Tiger Stadium was my stadium, growing up in the Detroit area. I was at the final game in 1999. The place was low on the amenities you see today, but it had a lot of charm and history. The right field overhang you pointed out created a "porch" in the right field stands, and when Al Kaline joined the team in the mid-50s, a section of seats in the right field corner was taken out, so Kaline could use his amazing defensive prowess to catch fly balls. Losing Tiger Stadium and watching it being torn down really hurt.
@aspalovin Жыл бұрын
The worst part about it being torn down was the decade it took... The slowest band-aid pull ever.
@lionsfan7500 Жыл бұрын
Tiger Stadium will always have a special place in my heart. My uncle took me to my first game there in 1981 after the strike vs Kansas Royals and the Tigers won on a walk off in the 10th and Kevin Saucier got the win and that was one of the best nights of my childhood it was magical. My uncle was a teenager in 1957 and went to the NFL championship game and sat in the upper deck bleachers for 50 cents lol how crazy. He still has the ticket stubb and framed it.
@marcvslicinivscrassvs7536 Жыл бұрын
Jack Morris was a beast
@aspalovin Жыл бұрын
I choke up every time I see this gorgeous park.. My Dad took me to games all the time and I got to be there for The Win in '84... Bless You, Boys! Gibby made the building ring like a tuning fork. We live across the creek in Windsor and between Tiger Stadium, The Joe and Windsor arena.. The sight, sounds... and oh.. The smells can't be duplicated
@darrendoyle5689 ай бұрын
Did you get to crash the field when they won
@brianb14406 ай бұрын
I had the great fortune to go to a game there in 1987. Tigers were playing the Orioles. Good game, tho the Tigers blew a lead in the 8th and lost. But what I still remember most is the surreal feeling that time stopped as I exited the dark concourse that smelled of stale beer and walked out into the field level boxes. The stadium surrounded me and was so enormous. The field was so close. Everything stopped, and I felt my chest would explode from the beating of my heart. It was a feeling I never had at a ballpark before or since, and I've been to many. What a marvelous experience.
@stevenosmond2168 Жыл бұрын
This was my favorite place to go. The outside you show is cosmetic and was showing its age. I went to my last game in 1999. Sat in the right field Upper deck to experience the overhang.
@Dave-ti2ue Жыл бұрын
The '71 All Star Game played there was such a classic.
@michaelward98806 ай бұрын
Absolutely! Do you remember Reggie Jackson's Homer? What a blast!
@youlittlesaget Жыл бұрын
Definitely my favorite sports stadium of all time. I still can’t believe that it’s gone.
@cmdrflake Жыл бұрын
The upper deck was terrific with a nearly unique vantage point of a game. My Dad and I were in the second row behind home plate. Terrific seats.
@kenelkins1787 Жыл бұрын
My family moved to Detroit in 1968. I used to pay $1 for an upper deck bleacher in center field. Fly balls to the warning track in right field would disappear beneath the overhang and you wouldn't know if you should cheer or moan until you heard the reaction of the crowd in the rest of the stadium. It was a really good hitter's park (except for the 440 feet to straight away center field) that I could never understand why they built Comerica as big as an airport.
@b.ramit88 Жыл бұрын
I am very blessed to be able to see tiger stadium before they demolished it
@mizer9510 Жыл бұрын
Kinda sad that Tiger Stadium is no longer around. It was an iconic stadium with a lot of great memories and nostalgia behind it. I wish they could've saved it.
@Jamestown-y9j5 ай бұрын
I feel the same about Comiskey, damn was my summer home away from home.
@2xroadtrippers Жыл бұрын
The home run porch at Globe Life Park was a tribute to Tiger Stadium.
@SirManfly Жыл бұрын
Didn’t they even botch the new at the time stadium 🏟️ by making the walls in the outfield too far back making it tough to hit homers? 🤔
@moderationinexcess Жыл бұрын
@@SirManflyballpark in arlington was a hitter’s park walls weren’t very deep any direction from home plate. While on the subject…. it’s RF porch was for Tiger Stadium Jagged outfield fence for Griffith Stadium Outer facade arches were for Ebbets field Taller LF fence with manual scoreboards was for Fenway CF batter’s eye grass was for Wrigley Frieze at the top of the upper grandstand was for Yankee Stadium I feel like I might be forgetting a few features in honor of the old baseball cathedrals…. DFW sports fans may remind me of others. That stadium was truly magnificent we just couldn’t add a roof to it.
@OldRustySteele Жыл бұрын
@@moderationinexcess. Great recap, Mr Moderation! I’ll add one more. First neon “action” scoreboard was the Anheuser-Busch “A and Eagle” in Busch Stadium #1 (originally Sportsman’s Park). When Bill Veeck bought the White Sox, the Cards scoreboard was his inspiration for his even-more raucous neon action scoreboard with the pin wheels and fireworks.
@moderationinexcess Жыл бұрын
@@OldRustySteele many lost gems and while the Ballpark in Arlington wasn’t around long enough to be considered an all time great I felt it was a fantastic stadium that combined awesome elements of past cathedrals of the game
@sportsmaster1364 Жыл бұрын
One of the more heart-wrenching things I've seen in terms of happenings to a stadium is when the last parts of Tiger Stadium demolition were featured in the music video for "Beautiful" by Eminem. That stadium looked like it had so much charm, and could tell so many majestic stories if its walls could talk.
