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Construda found this 5/27/2008 on www.theoaklandpress.com (flag)
DETROIT -- Ninety-six years ago, in the winter of 1911-12, tight-fisted Tigers owner Frank Navin and his silent partner, playboy Bill Yawkey, spent $300,000 to build a new, state-of-the-art ballpark at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull. It is worth noting, I believe, that not one penny of public money was used in the project. And the new ballyard was the talk of Detroit. What does it now ... (link)

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Tiger Stadium
Published 5/27/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Construda) at Construda
... cloudless sky are alien to me. The only memories I have come from pictures, books and stories. Tiger Stadium is locked up to the outside world. No one gets in. Perhaps, in its current state, that's the way it should be. Opened on April 20, 1912, the ballpark that berthed on the same day as Boston's Fenway Park has been closed since the final day - Sept. 27 - of the 1999 season. Facing economic hardship and a seeming lack of awareness of historical significance, the city of Detroit has let Tiger Stadium rot for the past nine years. When I stand outside the old ballpark, ...

The Last Days of Tiger Stadium
Published 6/3/2008 by Will Brinson at FanHouse
... The chief issue at hand, between the city and it's residents, is the care, or lack thereof, for the stadium since it closed in 1999. Jim Hawkins claims in the Oakland Press that in 1999 he "conservatively" valued all the memorabilia in Tiger Stadium at $10 million. ...