Yankee Stadium is a baseball stadium located in the Bronx in New York City. The stadium is the home field for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball and New York City FC of Major League Soccer. The stadium opened in April 2009, replacing the original Yankee Stadium that operated from 1923 to 2008; it is situated on the 24-acre former site of Macombs Dam Park, one block north of the original stadium's site.