THIS DATE IN NY GIANTS HISTORY: MARCH 3, 1956

Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack announces plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium with the intention of keeping the the Giants in the Big Apple. The proposed $75 million ballpark, planned to span the New York Central railroad tracks, will prove too costly to build, and will become a significant reason why owner’s Horace Stoneham’s decided to relocate the team to the West Coast. (Nationalpastime.com)