6.07.07 Detroit EDC OKs plan to tear down Tiger Stadium
By Aaron Harris
The Detroit Economic Development Corp.’s board approved a plan Thursday to demolish Tiger Stadium.
The board approved the project pending approval from the Detroit City Council. The EDC plans to present its plan to the council in July.
The plan calls for most of the 95-year-old stadium to be demolished to redevelop the site into a mixed-use retail and residential property. The estimated cost is $2.95 million.
To finance the project, the plan calls for Schneider Industries, a St. Louis auction company, to sell stadium memorabilia including seats and locker-room items. If the plan is approved by City Council, Schneider Industries would set up a Web-based memorabilia auction.
“The plan is to tear down the structure and sell the steel,” said Peter Zeiler, EDC business development representative. “But we also want to make sure that we keep some the historic aspects of the stadium in Detroit.”
Zeiler said one of those aspects includes keeping the baseball field for youth baseball leagues.
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