Yankees' Inaugural Season - Let in the photographers!

In just a few more weeks, I will venture into the new Yankee Stadium for Opening Day. In my previous visits, I have always brought my trusty Canon Digital camera to take photos of being in the stadium, fans being ejected, and other crazy incidents. It was especially memorable when I brought my camera for the last home game in the old stadium.

Of course, if you take a look at the Camera Policy at the new Yankee Stadium, it stated the following (link):

Cameras and video equipment
Single-frame flash photography is permitted. Tripods, extended length zoom lenses, other professional camera equipment, movie cameras and any other video or audio recording equipment are not permitted in Yankee Stadium. Guests are not permitted to transmit or aid in transmitting any account, description, picture, video, audio, reproduction or other information about any games.

It is updated from the previous policy at the old stadium:

CAMERAS & VIDEO EQUIPMENT
Single-frame flash photography is allowed. All forms of video and motion-picture cameras are strictly prohibited. Guests are also forbidden to use lighting or camera support pods at the Stadium. Please note: Fans are not permitted to reproduce or rebroadcast any film of Yankees games for commercial purposes without the prior written permission of the Yankees and Major League Baseball.

But regardless, during the first pitch on Opening Game, you will definitely see thousands of camera flashes and it will be the same for this year's inaugural season, prolly lots more. Almost every electronic device is a camera. You can even record with your Blackberry device.

I really don't think the camera policy was strictly enforced. I am sure fans want to take photos in their favorite stadium. I even saw some fans bring their professional camera to get better shots. Of course, we wouldn't be reprinting these photos for commerical use or even the videos. How can you get a good video going anyway? The fan would be stuck filming from one specific view during the whole game.

Well, I do hope the security staff won't be anal for Opening Day this year. It is going to be historic! So please don't ruin it for us.