Tiger Stadium's center field comes down

[DetroitMr8mile]

IF Joe Louis Arena comes down im gettin every hockey lovin detroit livin red wings lovin fan right to Ilitch anf we gonna have a little chat

[Survivor87]

Roman Colosseum is a rat hole where people died yet it still stands centuries later..Here in America we tear it down before it hits 100 because somehow we don't maintain it and consider it obsolete.

[illustrate100]

Detroit has to move forward. If it stays in the past (its past is a nightmare) it will die.

[nickovarlamos91]

I'm quite upset at the fact that the people in charge of the city of Detroit are always finding ways to try to bring more and more people into the city, yet they go and destroy one of the most memorable, historical, and popular buildings in the state. Tiger Stadium could've become so much more than an empty lot filled with weeds, dirt and rubble.

[JumpingBanana2212]

The sad part is that tiger stadium wasn't hurting anything. They tore it down for no damn reason, nothing is there now but dirt and the old flagpole... but for what?

[bobbytee7934]

thanks to kwame kalpatrick and the rest of the loser on the city commission

[tableconnect]

TIGER STADIUM SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED - IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN KEPT OPEN AS AN BASEBALL HISTORICAL MUSEUM. MY GOODNESS WE HAVE LOST A NATIONAL TREASURE WHEN TIGER STADIUM WAS DEMOLISHED IT IS SHAME AND CRYING SHAME

[tugboat0970]

i miss the roar of 84!!

[meateateryea]

I miss that beautiful stadium at Michigan and Trumball....The smell of the hot dogs walking up the ramp, the great centerfield bleachers on a hot summer day trying to start the wave, hearing peanuts, get your peanuts, peanuts here. Then seeing Herbie shack his booty as he redid the field. As the game went on the smell of stale been grew stronger and stronger, the shirts came off the guys in the bleachers and a few girls too....Gradually looking up and behind us the huge scoreboard

[ordealbyfire]

dislike.

[1dednimnepo]

You coudn't pay me enough to do this

[XsteelersfanX]

:'(

[FRZR93]

all the old stadiums have gotten the boot; Old Comiskey Park, Three Rivers, River Front, Atlanta Fulton County, Milwaukee County Stadium.......But not Yankee and Fenway, those will always stand because of the East coast bias

[quagmire2]

@FRZR93

Yankee Stadium is in the process of being demolished. The lower level and outfield seating are gone.....

[mackbee628]

@FRZR93

They're almost done with the demolition of Old Yankee Stadium. I think the site will be totally cleared by the end of the first week of May. Don't forget about Crosley Field in Cincinnati, and Ebbets Field and the Polo Grounds in New York. Only 2 classic ballparks left now. Fenway Park (Tiger Stadium's twin sister, 4/20/1912), and Wrigley Field (1914).

Rest in Peace

Tiger Stadium 1912 - 2009

Yankee Stadium 1923 - 2010

[rammergoog]

Three Rivers, Riverfront and Fulton County, along with 3 of the other 5 true "cookie-cutters" (Busch, Shea, Kingdome), are gone (Astrodome (lingering) and Oakland the only ones left)...

[rammergoog]

County Stadium wasn't a cookie-cutter, but, really wasn't an "old" park, either, and doesn't belong in the conversation in the same way as either Chicago park (Old Comisky gone), Tiger Stadium (gone), Yankee (now gone), Fenway, Wrigley - these last two predated by many decades the "cookie-cutters" and may post date the last ones, even yet...

[littlecatfisfINC]

comerica park is sweet but tearing down tiger stadium is wrong

[gophilliesforever]

Everyone thats tryuing to tear Tiger Stadium, 2 words. FUCK YOU! Its a Detroit landmark that should stay up for history. I dont care how old it is. If you think its right to tear this place down, you're fuycked up right in the face. Fuck all yall trying to tear it down. May Tiger Stadium stay in everyone forever.

[spxmet]

@gophilliesforever They don't lift their heads up to see the in-danger-of-collapsing train station. I'm sure the grounds that Tiger Stadium stood on will be home completely vacant strip centers in a few years. Who were they trying to fool?

