Temple Hotel is no more.

[TheUsualSuspect]

I wouldn't hold out much hope for it to be built in the style of Olympia. Just can't imagine that happening.

There were at some point renderings which suggested a red-bricked facade with a marquee sign which were intended to at least carry some of the design cue's of the Olympia.

It's probably too much to hope for that the new arena will carry the Olympia nameplate.

I was a little bummed when Comerica park came out looking so different than Tiger Stadium. But they DID put the flag pole on the playing field, where it stayed for one season. The shortening of the left field wall put the pole back in the visitors bullpen.

I wonder how much it would cost to re-locate the pole BACK onto the playing field. It was a cool head-nod to Tiger Stadium and I always thought we lost a little something when we lost that feature.

[rb336]

There were at some point renderings which suggested a red-bricked facade with a marquee sign which were intended to at least carry some of the design cue's of the Olympia.

those were the architectural equivalent of fan fiction