Tiger Stadium Avoids Full Demolition, For Now
08/10/2008 03:26
The Detroit city council has granted Tiger Stadium a stay of execution.
The council voted 5-3 on Tuesday to reject a resolution that would have authorized the immediate demolition of the historic ballpark.
Crews began tearing down the stadium in June. A corner of the ballpark has been left standing while a preservation group tries to raise money to turn it into a sports museum.
The Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy was told to pay the city $219,000 US by Tuesday to hold off total demolition.
The group says it has $150,000 in hand and can have the rest by Friday.
The stadium's fate last came before the council in July, when a vote was delayed while preservation advocates and city officials negotiated.
SWIVEL HIPS SAYS:
Kind of reminds me of the Bruin Inn fiasco here in St. Albert in the late 1990s, when a group of local do-gooders tried to save that old dump, too.