@blacksunshine1089 Жыл бұрын
The place had a culture of its own, and was steeped in history, not only due to the numerous sporting events that occurred there from boxing, to pro football, and baseball, but the generations of fans who went there, and even the employees. The structure itself had a lot of character, from the air vents on the exterior walls of the building, to the dark, dingy concourses leading to the breathtaking view of the bright green field, the aroma of hot dogs and stale beer, the dark shadowed between the upper and lower decks to weathered concrete, and the vast network of on the underside of the upper deck.
@blacksunshine1089 Жыл бұрын
For me, attending games there was a similar to the feeling I would get when visiting my grandparents old house, the one they had lived in since the 1950s with the old furniture, family photos, and numerous memories.
@gregorykrug8034 Жыл бұрын
If Tiger Stadium was in England, it would have been renovated. In America, we tear old things down so we can have newer, shinier things.
@kevinfitzgerald1010 Жыл бұрын
Famous teams like Man. Utd and Liverpool are constrained by the tight urban neighborhoods in which they are located. So instead they add new stands and seating, totally destroying most of any original character. Liverpool added an enormous new Main Stand in 2016 and will be rebuilding and double decking one of the end stands in the next two years. Also, Arsenal did leave its century plus home of Highbury (cap. 38000) for Emirates Stadium (cap. 60000). So moves can happen; it's just difficult in old, built up cities.
@gregorykrug8034 Жыл бұрын
@@kevinfitzgerald1010 Good points, but in America, we often deem stadiums obsolete after twenty years. In baseball, the Rangers and Braves cried for new stadiums, only to move out after twenty years. The Diamondbacks and Brewers have recently wanted new stadiums, too. I find it all odd.
@kevinfitzgerald1010 Жыл бұрын
@gregorykrug8034 I'm American; on this thread because I'm from Detroit and knew Tiger Stadium very well. I spent a good deal of time in my career in England so I'm up on some of their stadium issues. Wouldn't you say the Atlanta and Texas situations are largely due to them being built before the luxury suite boom? Turner Field was hacked together from the 1996 Olympic stadium (liked it though) and the Texas ballpark was rather plain. The new Texas ballpark looks to have hit that spot; don't know much about the new Atlanta park except it's in the burbs. No avoiding traffic in Atlanta anyway. Also don't know much about the AZ park, but the Milwaukee situation grinds my gears. Newish high tech park, and the Selig family are allegedly loyal to the minor market that is Milwaukee. The extortion play is reprehensible.
@gregorykrug8034 Жыл бұрын
@@kevinfitzgerald1010 The Rangers wanted a dome to beat the heat, but why not think of that before? The "last of the bad stadiums" imo is the new Comiskey Park. I have not been there (I have driven past it), but at least they have spent $$$ in improvements. Speaking of the White Sox, if the Bears do move out of Soldier Field eventually, I swear that the Soldier Field location would be a PERFECT location for a new Comiskey Park. They can keep the columns, but everything else could be redone for a beautiful ballpark.
@johnkelly6925 Жыл бұрын
The British completely demolished old Wembley before building the new stadium on that site
@xtrabiggg13 Жыл бұрын
The field is now completely surrounded by mixed-use development, with the Detroit Police Athletic league using the field, along with youth and semi- por soccer teams. Corktown area surrounding it is booming.
@erikmoyer1788 Жыл бұрын
The area is much nicer now!
@AlligatorArms Жыл бұрын
Right, I just visited the area last week-I’d go to games at Tiger Stadium with my Dad and he’d always park over on Labrosse St. for free, and we’d walk about half a mile up Trumbull Ave. to the ballpark & I’d literally have my fingers crossed the whole time that our car would still be there fully intact after the game. Now, you pretty much have to be a millionaire to live there…pretty crazy, but it sure is a nice area. Although Michigan Ave. probably hasn’t been repaved since the Tigers won a World Series.
@mrg85818 ай бұрын
@@erikmoyer1788 Detroit still garbage.
@mrg85818 ай бұрын
@@AlligatorArms Liberal Elite Millennials and Gen Z. Democrat youth.🤬
@thecentralscrutinizer304 Жыл бұрын
Tigers fan here, great video. My first game NY@DET June 1993.
@harryknutts84284 ай бұрын
i was born in 1976 and i still remember the excitement of going downtown and parking the car and getting out with my dad and his best freind who i called uncle eddy and my little brother, we always bought a bad of peanuts still in the shell off a street vendor on the way to the stadium which was a couple blocks away ,, walking through the crowd the excitement building , getting closer u can hear music of anouncements on the loud speakers echo,, we always sat in lower deck left field , it was the 80s it was awesome, later in the 90s i remember going as a young man no longer with my father but with freinds and i still tried to feel the feelings i felt with my dad but times changed and nobody really went down there , i remember going to games in like 1997 0r 1998 and there was like 7000 people there in a stadium built for 50000 , it was kinda cool in that u could just about sit anywhere u wanted but sad at the same time,, i wish i did more stuff with my dad in my life , just didnt work that way tho
@marklittle8805 Жыл бұрын
The Stadium was charming but old. It deserved a better fate. I saw a few games there as a student across the river in Windsor. Opening Day of Tigers Baseball was always a good day .
