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Introduction[edit]

Is it appropriate for Eminem's music video to get mentioned in the introduction to an article about Tiger Stadium? Perhaps this could be moved to another section of the article. 64.9.62.109 (talk) 21:15, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Caption[edit]

Shouldn't the capture for one of the pictures be "An empty" and not "A empty"?

Construction costs[edit]

This article lists construction costs as $300 million U.S. dollars. This would be over $6 trillion in 2010 dollars. The figure is either wrong or should specify that it is in current dollars.

According to other Wikipedia entries, Fenway Park (home of the Red Sox) and Crosley Field (former home of the Reds) cost $650,000 and $225,000, respectively. All three stadiums opened in 1912. Thus, the $300 million estimate is probably off by three orders of magnitude.

Coincidentally, Comerica Park (current home of the Tigers) was build for $300 million. Perhaps someone mistook the Comerica Park statistic as being for Tiger Stadium. --mille930Mille930 (talk) 15:24, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Third deck[edit]

There was in fact a third deck at Tiger Stadium, which consisted of covered, open-front boxes on the roof of the second deck behind home plate and down the right and left field lines. The stairs to these were blocked and looked like they had been blocked for a long time. I always wanted to go up there and see what they were like. I would be interested to know when they were put there, and for what purpose, and why they weren't used, but seeing the Tigers there in the 80s and 90s I never saw these decks open. I certainly would have paid to sit up there. Tim in Canada. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.73.125.247 (talk) 21:06, 4 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Field Deminsions[edit]

Center field was actually about 420 feet, not the 440 that was listed on the wall. This is referenced several places one is in the book 100 things Tiger fans should before they die. While playing in Tiger stadium and after hearing the rumors from the guys I walked off the distance from 2nd base to the 440 marker and of course unscientifically measured 98 paces or roughly 294 feet. It is about 127' from home plate to 2nd base so that is 421. http://books.google.com/books?id=KbcAZDLLX_YC&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=420+not+440+tiger+stadium&source=bl&ots=6bgv-gne3H&sig=yvpBlS3LSblPqL9vVRlHcY5j11E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kjcfU8XuHYiJqQGAnYCgBQ&ved=0CFgQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=420%20not%20440%20tiger%20stadium&f=false — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.16.250.210 (talk) 16:30, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There is an airial photograph that looks directly down on Tiger Stadium, http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2008/04/23/wrecking-ball-closing-in-on-tiger-stadium/, using a ruler one can measure the distance to straight away centerfield. Knowning the distances between home and second you can then measure the distance with very good reliability just like the military does on sat images. The distance? 421.1053 feet to straight center. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.16.250.210 (talk) 18:27, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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February 2016 cleanup[edit]

The article needs a little facelift. The organization is screwy, with extensive discussion of post-baseball developments preceding discussion of what the ballpark looked like during its nearly 100 years of use; a lot of the post-Tiger material now is extraneous, consisting as it does of Things That Didn't Happen; much of the material is unsourced, and there's a lot of duplication. I'll be working through the article in the near future and invite comments on my edits. JohnInDC (talk) 14:43, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I took a pretty big crack at it this morning. Mostly I moved things around. I am sure I left one or another thing in the wrong place but will go back through and start to collect & repair those oversights soon. It's an interim step but already I think the article is improved. JohnInDC (talk) 15:37, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The "Notable moments", "Film & TV" and "Popular culture" sections need paring, consolidation, and sources. They're still pretty list-y and anecdotal; I hope to get to that soon. JohnInDC (talk) 02:12, 24 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Multipurpose Stadium[edit]

Tiger Stadium was more than just a baseball park as it hosted other sporting events Hutz18 (talk) 07:59, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. It's changed now. Back Bay Barry (talk) 02:28, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I changed it back. "Ballpark" and "multi-purpose stadium" are referring to its basic design, not whether it was used for more than one sport. The article Multi-purpose stadium is about the types of stadiums like Riverfront Stadium, Three Rivers Stadium, and even Cleveland Stadium that were designed to house more than one sport (were usually circular or otherwise symmetrical) rather than designed for a specific sport but other sports used it. Tiger Stadium, like most other ballparks of that era (Wrigley, Fenway, Forbes, League Park, etc.) was designed for baseball but was also used for football simply because it had a large seating capacity compared to other facilities of the day and could fit a football field. In other words, it was football played at a ballpark. --JonRidinger (talk) 13:21, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's a stadium, either way. "Ballpark" isn't specific enough. Call it a baseball stadium or a multi-use stadium, as (talk) suggests. Back Bay Barry (talk) 01:22, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]