DETROIT, MICHIGAN — Whether called Navin Field, Briggs Stadium or Tiger Stadium, a ballpark has stood at Michigan Avenue and Trumbull Street for 95 years.
In less than two months, a public-private partnership charged with determining its future can request bids for demolition. By Oct. 23, a demolition contract can be awarded with the work completed within a year.
The City Council voted 5-4 Friday to hand authority of the stadium's future to the city's Economic Development Corp.
Tiger Stadium has been empty since team owner Mike Ilitch moved the ballclub to Comerica Park in 2000.
What followed has been nearly eight years of debate, discussion, accusations and fingerpointing about what to do with the ballpark.
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