  Tigersfan9 Member Username: Tigersfan9 Post Number: 165 Registered: 03-2005 |
The wrecking ball could start swinging within a month to knock down the bulk of old Tiger Stadium under a contract awarded today. Detroit’s Economic Development Corp., a quasi-public arm of the city, awarded the demolition contract to a joint venture of MCM Management Corp. of Bloomfield Hills and The Farrow Group of Detroit. The team will tear down the stadium at no cost to the city and make its money by selling the scrap, estimated to run $1 million or more in value. The current plan calls for one corner of the stadium, from dugout to dugout, to be saved for conversion into a community center and museum. A non-profit group based in the Corktown neighborhood called the Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy is working to raise an estimated $15 million to pay for the conversion. However, the conservancy is now working under a tight deadline of June 1 to come up with at least $369,000 to pay the EDC to cover six months’ worth of security and maintenance. If that money is not in hand, the EDC will proceed with demolishing the entire stadium, said George Jackson, president of the Detroit Economic Growth Corp. With the demolition contract awarded, the actual process of tearing down the bulk of the stadium can begin as soon as the MCM/Farrow team signs the contract and gets its crews organized. That will probably be in place by sometime in May, said Scott Veldhuis, a project manager with the DEGC. http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=/20080422/NEW S01/80422033 | ||
Jmarx Member Username: Jmarx Post Number: 65 Registered: 01-2005 |
Duplicate thread...this was posted about an hour ago with the exact same thread title. :-) | ||
Tigersfan9 Member Username: Tigersfan9 Post Number: 166 Registered: 03-2005 |
Sorry, must have missed it. I did look to see if it had been posted and missed it. | ||
Spacemonkey Member Username: Spacemonkey Post Number: 442 Registered: 03-2006 |
echo | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 6368 Registered: 11-2003 |
Sad day in Detroit. jjaba, Tigers Fan. |
