{"id":111944,"date":"2023-05-03T12:16:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T04:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/?p=111944"},"modified":"2023-05-03T12:16:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T04:16:59","slug":"new-balance-998-u998gr-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2023\/05\/03\/new-balance-998-u998gr-release-date\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Balance 998 Returns in Its OG Gray Colorway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The New Balance 998 has a long-running history, much like many of its 990 series siblings. Specifically, 2023 marks the silhouette&#8217;s 30th anniversary, and the Boston-based shoemakers have not held back. Coming off of the <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2023\/03\/28\/kith-ronnie-fieg-next-new-balance-collab-is-a-998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Ronnie Fieg x New Balance 998 &quot;Broadacre City&quot;\">Ronnie Fieg x New Balance 998 &#8220;Broadacre City&#8221;<\/a> collaboration a few weeks ago, the brand is now ready to present the New Balance 998 in its OG Gray colorway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While not exactly a 1:1 replication of the 1993 debut design, this upcoming offering sees the iconic New Balance-approved Gray adorning much of the 998&#8217;s suede upper. A darker shade accentuates parts of the sneaker, while reflective silver &#8220;N&#8221; logos and heel tab create a striking feature. A small hint of blue can also be found on the midsole and outsole underfoot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the OG-styled New Balance 998 via the top slider above. It&#8217;s slated to drop at New Balance and select retailers come 12 May, at a retail price of US$185.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>In other sneaker-related news, check out the rumored <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2023\/05\/03\/from-the-rumor-mill-j-balvin-x-nike-air-jordan-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J Balvin x Nike Air Jordan 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/snkrdunk_int\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22285 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy.webp\" alt=\"Magazine-Bottom-Banner\" width=\"970\" height=\"\u201c300&quot;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy.webp 970w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy-768x238.webp 768w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy-282x87.webp 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Balance 998 has a long-running history, much like many of its 990 series siblings. Specifically, 2023 marks the silhouette&#8217;s 30th anniversary, and the Boston-based shoemakers have not held back. Coming off of the Ronnie Fieg x New Balance 998 &#8220;Broadacre City&#8221; collaboration a few weeks ago, the brand is now ready to present [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":111971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,21,18,6,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brands","category-calendar","category-latest-news","category-new-balance","category-releases"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111944"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111944"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111973,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111944\/revisions\/111973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}