Comments on: Ernie Harwell's plan for Tiger Stadium

By: Tiger Stadium | The Detroit Spot

Tiger Stadium | The Detroit Spot — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:23:04 +0000

[...] for 42 years, sports broadcaster Ernie Harwell, has formed a non-profit corporation to try to save at least some of the old ballpark; but as of this writing, time is running out. The Detroit Tigers played their last game on [...]

By: Laura Schreibman

Laura Schreibman — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:25:34 +0000

I would like to suggest that Joe Louis Arena be combined with Cobo to give Cobo what it needs for the Auto Show. Joe Louis is not looking good for the Red Wings. Since the Red Wings would like to stay downtown, major, major renovations and construction could be done within Tiger Stadium to give them a site even better than a new stadium and one that would attract many visitors and fans. The exterior of Tiger Stadium could remain and the interior would have to be entirely new, but what a wonderful place to attract people to watch the Red Wings, and solve all 3 problems at once of:
1. Joe Louis looking bad
2. Cobo needs more room.
3. Tiger Stadium exterior would be preserved and would be an attraction.

By: Rand Moorhead

Rand Moorhead — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:05:06 +0000

I'm "on the team" and have a plan that WILL save Tiger Stadium..........Urban Planner, here, my name is Rand Moorhead...urban planning training on the east coast, through Albion College...former part of Robert Redford's Institute for Resource Management at Sundance, Utah...and presently breaking off on my own with an LLC, Restore the Core, Urban Design Consortium. Projects pending in St. Petersburg/Tampa, Florida...native of Birmingham, Michigan. Please email me or call me...randrand@hotmail.com....or 248-885-0441. Thanks. The idea has real merit and is practical and innovative...and resourceful. There may be some real weight with the EPA behind it, too. Onward! Rand

By: farlane

farlane — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:22:09 +0000

Sports Illustrated reports:

Retired Detroit Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell has withdrawn his proposal to revive the long-vacant Tiger Stadium as a venue for boxing, amateur football and amateur baseball with 10,000 to 14,000 seats.

Instead, he said that he is backing a less ambitious plan that would save the playing field and about 3,000 seats, the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News reported.

In July, the 89-year-old Hall of Fame member endorsed a more ambitious plan for the park that has stood at the site since 1912 but saw its last Tigers game in 1999. Team owner Mike Ilitch moved the ballclub to Comerica Park in 2000.

On Monday, Harwell and lawyer Gary Spicer announced that they are joining the board of the Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy, a nonprofit group backing the more modest preservation plan.

The announcement removes a source of opposition to Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's effort to begin demolishing the stadium.

By: Grow Detroit

Grow Detroit — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:38:14 +0000

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