@GeraldBacon-si5mx Жыл бұрын
I lived in Windsor from 1987-1998 and moved to the downtown area just so i could go to games using tunnel bus.
@jsivco3sivco785 Жыл бұрын
2:00 - The dome never came, "that's how we got Ford Field." No! Lack of a dome is how we got the Pontiac Silverdome!! Ford Field was decades later.
@wolver73 Жыл бұрын
My first impression of Briggs Stadium (later Tiger Stadium) when I was about 8 years old was that I had never seen so much green. A strange thought for someone growing up in the country.
@MrKerry4371 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video- watched many many games at Tiger stadium in the 70's and early 80's !!! Awesome stadium- I miss it!!!
@AugustMedia Жыл бұрын
Lot's of great times in my youth at that stadium. 1984 World Series, KISS playing there in 1996, just so much.
@pgc2455 Жыл бұрын
What I most remember about the old Tiger Stadium were the green wooden seats that folded down. They gave the stadium a great hitting background. The old stadium was a home run paradise. Tiger announcer Ernie Harwell called Tiger Stadium a Green Cathedral. In the 1970's the stadium was sold to the city of Detroit for a nominal amount and the city took over maintenance. The wooden seats were taken out and replaced by blue plastic seats. The 1970-80 renovations by the City took the heart out of the old stadium.
@wmw3629 Жыл бұрын
I love my old green wooden seats from Briggs Stadium
@wanderer34 Жыл бұрын
I believe the reason why the wooden seats were taken out was to avoid a fire hazard. I remember in London when there was a Tube station that had a wooden escalator which was actually historic but the escalator caught in fire due to the oil and grease collecting inside the well and heating up causing an automatic fire and as a result, the entire escalator had to be taken out. If anything, removing the wooden seats was to avoid a fire hazard.
@Knightmessenger Жыл бұрын
@wanderer34 and they were taken out around the time the use of lead in paint was finally banned.
@matthewclark1674 Жыл бұрын
Loved those summer nights at Tiger Stadium.
@erikmoyer1788 Жыл бұрын
Loved watching games here in the upper deck box seats. You were on top of the action. There was no way to renovate the stadium and give a view to the city. A move needed to be made. While many hate on Comerica it's a good place to watch a ballgame in an area that has helped the city. Not many cities can have all 4 major sports within a 1/2-mile radius with arts / music and food!
@sirchi8731 Жыл бұрын
Facts
@seanhoward8025 Жыл бұрын
You forgot that it was in the 💩est neighborhoods in one of the 💩est cities in America. You had a real shot at getting jacked when you went to a Tigers game.
@truthsayers8725 Жыл бұрын
ive been to about a dozen games at the CoPa. have hated almost every aspect of the game and the field. ive LOVED being in the company of family and friends but that field and all of the flat dinner plate (seating) stadiums suck in my opinion. i liked being on top of the action at The Corner...
@Lfg117 Жыл бұрын
Old MLB Tiger Stadium: Among the best site lines in the history of MLB.
@vox1962 Жыл бұрын
One of the best ballparks in which to watch a game, even the outfield seats had a great view, sad that she’s gone
@xaviersaavedra7442 Жыл бұрын
I’m not even a tigers fan. And I didn’t even want this destroyed. I mean look at it. It is aesthetically pleasing
@blacksunshine1089 Жыл бұрын
Detroit had a landmark, an attraction for baseball enthusiasts, and they threw it away. What also gets me is that they rejected every proposal for redevelopment. It was such a part of the Tigers’ and city’s identity, and should have been saved. I always loved its presence on the corner. The sight would both give me chills, and pull at my heartstrings.
@kentstallard6512 Жыл бұрын
Landmark?? Hardly. Too far from downtown and the riverfront. And a cookie cutter old design. The only thing special about Tiger Stadium is what happened there, not the building itself.
@wanderer34 Жыл бұрын
It’s the only move that I rejected from the CAY era.
@blacksunshine108911 ай бұрын
@@kentstallard6512 clearly, you were either never there, or have no appreciation for the sport and its history. Who cares if it wasn’t right in the middle of downtown or on the river!? It’s a ballpark, not a condominium!! Located in the historic Corktown neighborhood was an icon and an attraction for baseball enthusiasts.
@kentstallard651211 ай бұрын
@@blacksunshine1089 I was born and raised in the 313. Went to many games at Tiger Stadium. It was not a great stadium. Great things happened there. Just like the old Yankee Stadium.
@blacksunshine108911 ай бұрын
@@kentstallard6512 it wasn’t an amusement park/entertainment center with a baseball diamond in the middle. It was built in a time when people were there to watch the game, and didn’t need water slides, nightclubs, Ferris wheels, and 5-star restaurants to keep them entertained. If it was still there today, we’d have our own Fenway Park, or Wrigley Field.
@7mileDem Жыл бұрын
When Comerica Park reaches it's expiration date, the Tigers will move back to Corktown somewhere near the corner of Michigan & Trumbull 35-40 years down the road. The Corner Ballpark (Old Tiger Stadium) is alive and well, they host PAL Youth League Baseball and Football, weddings, movie nights, parties. The area is bustling with bars,restaurants, alot of foot traffic that area was a dead zone in years past.
