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Bud Bowl (2. 00. 6)Tiger Stadium. NRHP Reference #8. Added to NRHPFebruary 6, 1. Tiger Stadium (formerly known as Navin Field and Briggs Stadium) was a stadium located in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan.
It hosted the Detroit Tigers. Major League Baseball team from 1. National Football League's Detroit Lions from 1. It was declared a State of Michigan Historic Site in 1. National Register of Historic Places since 1. The stadium was nicknamed "The Corner" for its location on Michigan Avenue and Trumbull Avenue. The last Detroit Tigers game at the stadium was held in September 1.
In the decade after the Tigers baseball team vacated the stadium, several rejected redevelopment and preservation efforts finally gave way to demolition. The stadium's demolition was completed on September 2. Since the spring of 2. Navin Field Grounds Crew (composed of Tiger Stadium fans, preservationists, and Corktown residents) has restored and maintained the field. A plan to redevelop the old Tiger Stadium site would retain the historic playing field for youth sports and ring the 1. Michigan and Trumbull avenues in the redeveloping Corktown district.
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Detroit PAL would largely privatize the field to be used for PAL events only and intends to replace the original field with an artificial playing surface. History[edit]Early origins[edit]In 1. Detroit Tigers owner George Vanderbeck had a new ballpark built at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull avenues. That stadium was called Bennett Park and featured a wooden grandstand with a wooden peaked roof in the outfield. At the time, some places in the outfield were only marked off with rope. The 2. 0th century[edit]In 1.
Tigers owner Frank Navin ordered a new steel- and- concrete baseball park on the same site that would seat 2. On April 2. 0, 1. Navin Field was opened, the same day as the Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park. Cleveland Naps player "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, later banned from baseball for life following the Black Sox Scandal, scored the first run at Navin Field on the opening day. The intimate configurations of both stadiums, both conducive to high- scoring games featuring home runs, prompted baseball writers to refer to them as "bandboxes" or "cigar boxes" (a reference to the similarly intimate Baker Bowl).
Postcard showing Briggs Stadium, circa 1. Over the years, expansion continued to accommodate more people. In 1. 93. 5, following the death of Frank Navin, new owner Walter Briggs oversaw the expansion of Navin Field to a capacity of 3. By 1. 93. 8, the city had agreed to move Cherry Street, allowing left field to be double- decked and the now- renamed Briggs Stadium had a capacity of 5. Also in 1. 93. 8, the NFL's Detroit Lions began a relationship that allowed them to host their home games at Briggs Stadium. They would play there through the 1.
Pontiac Silverdome in suburban Pontiac. Joe Louis defended the world Heavyweight title with an eleventh round knockout of Bob Pastor.[4]In 1. John Fetzer took control of the stadium and gave it its final name: Tiger Stadium. Under this name, the stadium witnessed World Series titles in 1.
In mid 1. 96. 8, area sports enthusiasts were excited at the prospects that professional sports teams, the Detroit Lions and the Tigers, were actively investigating the possibilities of a new major sports facility. The excitement was generated by the fact that the city of Pontiac and its community leaders made a presentation to the Metropolitan Stadium Committee of a 1. M- 5. 9 and Interstate 7. I- 7. 5). The Metropolitan Stadium Committee voted unanimously for the Pontiac site. The city commission later appointed a Stadium Authority which spent the greater part of 1. The city made the professional sports franchises aware that a stadium could be built and financed in Pontiac.
Initially, a dual stadium complex was planned that included a moving roof that was later scrapped due to high costs and the lack of a commitment from the Detroit Tigers baseball franchise. In 1. 97. 3, ground was broken for a stadium to exclusively house the Detroit Lions.[5]The stadium gained a reputation in the 1. Box and most reserved seats were close to the action. A fire gutted the press box on the evening of February 1, 1.
In 1. 97. 7, the Tigers sold the stadium to the city of Detroit, which then leased it back to the Tigers. As part of this transfer, the green wooden seats were replaced with blue and orange plastic ones and the stadium's interior, which was green, was painted blue to match. In 1. 99. 2, new owner Mike Ilitch began many cosmetic improvements to the ballpark, primarily with the addition of the Tiger Den and Tiger Plaza. The Tiger Den was an area in the lower deck between first and third base that had padded seats and section waiters. The Tiger Plaza was constructed in the old players parking lot and consisted of many concessionaires and a gift shop. After the 1. 99. 4 strike, plans were made to construct a new park, but many campaigned to save the old stadium. Plans to modify and maintain Tiger Stadium as the home of the Tigers, known as the Cochrane Plan, were supported by many in the community, but were never seriously considered by the Tigers.
Ground was broken for the new Comerica Park during the 1. The final game[edit]On September 2. Detroit Tigers game was held at Tiger Stadium; an 8–2 victory over the Kansas City Royals, capped by a late grand slam by Robert Fick. Fick's 8th inning grand slam hit the right field roof and fell back onto the playing field, where it was retrieved by Tigers personnel. Fick's blast was the final hit, home run and RBI in Tiger Stadium's history. The whereabouts of the ball are currently unknown.
Following the game, an emotional ceremony with past and present Tigers greats was held to mark the occasion. The Detroit Tigers moved to the newly constructed Comerica Park for their 2. Tiger Stadium unused.
