The stadium was repainted and given new plastic seats in Tigers orange, replacing the green that had long decorated the stadium. Ultimately, Tiger Stadium simply grew too old to be serviceable.

If you were born in the early ‘70s and were 7 or 8 years old when they came up to the big leagues, you watched them for 20 years. They were the infield and they represented, basically, the Tigers." ...

George Jackson, President and CEO of Detroit Economic Growth Corp., told WWJ Newsradio 950 earlier this month that the city wants to create a mixed-used development on a portion of the 9.5 acre site.

Ultimately, Tiger Stadium simply grew too old to be serviceable. When it closed in 1999, it was tied with Fenway Park as the oldest MLB stadium; they both opened on April 20,1912.

DETROIT, MI -- Detroit Tigers fans said their final goodbye to Tiger Stadium on Monday September 27, 1999. It was an end of an era, as the next season the MLB franchise team would move to their ...

In one of the most famous iterations of Detroit’s do-it-yourself spirit, a clutch of fans adopted the old park in 2010. The Navin Field Grounds Crew — a name recalling Tiger Stadium’s original moniker ...

The Detroit Tigers play game two of the 2012 season Friday afternoon at Comerica Park -- just down the road from the vacant and "vastly underutilized" former site of the old Tiger Stadium.

On Sept. 27, 1999, the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 8-2. The game was entirely inconsequential, except for the fact that the host stadium was to be retired at the game’s conclusion ...

After years of debate about what to do with the former Detroit Tigers Stadium site, city youth will be able to play soccer, football and baseball at the historic Corktown location starting in ...