@alexanderzachary46503 ай бұрын
For some reason this vid was posted in 2023 and incredibly out of date! The Corner Ballpark is probably the best development project the city has and best part is that its for the kids! That whole area is so amazing now!
@davids9520 Жыл бұрын
The baseball field still exists. The flag pole can still handle the flag. Baseball has and can be played at the location. The "Corner Ballpark" has bleacher seats along the infield base lines. Much like a 19th century ball park. You could play a major league baseball game now.. Just not with a true baseball crowd on hand. Come to Detroit and see it. The upper and lower decks of seats were used as the Detroit Lions played at the stadium during the 1950's and 1960's. Attendance of between 55,000 & 56,000 occurred for games at the stadium.
@GeraldBacon-si5mx Жыл бұрын
I went to 718 games at Tiger Stadium from 1982-99.I love what they did to site it's awesome.Wish i could visit but can't get there anymore.
@ZacharyWhite25 Жыл бұрын
Both Tiger Stadium and Comiskey Park were real ballparks. Not shopping malls, they were true ballparks. Both of them did not deserve the wrecking ball.
@vincentjay77 Жыл бұрын
I can only imagine the memories my dad made at Tiger Stadium that he never told me about. I went there as a kid but was too young to remember. He got season tickets to Comerica when it opened. Lots of memories. You already know I shed some tears watching the final games of Miguel Cabrera on tv. Baseball will do that to you once you put it all in perspective. That stretch along Michigan Ave is nicer and nicer each time I go home. Train station looks incredible. Also, as much as I can't stand domes, would've been nice. I've definitely sat through a few Tigers games in the snow lol
@aspalovin Жыл бұрын
I wish that everyone that never saw a game there could have. I've been to several MLB stadiums and the word 'intimate' is key here. It was the perfect place to get up close to your hero's and just 'feel' the game. Comerica is an Oasis in the city but whether in OR out of the park it just lacks that soul. As a Canadian I had my 1st legal U.S. beer there!
@ronpeacock9939 Жыл бұрын
Like many from that ERA, they were beautiful stadiums… and Aged Poorly? Stop smoking weed… the damn thing lasted for nearly 100 years.. .compared to stadiums in Texas and Atlanta, it lived a longer life than 3 stadiums in each location (plus.. still more years to come to get to Tiger Stadium).. I’d say it aged pretty dam well…
@talldude5841 Жыл бұрын
I am so lucky to see both the Tigers and the Lions play here back in the late 60's. Loved this stadium and still have it in my mind. One thing you failed to mention was it was located in one of the worse parts of Detroit. Many fans refused to go to night games there because of the danger getting out of there at night.
@wanderer34 Жыл бұрын
Yankee Stadium was located in the worst parts of the Bronx and while the old Yankee Stadium no longer exists, the new Yankee Stadium sits right across where the old one was at.
@paulday5722 Жыл бұрын
@@wanderer34 When you are one of the greatest sports franchises of all time, with Hall-of- Fame caliber players you can get away with that. If you are a smaller market team that is rarely above average stadium location and parking make a big difference.
@kevinarthur8488 Жыл бұрын
I sat in the right field overhang that was literally over the field just to the right of the right field foul pole. I was there in 1999 when I was 13 years old and as the sun was setting behind the stadium in the background I got to see griffey and Arod hit, and idk why but at that moment I knew what I was seeing was so beautiful that I’d remember it forever. That stadium was a bummer for me cause just as I fell in love with it they’d be leaving it within a few months for comerica. It’s like falling in love and finding out the girl has 6 months to live… Maybe not as dramatic, but I’d give anything to see one more game there. It’s also criminal that it was torn down, and the creators of mlb the show should be prosecuted for not putting this stadium in the game but having 2 versions of comiskey and Forbes smh….
@jonnybotz7 Жыл бұрын
It would've been awesome if this stadium was able to see a few more years to be able to host an NHL Winter Classic.
@spencera3075 Жыл бұрын
Fenway Park & Tiger Stadium opened the same year, using the same building techniques. If you even suggested tearing down Fenway, they’d lynch you in Boston. In Detroit, they just let cool old buildings rot.
@adamcoe Жыл бұрын
The same day in fact.
@JB-bs1se Жыл бұрын
I loved Tiger Stadium. I wish they would have saved it for MLB. I absolutely hated Comerica Park when it first opened.
@MrKerry4371 Жыл бұрын
Never did like Comerica Park- I've only been to maybe 4 games at comerica.
@billybandyk0720 Жыл бұрын
@@MrKerry4371That's 4 more games than I'll ever attend. Due 2 "non-baseball" reasons (specifically how Comerica Bank conducts business), I have a personal boycott of Comerica Park bc of how the namesake bank treated me as a customer.
@MrKerry4371 Жыл бұрын
@@billybandyk0720 your not missing anything at Comerica Park- it seems like only after 22 years, it's already outdated from what I have read. Sorry for your side note of dealing with the bank issues.