The 2. 1st century[edit]From the departure of the Detroit Tigers in 1. Detroit spent nearly US$4 million maintaining Tiger Stadium. In the summer of 2. HBOmovie. 61* was filmed in Tiger Stadium. The film dramatized the efforts of New York Yankees teammates Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris during the 1. Yankee Babe Ruth's single- season home run record of 6.
Maris actually accomplished the feat. The process of converting Tiger Stadium to Yankee Stadium began with painting seats, columns, walls, stairs, facades and anything that was visible to the distinctive pale light green color of Yankee Stadium before the park underwent a massive renovation in the mid- 1. In the DVD documentary about the making of the film, production designer Rusty Smith revealed that he believed no accurate representation of the exact shade of green existed until someone in the Yankees organization said that director Billy Crystal, a diehard New York Yankees fan who idolized Mickey Mantle, had a wooden seat from the old stadium. While it was mostly painted blue, there was a large chip that revealed the green paint underneath. However, old Yankee Stadium had three tiers whereas Tiger Stadium had only two. In post- production, the uppermost tier was cloned and pasted on top. Filligrees and other distinctive elements of old Yankee Stadium as well as vistas of The Bronx beyond the walls of the park were also added via CG.
Signage completed the illusion. In the ending credits, Tiger Stadium is credited as playing Yankee Stadium. Rusty Smith recounted that when Billy Crystal saw Tiger Stadium dressed as the Yankee Stadium he remembered from his youth, he became very emotional. Coincidentally, Roger Maris hit his first home run of the 1. Tiger Stadium. Upon completion of filming of the Yankee Stadium scenes, the seats and ballpark were repainted to their Tiger Stadium colors and appearance. On July 2. 4, 2. 00. Detroit celebrated its 3.
Great Lakes Summer Collegiate Game between the Motor City Marauders and the Lake Erie Monarchs was played at Tiger Stadium. It was in an effort by a local sports management company that is seeking to bring a minor league franchise to Detroit in the Frontier League. In July 2. 00. 2, the Tigers sponsored a fantasy camp with instructors Jason Thompson and Milt Wilcox. For many, this was the final time that Tiger Stadium was opened to the public for a baseball- related purpose. Since then, The Corner has been used periodically to videotape special segments, such as the appearance of Denny Mc. Lain on Fox Sports Net's Beyond the Glory and a pregame piece for the 2. Major League Baseball All- Star Game featuring Ernie Harwell.
On Saturday, February 4 and Sunday, February 5, 2. Tiger Stadium's field played host to Anheuser- Busch's Bud Bowl 2. Among performers at the nightclub- style event was Snoop Dogg.[7] After several years out of the public eye, the Bud Bowl event led the Detroit Free Press to make the interior of the stadium the feature of a photo series on February 1, 2. These photos showed the stadium's deteriorating condition, which included trees and other vegetation growing in the stands.
WSTX Sports | We Are Tiger Sports. Connor Mc. Kim | Photo by Jacob Hayslip. Coach Klein, along with seniors Connor Mc. Kim, Billy Basham and Will Olsen, talked today at The Courier- Journal Basketball Media Day. Here is what we learned about this year’s Tigers: This team is going to be senior oriented. Seven seniors return for Tiger Basketball this season and almost all of them will be playing big minutes.“These guys bring a winning attitude,” Coach Klein said. These guys are all four year players.”Besides Mc.
Kim, Basham and Olsen, the Tigers return seniors Alex Hulse, Austin Brian, Connor Knight and Daniel Ryan. Depth could be key this season. The Tigers will be looking to play 8- 1. В team. Coach Klein said he is going to want to extend his full court defense and pick up the tempo on defense.“With Billy Basham’s defensive mindset, [Mc. Kim and Olsen] and the overall athleticism we have for us this year is encouraging,” Klein said. I think we are going to be able to pick up the tempo defensively.”They will still play fast on offense and look to get their weapons touches and see if they can make plays in the open court.
The Waggener loss has motivated them. The Waggener loss in the Region tournament last year has stuck with them, and they are using it as motivation coming in to this year.
Olsen said Coach Glaser brings it up all the time. В The fact that they lost at the end of the game still seems to ling, and it’s easy to see that they don’t want that to happen again. This is Connor Mc.
Kim’s team. Although Coach Klein never went out and said it directly, it seems like this is going to be Mc. Kim’s team. Klein is looking to Mc. Kim to be an extension of the. В coach on the floor and get everyone involved.“[Mc. Kim] gets to the rim really well,” Klein said. He has one of the best mid range shots that I have coached, and you don’t see that a whole lot in today’s game.”The experience Mc.
Kim gained last year will most likely be the reason in his. В improved play this year. Basham is back to playing basketball.
Basham is coming off being a part of the back to back state champion golf teams. В Now that he has put up the clubs, he is back to the hardwood.“I was a little rusty coming back at first,” Basham said. After a couple of days of conditioning and getting some shots up, I felt it coming back to me.”Chemistry isn’t a worry, as Basham and the rest of his teammates remained close during the off- season. Coach Glaser has had an effect in the weight room.
As most of you know, former Tiger Football head coach, Mike Glaser, now helps out Tiger Basketball with strength and conditioning. Its seemed today that Glaser has made an impact on the team and has really helped out during their workouts. Basham said he is there everyday and helps them work 1. That extra effort in the weight room could lead to close wins as other teams wear down.[Video | St.
X at The CJ basketball media day]The Tiger Basketball team will tip off against Bowling Green in a scrimmage on November 2.