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Comerica Park

Comerica Park
Comerica Park.svg
Tigers opening day2 2007.jpg
Address 2100 Woodward Avenue
Location Detroit, Michigan
Coordinates 42°20′21″N 83°2′55″W / 42.33917°N 83.04861°W / 42.33917; -83.04861Coordinates: 42°20′21″N 83°2′55″W / 42.33917°N 83.04861°W / 42.33917; -83.04861
Public transit Grand Circus Park Station
Owner Detroit-Wayne County Stadium Authority
Operator Olympia Entertainment
Capacity 40,120 (2000–2002)
41,070 (2003–2007)
41,782 (2008)
41,255 (2009–2013)
41,681 (2014)
41,574 (2015)
41,297 (2016–present)
Record attendance 45,280 (July 26, 2008 against Chicago White Sox)
Field size Left field – 345 feet (105 m)
Left-center – 370 feet (113 m)
Center field – 420 feet (128 m)
Right-center – 365 feet (111 m)
Right field – 330 feet (101 m)
Surface Kentucky Bluegrass
Construction
Broke ground October 29, 1997
Opened April 11, 2000
Construction cost $300 million
($417 million in 2017 dollars)
Architect Populous (then HOK Sport)
SHG, Inc.
Rockwell Group
Project manager International Facilities Group, LLC.
Structural engineer Bliss & Nyitray, Inc
Services engineer M-E Engineers Inc.
General contractor Hunt-Turner-White
Tenants
Detroit Tigers (MLB) (2000–present)

Comerica Park is an open-air ballpark located in Downtown Detroit. It serves as the home of the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball, replacing Tiger Stadium in 2000.

The park is named after Comerica Bank, which was founded in Detroit and was based there when the park opened. Comerica's headquarters have since been moved to Dallas, though the bank still retains a large presence in Detroit. The stadium's seating capacity is 41,297. There is a Detroit People Mover station about a block from the stadium (at Grand Circus Park). Comerica Park sits on the original site of the Detroit College of Law.

Since their founding in 1901, the Tigers had played at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull Avenues in Detroit's Corktown section. For the last 88 of those years, they played at what eventually became Tiger Stadium. By the mid-1990s, it had become apparent that the much-beloved park could not be renovated any further.

Groundbreaking for a new ballpark to replace Tiger Stadium for the Tigers was held on October 29, 1997 and the new stadium was opened to the public in 2000. At the time of construction, the scoreboard in left field was the largest in Major League Baseball. The first game was held on April 11, 2000, against the Seattle Mariners. The new stadium is part of a downtown revitalization plan for the city of Detroit, which included the construction of Ford Field, adjacent to the park. In December 1998, Comerica Bank agreed to pay $66 million over 30 years for the naming rights for the new ballpark. Upon its opening, there was some effort to try to find a nickname for the park, with the abbreviation CoPa suggested by many. It is often referred to simply as Comerica. The first playoff game at Comerica was played on October 6, 2006 against the New York Yankees. It hosted its first World Series later that month.


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