@billybandyk0720 Жыл бұрын
@@MrKerry4371 Completely agreed. Bc of my personal issues w/"Blow-Me-Erica" (rhymes w/Comerica) Bank; NO 1 CAN PAY ME 2 STEP FOOT INSIDE THAT P.O.S. BALLPARK!!!!! Furthermore; it goes beyond personal RE: Comerica Bank/Park. When the L8, GR8 Mr. I (Mike Ilitch, Sr.) sought financial assistance in getting the ballpark built, ALL of the Michigan-based banks (including Comerica) FLAT-OUT REJECTED. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 4 Mr. I; he obtained the financial assistance from Japan-based Sumitomo Bank. Down the line; Mr. I sold the naming rights 2 the ballpark 2 Comerica Bank. Here's my problem w/that; Comerica Bank wouldn't provide a loan 2 build the ballpark but can afford 2 put their name on it. @ that time; Comerica Bank's slogan was "We LISTEN; We UNDERSTAND; We MAKE IT WORK"!!!!! Ok; here's my translation of that slogan as it pertains 2 the loan 4 the ballpark as follows: We LISTEN 2 ALL OF THE FBS that Mr. I would NEVER SELL THE NAMING RIGHTS 2 THE BALLPARK!!!!! We UNDERSTAND THAT ALL OF THE MICHIGAN-BASED BANKS (including Comerica) FLAT-OUT REJECTED MR. I'S LOAN REQUEST 4 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN BUILDING THE BALLPARK (only 2 obtain the loan from Japan-based Sumitomo Bank thereafter). Yet; Comerica Bank insists that WE MAKE IT WORK!!!!! Well; if Comerica Bank couldn't loan Mr. I the money 2 build the ballpark; they have NO RIGHT WHATSOEVER 2 PUT THEIR NAME ON IT!!!!! Furthermore; Comerica Bank was the 1st bank in Michigan 2 charge maintenance fees on their savings & checking accounts. The manner in how these fees were assessed made it impossible 4 me 2 maintain an account w/them. Moreover; Comerica Bank bought out Manufacturers Bank (that's where the blue trapezoid comes from; I was originally w/Manufacuturers Bank RE: my savings account). Another translation of the matter; it's like u build a model airplane & u sell it 2 me but I tell others that I made it myself. Same philosophy applies RE: Comerica Park. Comerica Bank wouldn't loan out the money 2 build the ballpark but decided 2 put their name on it anyway. From my stance; that's simply unethical. Again; I have my reasons as a4mentioned RE: Comerica Park & it's all bc Comerica Bank has NO INTEGRITY RE: their business practices/ethics. If I were 2 ever step foot in2 Comerica Park; I'd b supporting their unethical business. No, thanks! I don't support that FBS!!!!!
@jimmylewis2007 Жыл бұрын
THIS WAS AWESOME! I grew up in that ballpark and miss her to this very day. Loved the photos and your excellent commentary.
@CreightonRabs Жыл бұрын
I thought there was a rumor that Wayne State University was going to build a baseball stadium on the site of Tiger Stadium, but I could have misremembered that. In any event, the left field scoreboard from Tiger Stadium was restored and is now part of the "Green Monster" replica wall at Wayne State's new baseball stadium, Harwell Field, which is at Trumbull and Warren, about 2.3 miles north of the old Tiger Stadium site at Trumbull and Michigan.
@Z64sports Жыл бұрын
All stadiums should have a 2nd deck like that. Maybe not that big but same general concept of the seats being really close
@Knightmessenger Жыл бұрын
PNC Park in Pittsburgh is the closest to a double deck stadium like a jewelbox ballpark. About as close to the action as any ballpark built after the 1920s. Comerica Park should have been built like that.
@jonstefanik9400 Жыл бұрын
I always thought that Tiger Stadium and old Comiskey Park were cousin stadiums. They even had identical light stantions.
@RICHBLACKCOCK Жыл бұрын
@jonstefanik9400 The BASEBALL PALACE OF THE WORLD! 35TH & Shields. Right off the DAN RYAN EXPWY. I-94. I used to go to many a gm. at Comiskey. Tiger Stadium & Comiskey had similar designs. Only FENWAY & WRIGLEY remain. The crazy part is that DODGER STADIUM is 3rd oldest after Wrigley. Go figure!
@baronvonglowered Жыл бұрын
Jays fan here, loved this stadium--always felt you were on top of the play, snack bar on the second deck above us had a small fire which was quickly extinguished lol--good times
@DJMetzler3376 ай бұрын
I remember seeing Joe Carter and Robbie Alomar put up 14 runs on us one night in 1993 at Tiger Stadium. Jays fans always travelled well in the 90s. Always wanted to see a game at Skydome growing up.
@PeterPumkineter5 ай бұрын
I absolutely loved Tiger Stadium. I grew in Grand Rapids very easy to get to in driving. I really miss that. I got goose bumps everytime i walked in an 1905 built stadium. If id known that was gonna happen i would have built another baseball team in competition to the Tigers!
@HonoluluBlue81Ай бұрын
So many memories of Tiger Stadium. Every time I drive past where it sat it feels like a piece of me is missing.
@howie9751 Жыл бұрын
Luxury seats rule stadiums and arenas.