[pillsberrydoughboy17]

shut the fuck up breezwonder

[AwesomoComics]

the funny thing, is that breezwonder is from Detroit. I was arguing with him yesterday about this stuff. Then, I found out he lives here in Detroit, and he is around 30 years old.

[SnavenPoo]

wonder what's in store for the silverdome

[Basssinger86]

You know, Europe does it right. I've been to London, a very modern city. Yet, in many places, there are buildings there that have been there for hundreds and hundreds of years. They re-use, they renovate, and put money into restoring, fixing up and thus using them for every day use. Heck, THe Tower of London is 1000 years old. They realized that people want to spend money to see these old places. There is a reason why outside people want to go to Wrigley Field and Fenway Park.

[rhymeswithrawk]

Uh, you mean Shea Stadium has been demolished. Yankee Stadium is still there, fella.

[breezwonder]

Detroit is so stuck in the past it is not funny! the do everything in their power to save rundown abandoned buildings from being demolished just for the sakke of leeting them continue to stand and rot! Yankee has been demolished instantaniously without any descrepancies. Detroit seems to be the only city that just cant seem to let go!

[Catface91]

Could you tear down the eyesore in Houston, the Astrodome, next

[gotigers49]

this is wrong.

[TaGx43]

y dont they implode it?

[pillsberrydoughboy17]

GOODBYE TIGER STADIUM WELL MISS YOU

screw these people who tore it down

[tinamd429]

yeah ik!! whos idea was it to tear it down??? whos idea was it to let them tear it down?? ill kick their asses and they can burn in hell for all i care!!

[therepoman666]

kawme king kawme that ass clown im sure of it

[tinamd429]

lol! most likely!!!

omg my family was talking about that when we drove by on the way to a tiger game!!

[therepoman666]

thats funny... well tina im glad to see im not the only one that feels that way

[tinamd429]

lol they should've just restored it instead of taking it down!

[therepoman666]

im sure alot would agree i am one

[lebeau81]

Truly a sad sight for anyone who loves the game of baseball. :(

[t0xIcInSaNiTy15]

Nope .... Only if you like the tigers and i dont

[buckeyejeffs419]

what are u smoking wrigley isnt going anywhere, the jim louis arena will be torn down be for wrigley, and hopefully the deadwings are still inside when the wrecking ball hits it. screw all detroit teams

[scwj72]

It's Joe Louis Arena you dillhole. Besides, I don't see the Blue Jackets winning any championships. So screw you and Ohio.

[dennis040404]

theyre tearing down yankee, its going to happen

[thefosterlee]

No! The Corner! First Tiger stadium, then Yankee stadium, Shea, what will they tear down next? Fenway Park, Wrigley?

SAVE THE BALLPARKS!!!

[motown629]

FUCK THOSE ASSHOLES! Tiger Stadium is a hall of fame stadium, not nothing to screw around with!

[rolfe123456]

just shows that usa is fuil of greed like one big shits bye the nameing rights to a place i like the old names better like boston gardan sha and all the rest rich basterds

[BobbyDobby]

You could atleast learn the real names of the parks and some actual history on them before you insult the very country they are in.

[00xooxoox00]

why is there a snowgun in the corner?

[BuildingsofDetroit]

It's shooting water to keep the dust down.

[Michlimania]

@00xooxoox00 Asbestos and lead paint particals.

[klupacs81]

thank you kwame this is all that fat piece of shits fault.if hadmt spent all the fucking money on him and hsi family we would still have tiger stadium

[seattlepilot69]

it's sad how america destrories it's own history in the name of greed!

[gretzkysyotes]

Ugh that made me sick to watch....and I'm from Cleveland.

[bayridgephantom]

This is a crime. Tiger Stadium was a gem. Detroit baseball will never be the same again.

[GoRavens1995]

Its always sad to see something like that come down. Even when the Tigers have a great new stadium, Comerica Park.

[BuildingsofDetroit]

Yeah, it's water to keep the dust down.

[chikotube]

are they spraying water mist? I bet it's for the dust. Anybody know what that cloud is?