Tiger Stadium's center field comes down

BuildingsofDetroit.com's cameras were rolling about 9 p.m. Aug. 8, 2008, when demolition crews tore down the center field wall of Tiger Stadium in Detroit.
Demolition of one of the most storied arenas in the history of American sports is coming down. Detroit still has a chance to save a corner of The Corner! Donate whatever you can at www.savetigerstadium.org. Every little bit helps! Remember, once it's gone, it's gone forever!
For more photos of Tiger Stadium - both historic and of the demolition and inside and outside - go to www.buildingsofdetroit.com

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[00xooxoox00]

why is there a snowgun in the corner?

[BuildingsofDetroit]

It's shooting water to keep the dust down.

[BuildingsofDetroit]

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

[motown629]

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

[seattlepilot69]

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

[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