Briggs Stadium
| The Corner | |
Tiger Stadium in 1998
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| Former names |
Bennett Park (1895–12) Navin Field (1912–37) Briggs Stadium (1938–60) |
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| Location | 2121 Trumbull Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48216 |
| Coordinates | 42°19′55″N 83°4′8″W / 42.33194°N 83.06889°WCoordinates: 42°19′55″N 83°4′8″W / 42.33194°N 83.06889°W |
| Owner |
Detroit Tigers (1912–77) City of Detroit (1977–2009) |
| Operator | Detroit Tigers |
| Capacity | 23,000 (1912) 30,000 (1923) 52,416 (1937) |
| Field size |
Left field – 340 ft (104 m) Left-center field – 365 ft (111 m) Center field – 440 ft (134 m) Right-center field – 370 ft (113 m) Right field – 325 ft (99 m) Backstop – 66 ft (20 m) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | October 1911 |
| Opened | April 20, 1912 |
| Closed | September 27, 1999 |
| Demolished | June 30, 2008 (began) September 21, 2009 (completed) |
| Construction cost | US$300,000 ($7.45 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect | Osborn Engineering Company |
| General contractor | Hunkin & Conkey |
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Detroit Tigers (MLB) (1912–1999) |
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Tiger Stadium
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| NRHP Reference # | 88003236 |
| Added to NRHP | February 6, 1989 |
Detroit Tigers (MLB) (1912–1999)
Detroit Heralds (OL) (1912–1919)
Detroit Heralds/Tigers (APFA) (1920–1921)
Detroit Panthers (NFL) (1925–1926)
Detroit Lions (NFL) (1938–1939, 1941–1974)
Detroit Cougars (NPSL / NASL) (1967–1968)
Tiger Stadium, previously known as Navin Field and Briggs Stadium, was a baseball park located in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. It hosted the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball from 1912 to 1999, as well as the Detroit Lions of the National Football League from 1938 to 1974. It was declared a State of Michigan Historic Site in 1975 and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1989. The stadium was nicknamed "The Corner" for its location on Michigan Avenue and Trumbull Avenue.
The last Detroit Tigers game at the stadium was held in September 1999. In the decade after the Tigers vacated the stadium, several rejected redevelopment and preservation efforts finally gave way to demolition. The stadium's demolition was completed on September 21, 2009, though the stadium's actual playing field remains at the corner where the stadium once stood. Since the spring of 2010, a volunteer group known as the Navin Field Grounds Crew (composed of Tiger Stadium fans, preservationists, and Corktown residents) has restored and maintained the field.
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