Randy Levine's LIE about attendance during 1970's renovation

These attendance figures contradict what Randy Levine apparently believes.....or maybe Yankee fans visiting Shea in 1974-1975 entered the ballpark for FREE.....

The Yankees want to build the new ballpark next to the current one because "there wouldn't be revenues coming in" if the team moved to Shea Stadium, as it had during its 1970's renovation, team president Randy Levine has said.

Year/Ballpark/AttendanceGameAverage/Season Total/League Average
1971 Yankee Stadium ......... 13,219 .... 1,070,771 ..... 989,047
1972 Yankee Stadium ......... 12,469 ...... 966,328 ...... 953,211
1973 Yankee Stadium ......... 15,581 .... 1,262,103 ... 1,119,467
1974 Shea Stadium ............ 15,717 .... 1,273,075 ... 1,087,275
1975 Shea Stadium ............ 16,101 .... 1,288,048 ... 1,099,119
1976 New Yankee Stadium.... 25,314 .... 2,012,434 ... 1,221,484

1973 Last Year at Old Yankee Stadium
1976 First Year at New Yankee Stadium
1976 Won Pennant/Division

data from Friends of Yankee Stadium
You can also check the following websites:
http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/1970-79attendance.htm (click on our title above) and http://www.kenn.com/sports/baseball/mlb/mlb_nyy_attendance.html