Lehigh-Lafayette Headed to Yankee Stadium
150th anniversary Lehigh-Lafayette game to be played in New York City in 2014.
For its 150th anniversary, the Lehigh-Lafayette game is going to New York City. The schools' presidents announced Saturday that The Rivalry -- as it's known -- will be played at Yankee Stadium in 2014. It's the first time in more than a century that Lafayette College and Lehigh University will be facing off at a neutral site. "This important milestone for the most-played football rivalry in the country will be celebrated at our nation’s most iconic sports facility,” Lafayette President Daniel Weiss said in a statement on the school website. “Our fans deserve nothing less, and our student-athletes will remember this day for the rest of their lives.” Weiss and Lehigh President Alice Gast made the announcement Saturday morning before the …
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Anonymous
5:50 pm on Sunday, November 18, 2012
Having it here helps our local vendors. So, unless all our local vendors also get to set up in NY then I think that it is best here in the valley and then have it on pay per view for those in NY who would like to see it. If our local vendors can get the proceeds and the money stays in the lehigh valley...then ok, run buses please. more ›