Tiger Stadium
| Location | Detroit, Michigan |
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| Opened | April 20, 1912 |
| Other Names | Briggs Stadium (1938-60) Navin Field (1912-37) |
| Tenants | Detroit Tigers (1912-99) Detroit Lions (1938-74) |
Tiger Stadium was a baseball park located in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. It hosted the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball from 1912 to 1999, as well as the Detroit Lions of the National Football League from 1938 to 1974. It was declared a State of Michigan Historic Site in 1975 and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1989. The stadium was nicknamed "The Corner" for its location on Michigan Avenue and Trumbull Avenue.
The last Tigers game at the stadium was held on September 27, 1999. In the decade after the Tigers vacated the stadium, several rejected redevelopment and preservation efforts finally gave way to demolition. The stadium's demolition was completed on September 21, 2009, though the stadium's actual playing field remains at the corner where the stadium stood.
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See also
List of Major League Baseball stadiums
 Venues Portal
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