Tiger Stadium (Detroit) Map

Tiger Stadium

"The Corner"[1]
Tiger Stadium in 1998
Former names	Navin Field (1912–37)[7][2] Briggs Stadium (1938–60)[7][11]
Address	2121 Trumbull Avenue[2]
Location	Detroit, Michigan[2]
Coordinates	42°19′55″N 83°4′8″W / 42.33194°N 83.06889°W / 42.33194; -83.06889Coordinates: 42°19′55″N 83°4′8″W / 42.33194°N 83.06889°W / 42.33194; -83.06889
Owner	Detroit Tigers (1912–77)[6] City of Detroit (1977–2009)[6]
Operator	Detroit Tigers[7][2]
Capacity	23,000 (1912)[3] 30,000 (1923)[3] 52,416 (1937)[3]
Field size	Left field – 340 ft (104 m)[2] Left-center field – 365 ft (111 m)[2] Center field – 440 ft (134 m)[2] Right-center field – 370 ft (113 m)[2] Right field – 325 ft (99 m)[2] Backstop – 66 ft (20 m)[3]
Surface	Bluegrass[3]
Construction
Broke ground	October 1911[2]
Opened	April 20, 1912[2]
Closed	July 24, 2001[3]
Demolished	June 30, 2008 (began)[4] September 21, 2009 (completed)[5]
Construction cost	US$300,000[8] ($7.95 million in 2019 dollars[9])
Architect	Osborn Engineering Company[7][2]
General contractor	Hunkin & Conkey[10]
Tenants
Detroit Tigers (MLB) (1912–1999) Detroit Heralds (OL) (1912–1919) Detroit Heralds/Tigers (APFA) (1920–1921) Detroit Panthers (NFL) (1925–1926) Detroit Lions (NFL) (1938–1939, 1941–1974) Detroit Cougars (NPSL / NASL) (1967–1968)
Tiger Stadium
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Michigan State Historic Site
NRHP reference No.	88003236[12]
Added to NRHP	February 6, 1989

Tiger Stadium, previously known as Navin Field and Briggs Stadium, was a baseball park located in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. It hosted the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball from 1912 to 1999, as well as the Detroit Lions of the National Football League from 1938 to 1974. It was declared a State of Michigan Historic Site in 1975 and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1989. The stadium was nicknamed "The Corner" for its location on Michigan Avenue and Trumbull Avenue.

The last Tigers game at the stadium was held on September 27, 1999. In the decade after the Tigers vacated the stadium, several rejected redevelopment and preservation efforts finally gave way to demolition. The stadium's demolition was completed on September 21, 2009, though the stadium's actual playing field remains at the corner where the stadium stood.

In 2018, the site was redeveloped for youth sports.^[13]