June 30, 2008Demolition of Historic Detroit Tiger Stadium begins.
An 8' hole in the exterior center field area of Tiger Stadium was gashed open by demolition crews eager to destroy this historic structure - while the Tiger were out of town and city hall was shut down.
The Green of Navin Field, Bennett Field and Briggs Stadium can be seen just to the right of the hole inside the blue outer shell. Construction equipment and lighting is standing just outside center field - ready to smash down history, memories and a field of dreams..
For over 100 years the Stadium entertained 100,000,000 people at a variety of events, it
was abandoned and left vacant to begin 'demolition by neglect' in 1999, by Mike Ilitch owner of the Detroit Tigers and the City of Detroit.
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MYFOXDETROIT:
The dark forces of corruption that have marked the 'demolition by neglect' of Tiger Stadium are winning. Since 1999, when Tiger Stadium was closed, the City has made no serious effort to encourage development or use of the Stadium as and entertainment venue - because Mike Ilitch, owner of the Tigers, Red Wings and Little Ceasar's Pizza didn' want competition for his entertainment facilities.
Ilitch the billionaire and his wife, who owns Motor City Casino a baseball throw away, a short stroll to the 'field of dreams' should have developed the Stadium as another premiere entertainment facility -develop it as an historic site, that would draw tourists to Detroit, but NO - Ilitch took $420,000 a year ($2-$12 million dollars) for the maintenance and security of Tiger Stadium since 1999 and allowed it to fall into disrepair and neglect. Is Ilitch a FELON??. The FBI has been asked to investigate. You should boycott - Little Ceasar's Pizza.
Ken Cockrel, Jr, president of the Detroit City Council said, "your boy (Peter C. Riley) was right. He (Ilitch) owes us the money, and I will do everything to get it back"... that was over a year ago. Before the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation members - LIED - to the Detroit Planning Commission in a presentation of their case for demolition.
The Commission knew they were being lied to - and rejected the Corporation proposal - for demolition. That was before Scott of the DEGC - LIED - to the Corktown Residents Council, telling them that it was 'too dangerous' for their members to tour Tiger Stadium, for a fact finding effort.
There have been numerous proposals to utilize, renovate and preserve Tiger Stadium, but the City never fully cooperated with the proponents - allowing Tiger Stadium to sit idle and decay.
The final chapter in the history of Tiger Stadium maybe demolition, but it may also include information on 'convictions' of Ilitch, George Jackson and others who allowed a City jewel to be demolished and left only as a memory of what was, what might and could have been.
Maybe their will be Justice - for historic Tiger Stadium, but I still want the Stadium.
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