I was lucky enough to see a game at Tiger Stadium way back in 1994 when I visited my Michigan cousins in suburban Detroit.  Tiger Stadium was a real baseball experience, unlike the fake retro brick style started by Baltimore’s Oriole Park at Camden Yards and then brazenly copied by other cities from San Diego to Arlington, TX.  Set on the edge of Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood, Tiger Stadium was quirky, old, and creaking.  It did not have the glamour and mystique that Wrigley Field and Fenway Park may have, but it did make for a great evening of baseball.  Comerica Park may give the Detroit Tigers the revenues it needs to stay competitive with the Yankees of the world, but walking around the new park one evening, the new ballpark just does not compare in experience and authenticity.

Demolished several years ago, all that remains of Tiger Stadium are the field and some of the gates of Plaza 3.  I walked around the area during a rainy day in Corktown; its too bad something more creative than demolition could have been considered for this old baseball shrine.  At least Reggie Jackson’s 1971 All-Star Game home run and Sparky Anderson’s charm live on in film.  Perhaps they can turn the field into a farm.

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The remains of Tiger Stadium, Corktown, Detroit

The remains of Tiger Stadium, Corktown, Detroit

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Leon Kaye

Leon Kaye is the founder and editor of GreenGoPost.com and its advisory division, GGP Media. Contact him to discuss how he can work with your organization or event. His focus is making the business case for sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR). He writes for San Francisco-based Triple Pundit, Inhabitat and now The Guardian, for which he writes about corporate responsibility, water, and green building. He has also written for AIA's Architect Magazine. Leon works out of Fresno and Silicon Valley, California, and when he has free time, he enjoys hiking, gardening, cooking, weightlifting, and planning his next trip to one of the 60 countries he has visited. He has an MBA from USC's Marshall School of Business and is also a proud graduate of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) and Cal State-Fresno.