion Crow | Adolfo Bioy Casares | Enrique Adolfo Jiménez | Carrión de los Condes | Adolfo Zaldívar | Adolfo Rodríguez Saá | Adolfo López Mateos | Adolfo Ibanez University | Adolfo Aguilar Zínser | Richard Carrion | Jerónimo de Carrión | Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer | Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen, Viscount of Porto Seguro | Fernando Fernández de Carrión | Édgar Adolfo Hernández | Daniel Alcides Carrión National University | Carrion flower | Carrion Comfort | Camille Carrion | Adolfo Tito Yllana | Adolfo Targioni Tozzetti | Adolfo Obiang Biko | Adolfo Nicolás | Adolfo Mexiac | Adolfo Luxúria Canibal | Adolfo Hohenstein | Adolfo "El Bofo" Bautista |
In the end, $800 million will be invested in construction of a new Yankee Stadium with at least 25% of the contracts going to Bronx businesses and at least 25% of the jobs going to residents of the Borough.
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In addition, $160 million will be invested in many public parks including a running track, tennis facilities, and softball and baseball fields on parkland around and including the original Yankee Stadium.
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After his election as borough president, Carrión helped to bring the City and George Steinbrenner, owner of the New York Yankees, together for negotiations over the construction of a new Yankee Stadium.
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Carrión has helped to bring in funding to improve other parts of the community, including $65 million to be invested in restoration of the pedestrian Highbridge, the oldest bridge in New York City which connects the Bronx to Manhattan, and $91 million to be invested in constructing a new Metro-North Station at the new Yankee Stadium.