Tiger Stadium to be torn down
The Dirt:
Tiger Stadium will be demolished to make way for homes and stores under a plan that will save parts of the historic baseball venue.
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 moved out in 1999 in favor of the new downtown Comerica Park.
The Spin: This is coming about 5 years later than it needed to. No one had any interest in doing anything with the stadium, and all this time, not only has the city not been paying the maintenance bill, but the stadium has been literally falling apart, to the point where the city has refused cameras into the stadium.
Detroit mayor wants Tiger Stadium torn down, field preserved (CBS Sportsline)
