Retired Detroit Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell has dropped his plan to save Tiger Stadium in order to join forces with a different group who offers a more scaled back version of saving the historic stadium.
Harwell has joined the board of the Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy whose plan calls for about 3,000 seats being saved with the playing field. This plan is considered a more modest preservation plan for the 95 year old stadium. The group was designated by the city as having the first shot at raising cash to save the field and some of the stadium for public use. The city is eager for some development on the corner of Michigan and Trumbull.
The announcement removes one obstacle in Mayor Kwame Fitzpatrick’s effort to begin demolishing the aging structure.
