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PHOTOS: For NYU graduation, over 30,000 people pack into Yankee Stadium

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On Wednesday, thousands of students across the US headed to their campus stadium or lawn for their commencement ceremonies.

Students at NYU took a different route.

Venturing far away from their lower Manhattan and Brooklyn campuses, they streamed up the subways en route to the Bronx.

Their destination? The iconic Yankee Stadium.

The stadium, which has a capacity of 54,251, is one of the largest and most expensive arenas ever built.

NYU has held its main ceremony at the stadium since 2008, having moved it from Washington Square Park after renovations to the park no longer made it possible due to lack of read more >>>

Source:: BusinessInsider.Com