Tiger Stadium Sign - Detroit

I had to get a shot of it before they tear it down. Bennett Park was a wooden park first built on this site in 1895, hosting the home games of the Detroit Tigers. It was replaced by a steel-and-concrete stadium named Navin Field in 1912. It opened the same week as Fenway Park in Boston. It was renamed Briggs Stadium in 1938 and the Detroit Lions began playing their home games there as well. It was renamed Tiger stadium in 1961, the Lions left here in 1974, and the Detroit Tigers moved out at the end of 1999, leaving the building abandoned. As it is due to be torn down in February of 2008, in August of 2007 they auctioned off everything, signs, seats, lockers, etc. By November, all of the signs for this historic ballpark had been removed.

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NorJon says:

Shame they couldn't find anyone to do anything with it .... on the other hand- Comerica is simply marvelous.

Seen in www.flickr.com/groups/ballparks/
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Alan in Portland says:

The corner of Michigan and Trumbull. I saw my first major league game there in 1955, and many more thereafter. You felt closer to the field than you do in modern stadiums, even if you had crummy seats, and I had a lot of those. Sitting behind a pole could be a nuisance though.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

ann_arbor_deadhead says:

Comerica Park is nice, but it will never have the historical gravitas of Tiger Stadium. So many baseball immortals played there, from Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, to Ted Williams and Hank Greenberg, Al Kaline, Mickey Mantle, Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell.

Hank Aaron played most of his career in the National League, but made at least one appearance at Tiger Stadium for an All Star game.

And, the NFL's Lions had their most recent glory days in the 1950s here. Many great Lions played here, as well as opposing players like Johnny Unitas, Jim Brown, and the Green Bay Packers coached by Vince Lombardi.

i am going to miss "the old ballpark," and i hope they at least save the field and some of the structure. If the Romans can preserve their ancient Colosseum, then certainly Detroit can preserve at least some of Tiger Stadium.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

bradleys0206 says:

The countdown is on... by Friday, 6/6/08, the wrecking crews are supposed to inhabit the Stadium and the razing of Tiger Stadium is going to begin soon after.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

carriagepark says:

I was there today and they've started demolition. I went to my first ballgame there as a child and still remember it as a wonderful time. I will miss the "real" Tiger stadium and really thought someone would have come forth to preserve it....They're probably planning condos and a mini mall :(......
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

MichiPictureGuy says:

( sigh... )
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

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