Comerica Park

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Comerica Park
CoPa
The Tigers' season opened against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 2, 2007
The Tigers' season opened against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 2, 2007
Data
place 2100 Woodward Avenue Detroit , Michigan 48201
United StatesUnited States
Coordinates 42 ° 20 '22 "  N , 83 ° 2' 56.3"  W Coordinates: 42 ° 20 '22 "  N , 83 ° 2' 56.3"  W.
owner Detroit-Wayne County Stadium Authority
operator Ilitch Holdings, Inc.
start of building October 29, 1997
opening April 11, 2000
First game April 11, 2000
Detroit Tigers - Seattle Mariners 5-2
surface Natural grass ( Kentucky Bluegrass )
costs 300 million US dollars
architect HOK Sport
SmithGroup, Inc.
Rockwell Group
capacity 40,120 places (2000–2002)
41,070 places (2003–2007)
41,782 places (2008)
41,255 places (2009–2013)
41,681 places (2014)
41,574 places (since 2015)
playing area
  • Left field: 345 ft (105 m)
  • Left-center: 370 ft (113 m)
  • Center field: 420 ft (128 m)
  • Right-center: 365 ft (111 m)
  • Right field: 330 ft (101 m)
Societies)
Events

The Comerica Park is a baseball stadium in the US city Detroit in the state of Michigan . The venue is the athletic home of the Detroit Tigers MLB baseball team . Inaugurated in 2000, Comerica Park currently has a capacity of 41,574 spectators. The construction costs amounted to 300 million US dollars .

history

Comerica Park replaced Tiger Stadium , which was home to the Tigers from 1912 to 1999. In close proximity to the park, Ford Field was built from 1999 to 2002 , home to the American football team of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). The opening game took place on April 11, 2000 against the Seattle Mariners 5-2 in front of 39,168 spectators.

The facility is named after Comerica Bank , which was headquartered in Detroit when it opened. In 1998, the bank acquired the baseball park naming rights for $ 66 million .

gallery

  • Comerica Park from above. To the right of it is the Ford Field.

  • Entrance to the Comerica Park

  • The outfield

  • The bullpen in the CoPa

and display information about the image
Interior panorama (2006)

Web links

Commons : Comerica Park  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ baseball-reference.com: Boxscore Detroit Tigers vs. Seattle Mariners (English)
Major League Baseball 2020 venues
American League

Angel Stadium of Anaheim (Los Angeles Angels) | Comerica Park (Detroit Tigers) | Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox) | Globe Life Field (Texas Rangers) | Guaranteed Rate Field (Chicago White Sox) | Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City Royals) | Minute Maid Park (Houston Astros) | Oakland Coliseum (Oakland Athletics) | Oriole Park at Camden Yards (Baltimore Orioles) | Progressive Field (Cleveland Indians) | Sahlen Field / Rogers Center (Toronto Blue Jays) | T-Mobile Park (Seattle Mariners) | Target Field (Minnesota Twins) | Tropicana Field (Tampa Bay Rays) | Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees)

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