https://dailyfungo.com/categories/history/ en Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:40:41 -0700 https://dailyfungo.com/2026/07/13/ah-the-s.html Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:40:41 -0700 http://dailyfungo.micro.blog/2026/07/13/ah-the-s.html <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>If people didn't like the idea of Comerica Park replacing Tiger Stadium, can you imagine how a domed stadium of 1970s vintage would've been received in Detroit?&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:quote --> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><!-- wp:paragraph {"className":"p1"} --> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Detroit Tigers</span><span class="s2"> owner <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/John_Fetzer"><span class="s3">John Fetzer</span></a> announces that the Tigers have signed a lease to build a $126 million domed stadium along the river in downtown <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Detroit,_MI"><span class="s3">Detroit</span></a>. The complex will seat 52,000 for baseball, and 60,000 for football. Lawsuits, a failed bond issue, and the construction of the Silverdome in nearby <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Pontiac,_MI"><span class="s3">Pontiac</span></a> will eventually kill the idea.</span></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></blockquote> <!-- /wp:quote --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":"p1"} --> <p class="p1">— <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/January_12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Baseball-Reference.com</a></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This photo spread appeared in the 1972 Tigers Yearbook.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"width":"599px","height":"396px","align":"center"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized"><img src="http://dailyfungo3.files.wordpress.com/2026/07/1972-domed-new-tiger-stadium-renderings-combined.png" alt="1972 Domed New Tiger Stadium Renderings Combined." style="width:599px;height:396px" title="1972 Domed New Tiger Stadium Renderings Combined.png" /></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We know how that worked out. Five years later the Tigers pivoted toward a renovation that didn't quite materialize the way this model, published in the 1978 Tigers Yearbook, had it drawn up.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":17325,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none","align":"center"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="https://dailyfungo3.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/1978-tiger-stadium-renovation-photos.png?w=814" alt="" class="wp-image-17325" /></figure> <!-- /wp:image -->