@jamesdelap4085 Жыл бұрын
Reggie Jackson almost hit it out of this park in the 1971 ALL STAR game. . .Against the late Doc Ellis who said he was on LSD.
@herchelleonwood7463 Жыл бұрын
only the light tower kept it in the park.
@royhruska27316 ай бұрын
I grew up in Cleveland. Tiger Stadium was the best stadium ever. Stopped a couple of years ago to see what was left. I saw the ghosts of Kaline, Gibson, Northrop, Lolich, Freehan etc. It was a good feeling. Really miss it. Most of all the voice of Harwell, Carey Go get ‘em Tigers
@kevinfitzgerald1010 Жыл бұрын
Upper deck bleachers were 50 cents in the 70's. It was always called the upper deck; not sure what you're on about there. Also, you can't compare it to Fenway. The Red Sox wanted for years to build a new, spacious park. But there's no way that would happen in Boston due to space, costs and litigation so they focused instead on maxing what could be done to Fenway. Detroit has endless open real estate to build from the ground up. Finally, the poles at Tiger Stadium ruined many a view. As much as I loved it, it was time to go, and in the end the city really couldn't afford anything but razing it entirely.
@scottlinting6308 Жыл бұрын
Bleacher Creature 4 Life.
@DJMetzler3376 ай бұрын
I saw my first ever baseball game here in 1989 against the California Angels. I still get emotional each time I see Tiger Stadium because there is no baseball stadium like it. The way the catcher’s mitt echoed behind home plate. You could hear the loud pop. It felt like you were on the field. Loads of shade in many areas. I will never forget the chills I got when I got to walk the bases after the game in 1997 even though I was 14 and it was supposed to be kids 13 and younger. Those were the days! Only thing I hated were the terrible smelling urinal troughs.
@lonniestephens6254 Жыл бұрын
It does make me sick that they dismantled the Historic Tiger Stadium!
@lionsfan7500 Жыл бұрын
You didn't do research because they built a new grandstand and it's the The Corner Ballpark now. It's the home of the Detroit Police Athletic League and they have some big high school baseball games there. Therrs a grandstand built behind home plate with concessions and in the outfield there are nice looking townhouses.
@robertrockwell75813 ай бұрын
I was on the Ground Crew from 1982 until 2010. Loved Tiger Stadium and hated it when it was torn down. lots of good times there. two years after we moved to Comerica Park Mike Ilitch the owner said he should have renovated Tiger Stadium.
@danmarsh5949 Жыл бұрын
For most of the 1990s the lower-deck bleachers in center field had a blue curtain or tarp hanging from the upper deck, forming a hitter's eye. I don't recall if that curtain was there for the final game in 1999; I had to work and so ended up listening to the post-game ceremonies on the radio. I'm still salty about that.
@jamesmccarthy4777 Жыл бұрын
So glad to have been able to go to games at Tiger Stadium before it closed. Comerica Park is so dated and I will not cry when that's finally closed.
@howie9751 Жыл бұрын
Never got to see Tiger Stadium. Old Comiskey, Ebbets Field, the Polo Grounds and the original Yankee Stadium. Couldn't find any other reason to get to Detroit but I was trying to plan it when Comerica was built.
@RobMcDougall Жыл бұрын
Opened the same day as Fenway, could have been saved but for greed. EDIT: Also, they tore up the grass and now the "surviving field" is artificial turf, absolutely criminal.
@kentstallard6512 Жыл бұрын
Tiger Stadium had none of the quirky charm of Fenway. Good riddance.
@adamcoe Жыл бұрын
why do you hate baseball@@kentstallard6512
@jamesisenberg5909 Жыл бұрын
In the 1980's I went to a game against the (then) California Angels. Prior to the game, Reggie Jackson was shagging balls in right field, and fans were tossing money on him (coins) from the right field overhang. That was in reaction to how much he was getting paid by the Angels : ) I was also there when he hit a home run over the roof.
@saints093 Жыл бұрын
They could have renovated the rest of Tiger Stadium and maybe used it for high school baseball, I think that would have been an AWESOME thing to do with the remainder of Tiger Stadium
@stevekendra8983Ай бұрын
I only saw one game at tiger stadium as a kid. We were in the lower deck in the middle row just past 3rd base. The Tigers won against the Royals. Looking back i didn't appreciate the fact I was in one of the most iconic venues watching some of the greatest Tigers like Alan Trammell, Lou Whitiker, Cecil Fielder, etc. Later when I was with one of my best friends from college, we visited the site during demolition. There were just a few sections of the grandstand left.
@getx1265 Жыл бұрын
Anyone else remember an old Marlboro ad (early/mid 60s) featuring Paul Hornung standing in a trench coat by one of those upright supports in the stands, relaxing while smoking a Marlboro as a narrator reminisced about a previous outstanding game he had played at Tiger Stadium? Loved those great old ads featuring sports heroes
@StuntmanBeatz313 Жыл бұрын
born in 93, so my Tiger Stadium memories are extremely vague but I been there before.. The before, in between & after of that Michigan & Trumbull intersection are mind blowing.. the cobblestone roads are still there tho
@KvnHcks Жыл бұрын
RIP Tigers Stadium and the Palace
@StewieGriffin111 Жыл бұрын
There is actually a small multi purpose “stadium” on the lot now
@robertkeefer1552 Жыл бұрын
Lions and Tigers and demolished stadiums. Oh my! Sad to see that historic house demolished. I will always remember the home run by Reggie Jackson off the roof transformer at the 1971 All Star game.
