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| Location | 2100 Woodward Ave. Detroit, Michigan |
| Broke Ground | October 29, 1997 |
| Opened | April 11, 2000 |
| Capacity |
40,000 (2000) |
| Owner | Detroit-Wayne County Stadium Authority |
| Construction Cost | $300 million |
| Architect: |
HOK Sport (Kansas City); SHG, Inc. (Detroit) |
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Comerica Park is an baseball stadium located in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It was constructed as a replacement for the aging Tiger Stadium for the Detroit Tigers. It is located next door to Ford Field, the new home of the Detroit Lions.
Groundbreaking for a new ballpark to replace Tiger Stadium for the Detroit Tigers was held on October 29, 1997 and the new stadium was opened to the public in 2000. The new stadium is part of a downtown revitalization plan for the city of Detroit.
In December 1998, the bankThe essential function of a bank is to provide services related to the storing of value and the extending of credit. The evolution of banking dates back to the earliest writing, and continues in the present where a bank is a financial institution that pro ComericaComerica Incorporated ( NYSE: CMA) is a financial services company headquartered in Detroit. Its operating units include Corporate Banking, Small Business Banking, and Personal Financial Services. Its CFO is Elizabeth Acton. Comerica has more than 11,000 agreed to pay $66 million over 30 years for the naming rights for the new ballpark.
While many agree that Comerica Park is a wonderful place to watch a ball game, many Detroit Tigers fans have been critical of the parkFor the Korean family name Park, see Korean name. A park is any of a number of geographic features. Originally, the term referred to an area maintained as open space where residences, industry and farming were not allowed, often originally so that nobilit. It is worth noting that most of the criticsm comes from being the successor to Tiger Stadium, one of the most hallowed grounds in the history of Major League Baseball.
Some also dislike other aspects of the stadium, including having a ferris wheel and carousel within the ballpark .