Anyone catch channel 4 News Last night about Tiger Stadium?

**Novine** · May-27-10, 10:34 AM

Is George Jackson still around? Maybe he can come down and hold a presser on how much new development we can expect.

Retroit · May-27-10, 10:43 AM

It's good to see that something positive came out of tearing down the stadium. At least now the people have access to a ballfield that they previously didn't. Life goes on.

**iheartthed** · May-27-10, 11:01 AM

Absolutely absurd. They rush funnel contract money to their demolition cronies... I mean, they rush to demolish the building because it was supposedly an eyesore that they couldn't maintain until a viable replacement was found... Only to leave another eyesore in its place that the community has the burden of maintaining.

Was Tiger Stadium demolished using stimulus funds?

**Fnemecek** · May-28-10, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by iheartthed

Was Tiger Stadium demolished using stimulus funds?

No, one can't use federal funds to demolish something that's on the National Register of Historic Places [[e.g., Tiger Stadium) without going through a rather lengthy review/approval process.

This demolition was financed with funds that the Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy raised privately. The OTSC was required by the City to place into an escrow account for a demolition, if the City ever felt that demolition had to happen.