@dontedrake2316 Жыл бұрын
Used to be home of the Detroit lions in Michigan and Michigan State play the football game you should look that up great video keep up the great content 👍
@frankproscia1656 Жыл бұрын
This was a great stadium. Very unique in its way. It could have been saved and still be used as an MLB stadium. Damn shame.
@rayrussell6258 Жыл бұрын
Moot point about the corporate suites location. Tiger Stadium was torn down because the city of Detroit was basically bankrupt at the time. They had no money to maintain the facility. The city couldn't keep its street lights on or tear down residential blight, much less maintain a steel 100-year-old structure. I attended many games in Tiger Stadium later in life, long after I became a Tiger fan in the 1968 season. I've been to one game at the new field. It's just not the same, I won't go again. The city wanted to get football back downtown, and that was the nail in the coffin that drove baseball to be relocated to a joint complex with Ford Field. They got corporate money to help that joint project.
@StantonsJourneys Жыл бұрын
So sad that this was where I saw my first MLB game. It was such an amazing ballpark
@martincoronado9232 Жыл бұрын
No I’m not really a baseball fan. I have to admit that tiger stadium has a field for an English Premier league soccer stadium. One of the features of that is a usually most English Premier stadium especially the older ones are surrounded by city or community so they don’t just feel like a stadium, but rather personal grounds.
@aaronnolff9029 Жыл бұрын
wish I want to tiger Stadium but here is the good thing me my mom and brother was visiting Michigan from California and my aunt and uncle was like let's go into tiger Stadium so we tried in the 7th inning but couldn't get inside so we went back to the pickup truck and from there we was listening to Al Kaline and Ernie Harwell on the radio we was right by tiger Stadium listening to the game on the radio that was a cool thing right there and looking at Tiger Stadium this was in 1992 and being from Oakland California was cool because all my family members are tigers fans even my two little nephews but they are from California like me but me I am a big Oakland A's fan but if the A's do move to Las Vegas I might be a Tigers fan but back in the day my uncle who is in California to told me that my aunts and uncles used to go to Tiger Stadium even my older cousins to and my uncle used to Chase my older cousins around the stadium I did go by Comerica Park when I was last in Michigan in 2000 that was cool to see
@wmw3629 Жыл бұрын
Keep the A’s in Oakland!!
@reesejabs1895 Жыл бұрын
It's a real shame that Tiger Stadium's replacement, Comerica Park, is such a bland ballpark.
@jonstefanik9400 Жыл бұрын
Although with Comerica Park you do get a view of Downtown Detroit.
@ThyPandora Жыл бұрын
@@jonstefanik9400 Also, you're below street level watching games too... which allows for that skyline view from the stadium. Maybe not with the upper deck seating plus suites, but with the lower bowl, you're below the street level watching games.
@kevinfitzgerald1010 Жыл бұрын
The insistence on having generous dimensions was the biggest mistake. Camden Yards had been open for several years by then; it's as if the designers took no lessons from it.
@wanderer34 Жыл бұрын
Tiger Stadium was actually the oldest ballpark in MLB, even slightly older than Fenway Park. What would’ve been had Tiger Stadium been preserved…
@Gary_C Жыл бұрын
Why don't modern stadiums build the upper decks over the lower decks like that? I'm sure we have the materials and engineering now to do it without the support beams.
@RobertShubitowski5 ай бұрын
People in the lower deck can't track balls hit into the air if they are sitting under an overhang. What they see is a ball hit, but they have no idea where it is going until it lands or is caught.
@martincaidin4166 Жыл бұрын
There was no batter's eye screen in that stadium. Weird.
@PaleBlueDot2 Жыл бұрын
It looks like a multi purpose stadium tbh
@DebitAdams Жыл бұрын
The Lions played there for a time
@PaleBlueDot2 Жыл бұрын
@@DebitAdams never knew that ty :)
@Ibhenriksen Жыл бұрын
It was. Hosted NFL games.
@overtimenfl Жыл бұрын
It is
@jonstefanik9400 Жыл бұрын
The Lions played there for many years. They had their first Thanksgiving Day game there in 1934 I think.
@herchelleonwood7463 Жыл бұрын
and the Juice ran for 273 yards here in a 1976 game,,and Buffalo still only scored 14 points.
@herchelleonwood7463 Жыл бұрын
Tiger stadium was uncomfortable, but a GREAT place to see a game for 40,000 people,,another 10,000 or so seats had restricted views mostly behind posts,,the upper deck almost felt like you were on top of the field, because you were !.Tiger Stadium should have been saved just like Fenway and Wrigley Field were,,, SOMEONE REALLY DROPPED THE BALL ON THIS ONE !!
@domwings4329Ай бұрын
I remember going to a game there I was about 11 and I think it was the last season there. It was a free ticket and that meant I was sitting behind one of the pillars which obstructed my view considerably
@Nhamp20004 ай бұрын
Still haven't warmed uo to Comerica. It has all the charm and nuance of a food court.
