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Candidates and Guests with Disabilities

Each person wishing to enter Yankee Stadium must have a ticket for the event.  Gates open at 9:45 am. You must present your admission ticket to Yankee Stadium personnel at your assigned gate. Candidates may enter only at Gate 8; guests may enter only between Gates 4 and 6.

The Stadium offers enhanced accessibility for guests who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or visually impaired.

Wheelchair accessible seating is available on all Guest Seating levels at Yankee Stadium on a first-come, first-served basis. Yankee Stadium personnel will direct you to those seats on Commencement day.  If you would like to familiarize yourself with wheelchair accessible seating, please review the seating and pricing map on the Yankee Stadium website at http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/ballpark/seating_pricing.jsp.

Guests who do not have tickets or a need for wheelchair accessible seating will not be permitted to stand or sit in these areas. Because of space limitations in each wheelchair accessible section, guests in wheelchairs may be accompanied into a wheelchair accessible seating area by only one companion.

If you or your guest requires tickets for a wheelchair accessible seating area, sign language interpreter seating area or any other accessible accommodation, please complete this form and return to the Office of University Events via email university.events@nyu.edu or fax 212-995-4065 no later than Friday, May 3rd.  You will be contacted via email with further instructions.

In addition to submitting the form, you must order All-University Commencement tickets online here if you have not done so already.

If you are a candidate with a disability and are planning to attend the All-University Commencement at Yankee Stadium, contact Bridget Betts from the Henry and Lucy Moses Center for Students with Disabilities at NYU via email or by phone at 212-998-4982 for all other disability-related questions.

Wheelchairs

Wheelchairs will not be provided by NYU, including the Moses Center for Students with Disabilities, or Yankee Stadium.

Click here for a list of local vendors who rent wheelchairs.

Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs)

ALDs are available at no charge in the Great Hall near Gate 6, and at the Guest Services Booths located at Field Level Sec. 128, Main Level Sec. 221, and Terrace Level  Sec. 320C. A driver's license, credit card or some other acceptable form of picture identification is required as a deposit.  Please allow time to obtain the ALD before the ceremony begins.

Arriving by Subway

The Yankee Stadium/161st Street station (4, B, and D trains) is wheelchair accessible. (Please call 718-330-1234 or check service advisories at www.mta.info to ascertain functioning elevators.)

Drop Off/Pick Up

If you are traveling by car with someone who uses a wheelchair or cannot walk long distances, we suggest you arrive early and drop them off at Gate 6 before you park. Please be aware these guests will not be able to enter the stadium early.

The parking garage closest to the stadium is the River Avenue Garage at River Avenue and East 162nd Street.

The Access-A-Ride bus stop is located on East 161st Street, adjacent to Gate 4.

Electrical Outlets

Electrical outlets are available for recharging wheelchairs and other medical equipment. Please ask Yankee Stadium personnel for assistance.

Elevators

Elevators are located in the Great Hall. The Yankees provide permanently stationed elevator operators in each stadium elevator used by the general public.

Restrooms

Wheelchair-accessible restrooms are located on all levels of Yankee Stadium.

 Family Restrooms are located at the following:

  • Field Level Secs. 106, 124, 130
  • Main Level Secs. 219, 227A, 234
  • Terrace Level Secs. 311, 316, 327, 333
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