Tiger Stadium one step closer to wrecking ball
The heartbeat of Tiger Stadium grew a little more shallow last night with the announcement that the Detroit Economic Corporation has approved a plan to demolish the hallowed baseball ground, pending approval from Detroit City Council in July.
The old grey mare, she ain’t what she used to be
Under the approved measure with an estimated cost of $2.95 million, the 95-year-old stadium would be demolished with the remaining site redeveloped into a mixed-use retail and residential property.
Financing for the project would come from the sale of stadium memorabilia by Schneider Industries, a St. Louis auction company. Items such as seats and various other locker room souvenirs are expected to be part of the offerings. If approved by City Council, the company would use a web-based auction to facilitate the sale of the predicted-to-be highly sought-after goods.
Steel from the structure itself will also be sold to offset the costs, with the intent of retaining some historical aspects of the stadium – possibly even maintaining a baseball field for area youth baseball leagues.
- The Heckler
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June 8th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
Sad news to hear about the old girl but maybe now they can clean up that area and get more business there. Send me an e-mail Heck and I’ll send you those pics. Peace.
June 10th, 2007 at 7:20 pm
Always good to hear from ya, Chuck. Already sent the email. Aren’t ya glad ya took a good look at Tiger Stadium when you were in town? It might have been the last time you’ll ever see it . . .
June 17th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Ya, its too bad we werent inside for one last one.