mr.miracle
06-16-2006, 03:15 PM
Looks like we will soon say goodbye to another grand old park. However it is for the best instead of letting the stadium sit there unused in disrepair and allowed to rot. Sounds like some excellent items might soon become available.
Detroit mayor supports tearing down Tiger Stadium
Associated Press
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DETROIT -- Tiger Stadium will be demolished to make way for homes and stores under a plan that will save parts of the historic baseball venue.
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Ross Dettman for ESPN.com
Going, going, gone? Detroit's mayor supports a plan to tear down Tiger Stadium for development and preserve the field.
A portion of the field will be kept as a Little League diamond along with part of the stadium.
"I think it's something everybody will enjoy and love," Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said Friday.
The decision to demolish the stadium follows years of intense efforts to find a developer who would refurbish it or convert it to other uses. It has been largely vacant since the Detroit Tigers (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=det) moved out in 1999 in favor of the new downtown Comerica Park.
"Nobody was interested in the site with a stadium on it," Kilpatrick said following a dedication ceremony for church-sponsored housing development project.
The project will include 150 to 300 homes and retail space.
The cost of demolition will be anywhere from $2 million to $6 million, said Peter Zeiler, an aide to Jackson. It will be offset by the value of the stadium as scrap and as a treasure chest of sports memorabilia, which could include seats and signs.
He said the city hopes to find a salvage contractor familiar with marketing sports memorabilia that can begin offering pieces of the stadium to the public by October.
"The possibility of something happening at that site is very exciting," said City Councilman Ken Cockrel Jr., who said he would reserve judgment on the plan until the council receives financial details.
The Tigers began playing at the site near downtown late in the 19th century and moved into Tiger Stadium in 1912.
Detroit mayor supports tearing down Tiger Stadium
Associated Press
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DETROIT -- Tiger Stadium will be demolished to make way for homes and stores under a plan that will save parts of the historic baseball venue.
http://espn-att.starwave.com/photo/2006/0616/mlb_tigerstadium_275.jpg
Ross Dettman for ESPN.com
Going, going, gone? Detroit's mayor supports a plan to tear down Tiger Stadium for development and preserve the field.
A portion of the field will be kept as a Little League diamond along with part of the stadium.
"I think it's something everybody will enjoy and love," Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said Friday.
The decision to demolish the stadium follows years of intense efforts to find a developer who would refurbish it or convert it to other uses. It has been largely vacant since the Detroit Tigers (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=det) moved out in 1999 in favor of the new downtown Comerica Park.
"Nobody was interested in the site with a stadium on it," Kilpatrick said following a dedication ceremony for church-sponsored housing development project.
The project will include 150 to 300 homes and retail space.
The cost of demolition will be anywhere from $2 million to $6 million, said Peter Zeiler, an aide to Jackson. It will be offset by the value of the stadium as scrap and as a treasure chest of sports memorabilia, which could include seats and signs.
He said the city hopes to find a salvage contractor familiar with marketing sports memorabilia that can begin offering pieces of the stadium to the public by October.
"The possibility of something happening at that site is very exciting," said City Councilman Ken Cockrel Jr., who said he would reserve judgment on the plan until the council receives financial details.
The Tigers began playing at the site near downtown late in the 19th century and moved into Tiger Stadium in 1912.