The concert is expected to be one of the biggest nights for hip-hop, fans say.
"It's going to be historic. It's going to be a big one," said Onelio Rodriguez, 24.
And if early sales are any indication, it should also be a banner night for concert retailers. Concert t-shirts were flying off the shelves - at $35 each. Jay-Z penants were $20.
Rodriguez dropped $50 on a Yankees fitted cap, which also includes Jay-Z's logo, but the fan shrugeed off the expense.
"It's a collectors item. You can't go wrong with it," said the native of Bedford-Stuyvesant, where Jay-Z was raised.
For some fans, the night's splurges started long before the show.
Mike Cook, 27, and Nick Gildea, 20, drove and took the train from Philadelphia to be at the concert. They bought their two tickets for $600 from Craigslist. The face value of the tickets were $153 each.
But they didn't mind.
"For hip-hop, this is something. You can't ask for anything bigger than Jay-Z and Eminem, and then at Yankee Stadium to top it off!" Cook said.
"You're talking two of the biggest heavyweights in hip-hop. I don't even care about the special guests. It's worth it," said Cook, wearing a t-shirt with Jay-Z's first album cover on it.
"It's just the experience, just to see them live," he said. "This is Yankee Stadium. Jay is going to do it big."
Gildea was just excited to be in the building.
"This is my first concert ever," he said. "It's so surreal. It still hasn't set in that we're here. When Em and Jay come out it's going to be crazy."
Even with the triple digit outlay to attend the concert, Gildea couldn't resist an opportunity for memorabilia. He bought two concert t-shirts, which totaled $70.
"It's worth it, something to remind me of the experience," he said. "This is going to be the biggest experience of my life."
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