Tiger Stadium

Former home of the Detroit Tigers

Detroit, MI

Still to visit

Teams

Detroit Tigers
MLB · baseball
1912–1999
Detroit Lions
NFL · football
1938–1974

Also known as Navin Field · Briggs Stadium

Stadium facts

Capacity: 53,000; Briggs Stadium's capacity by 1938, after the left-field seats were double-decked. Navin Field held about 23,000 in 1912 and was expanded to 36,000 in 1935.Source for capacity
Opened: April 20, 1912; Opened as Navin Field, the same day as Fenway Park. The final Tigers game was September 27, 1999. Demolition began June 30, 2008.Source for opened
Surface: Bluegrass; Source for surface
Cost: $300,000; Original construction cost on the stadium page.Source for cost

Names and sponsors

Navin Field
1912–1937
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Briggs Stadium
1938–1960
Renamed after Walter Briggs expanded the park. By 1938 capacity was about 53,000.
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Tiger Stadium
1961–2008
John Fetzer gave it this name in 1961.
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The Corner
Nickname
For the corner of Michigan and Trumbull.
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Timeline

1912
1938
1948
1961
1974
1999
2008

April 20, 1912

Opens as Navin Field

Navin Field opened on April 20, 1912, the same day as Fenway Park. It stood at Michigan and Trumbull, on the site of an earlier park. The original cost on the page is $300,000.

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