It's Not Completely Over For Tiger Stadium

I know there's a thread out there somewhere, but here's a new update.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3481389

The field, foul poles and flag pole will be saved.

 

And exactly why?
Do the Detroit taxpayers get stuck for maintenance on that one?

 

Detroit owns the Stadium and has since a refurb around 1976. The Tigers were supposed to pay for upkeep during and after their stay, but am sure that little thing fell by the wayside once they left.

 

Right, but what happens to that land now? You will have a 500-foot or so grass area with 2 poles. What do you do with it? Little League? High school? Or pay all that money to maintain it so people can just come look at it?
Dumb.

 

Or turn it into a park, which I would guess is tough to find in the city of Detroit. What's wrong with a little green space?

 

People will come...

 

They will most definitely come.

 

I was kinda hoping this was just the start of tearing down the entire city.

 

Let's start with Municpal Stadium.











Sorry, wrong city.

 

You're 10 years too late!!

 

Sidebar. And I'm not sure it pertains to Detroit at all, but it was interesting point:

I was once in a meeting with a real estate baron and few of his commercial real estate analysts.
We were asking him the prospects of an NFL stadium on some particularly valuable property. One of his analysts said, matter-of-factly: "The two worst things you can do to 'platinum property,' is to build a cemetery or a sports stadium."

They later developed the property to high-end retail, commercial and residential complex.

 

They should plant corn around the edges of the outfield.