@jamiejones32534 ай бұрын
My first game ever was at Tiger Stadium it was great. Wish it could have been saved.
@GlennJackson-d8e6 ай бұрын
It is sad that luxury boxes are more important than the hardcore fans.
@cassidybb10 Жыл бұрын
Wish you would have shown those renderings of the remodeling efforts
@a.d.ggaming1877 Жыл бұрын
If it had survived a few more yrs it'll probably b still here . The big boom n Detroit happened a few yrs later
@SRTV580 Жыл бұрын
There's a stadium there now, it's much smaller but it's called "The Corner Ballpark" and is used for youth sports.
@devonbrooks246 Жыл бұрын
I don't know why Tigers can't preserve some of the field and make a museum or memorial for historical purposes? This is where Ty Cobb played, and the home of the 1968 and 1984 World Series Champions. Keep the field and use it for amateur leagues and dress it up with historic Tigers memorabilia.
@Knightmessenger Жыл бұрын
That's kinda what happened with the new development there. The Corner Ballpark as it's called.
@adamcoe Жыл бұрын
That's like, almost precisely what happened. Are you new?
@Springbok3142 ай бұрын
Heck they demolished 40 year old Joe Louis arena and the even newer place where the Pistons used to play way out in the suburbs.
@karlcarolan68755 ай бұрын
I remember Bo Schembecler said you can't shackle the team to the rusting hulk that tiger stadium had become . The amount of salt used to keep people safe during the football season ruined it internally . My Harper Woods little league team played on the field after the stadium was torn down. My St. Louis Cardinals tied the Tigers in a very closely contested game.
@comericachris7521 Жыл бұрын
Fenway tour guides claim that because Fenway Park is listed as a historical building, the stadium “can never” be torn down. Well, guess what, Tiger Stadium was also listed as a historical building. It wasn’t removed from the historical building records until loooong after it was demolished. So, someone is not correct. Either historical buildings CAN be demolished, or Tiger Stadium was illegally torn down
@OldRustySteele Жыл бұрын
Wish I had a chance to go to Tiger Stadium, but never did. Been to quite a few of both the old and current stadia, but never been to either one in Motown.
@daveboggs386621 күн бұрын
Beautiful place!
@frankisfunny2007 Жыл бұрын
Technically, while Tiger Stadium around it is long gone, the field is still there. As well is being used for high school use.
@brendas.13742 ай бұрын
Tiger Stadium > Comerica Park
@cpfishfan14 Жыл бұрын
could have being an mls stadium
@brandonkropp7769Ай бұрын
All three of Detroit's new stadiums are depressing. But its very nice to have a downtown resurgence. City needs a winner. Go Lions!
@truthsayers8725 Жыл бұрын
the demolition of the stadium at The Corner, was one of the worst things to happen to the city. the CoPa sucks. the closest seats at CoPa are double the distance from the field than they were at Tiger Stadium and the upper deck might just as well be in the next county, youre so far away. the reason they moved the bullpen at the CoPa is because in the builders rush to build the next 'best' big thing, the fences were farther than almost all of the batters could reach resulting in boring low scoring games. they move the bullpen and brought the outfield fence in what, 20-30-40 feet? there is absolutely zero charm in CoPa or any of the new 'stadium boom' era fields. obstructed view seats? fine, so many people would walk around anyway or, lean over and get neighborly with the seats next to you. i took my wife to The Three Tenors when they performed there and Aretha Franklin sang the National Anthem to start the show. best rendition ive ever heard and the last time i was there...
@tonecot8932 Жыл бұрын
They should have converted it into a minor league stadium or for a local colleges baseball team.
@Mr.MikeBarksdale Жыл бұрын
I've been to 41 different MLB stadiums. I caught the end of the 1990s when all the stadiums were being changed. Tiger Stadium was BY FAR my favorite stadium. My dad and I both caught a ball there in 1999. Not as trendy and yuppie as Wrigley or Fenway, and so charming. I will NEVER go to a game at Comerica Park or whatever park they play in now. Think about this: the first week for games at Tiger Stadium was the week of the Titanic sinking.
@adamcoe Жыл бұрын
Fenway also opened on the same day.
@SuperSportsFan17 Жыл бұрын
That was the original plan was supposed to keep that section up for high school games and add a few more lights. the city was dumb to demolish the whole thing...
@cjones3710 Жыл бұрын
I hate baseball moved from Memorial Stadium, Yankee Stadium, and Tiger stadium. Old parks are better more affordable. Less crap in them. Silly things. Led board, blinky WWF lighting and adverts glowing
@kentstallard6512 Жыл бұрын
I grew up a Tigers fan and am so old I can say I saw a game of the 68 WS and other games in that era. Tiger Stadium is like the old Yankee Stadium--nothing special in itself, other than the history of the events and games that occurred there. Lots of obstructed views, nothing special about the location, etc. Commerica is much nicer. We have a tendency to romanticize these old parks for what happened at them, not because the design was so great.
@romeoalpha685 ай бұрын
Navin Field , Briggs Stadium , Tiger Stadium , I wish they could have saved the Stadium . Like Fenway and Wrigley Field . Unfortunately it wasn't in the cards .