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June 25, 2008
Tiger Stadium demolition work imminent
Workers began building an 8-foot-high fence around Tiger Stadium yesterday, in anticipation of starting demolition work on the ballpark, which would otherwise celebrate its centennial four years from now. The city is still promising to hold off on razing the home-plate section of the grandstand, though, until August 1, to give the Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy time to raise money for its plan to preserve that part for youth baseball and other uses.
And this just in: The Conservancy has finally gotten a website up and running to take donations for the cause. So far they only take personal checks by snailmail, but an online donation system is promised "very soon."
Thanks for mentioning the website to help maintain baseball at the Corner of Michigan and Trumbull or at least where Tiger Stadium stands. If you're a fan of baseball please consider contributing towards saving this piece of history so future generations can have an Actual Field of Dreams, where legends played and most of the Hall of Famers took on these hollowed grounds. Please visit savetigerstadium.org to help and pass it along to your friends and family.
Posted by Doug Ski on June 26, 2008 10:56 PM
You can now donate online to help save Tiger STadium at www.savetigerstadium.org. Please tell your friends and family of this opportunity.
Posted by Doug Sokolowski on July 3, 2008 10:23 AM