July 17, 2007

Detroit council asks for more info on Tiger Stadium plans

The Detroit city council yesterday put off a vote on Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's plan to demolish Tiger Stadium, at least until Wednesday, as councilmembers expressed skepticism over whether the city should be moving ahead on a project that still has no developer. "It would be ridiculous to demolish an existing structure without having a developer" lined up in advance, said councilmember JoAnn Watson, while council president Kenneth Cockrel demanded that the city provide a written report by tomorrow on all proposals received for redeveloping the site.

Cockrel told the Detroit News he made the request after receiving two proposals in the last four days on how to reuse the stadium. Given that there are a bunch of people with plans to reuse the stadium for minor-league sports, it'll be interesting to see what if anything the city says about why it dismissed those offers.