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Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:18:09 +0000

[...] People love them some Tigers as Detroit sets an attendance record. [...]

By: (Lego) Tiger Stadium Lives On « Detroit Sports Unleashed

(Lego) Tiger Stadium Lives On « Detroit Sports Unleashed — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:23:33 +0000

[...] So far it has been a silent deadline for the Tigers — just as it has nearly been a quiet eight years for old Tiger Stadium. Closed at the end of the 1999 season, baseball at the corner has certainly been missed by all Tigers fans — after all, Navin Field/Briggs Stadium/Tiger Stadium was home to Detroit baseball for decades before being replaced by Comerica Park. CoPa is a marvelous park in itself, a place to create new memories for generations — in fact, the Tigers have now set a franchise ticket sales record for the 2007 season. They have already sold more tickets for the 2007 season than they have ever sold for an entire season before. The team beat the old record of 2,704,794 tickets set in 1984, the same year the team won the World Series. All of this in a ballpark with a lower capacity than Tiger Stadium, and just a stone’s throw past many years of gloomy, horrid baseball. [...]

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Tiger Stadium Lives on (Through Legos) « Detroit Sports Unleashed — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:22:36 +0000

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:30:07 +0000

If you’re having trouble gettitng tickets, keep trying. The last game I went, July 3 vs Cleveland, I went to the advance booth to ask for 4 tix for Aug 3. The lady told me she was pretty sure that game was SRO but she would check anyway. Well, a block of tickets had just been released and I got 4 upper reserved. Then I asked about Monday Aug 27 vs the Yankees and she said “Oh, I KNOW that one’s sold out” but checked for me anyway and same thing again–4 upper reserved. Of course I wasn’t trying for TWENTY tickets, but smaller groups may still have a chance.

By: Coach Jim

Coach Jim — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:08:48 +0000

Even with Anthony’s complaints about inadequate staff, I want to point out that consistently larger crowds means hiring more vendors, more people to clean up afterwards, more work for just about everyone. More work = more jobs = better economy. Not only is it good for the Tigers, it’s good for everyone.

By: Tbone

Tbone — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:59:24 +0000

tiff – I’ve taken a group of 20 down to the first Saturday game in August every year for the last 15+ years. I usually buy the tickets the first week single game seats go on sale and not once have been unable to secure lower level.

This year, I went to the box office ( i think it was the first week of April) and the best I could do for the August 4 game were way-up Mezzanine seats! I knew then they were going to break records. These summer weekend games have been sold-out for a long time now.

By: tiff

tiff — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:53:32 +0000

I’ve been looking for tickets for a group to head down to the park, and most of the August dates on the weekend are Standing Room Only. Which is good for the team, good for the city, but not so great for my group

By: Mike R

Mike R — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:42:25 +0000

With the attendance spikes and revenue coming into the team, there should be no reason why the Tigers don’t have a top 5 payroll in baseball in the next 2+ years.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:07:46 +0000

Speaking of Nathan, how great was the Pierzinski for Nathan – Liriano trade? Damn.

I’ve found it to be much more of a hassle to go to games recently because of the crowds and the fact that the stadium staff still haven’t caught up to the surplus in attendance. It sucks to have to go to the concession stands, and people walk up and down the isles all game, blocking your view.

At the same time, with the introduction of FSN HD, its really not a huge loss to go to less games. I do miss it a little, but its a trade-off I’m more than willing to make to have a good team to root for.

By: Bob S.

Bob S. — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:11:05 +0000

Mike Illitch showed he was willing to spend on his team even before attendance records(and revenue records)were broken.Joe Nathan or Francisco Cordero would look good in a Tigers uniform.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:10:48 +0000

The game my son and I attended on July 7 against the Red Sox had the 2nd highest attendance record for a game at Comerica. Almost 45,000.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:02:05 +0000

Yes, Comerica is a smaller park, by (well) over 5,000 seats. Tigers could reach 3 million fans with walkup and game-day sales. This is exciting, because the more people go to games the better the team will continue to be

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:19:56 +0000

Doesn’t Comerica hold less people than Tiger Stadium did?

By: Deaner

Deaner — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:14:26 +0000

WOW… Great for Tigers and for Detroit!