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Tiger Stadium was declared a State of Michigan Historic Site in 1975 and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1989. 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 ...
Ford Field is a domed American football stadium located in Downtown Detroit.It primarily serves as the home of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL), the Michigan Panthers of the United Football League (UFL), the Mid-American Conference championship game, and the annual Quick Lane Bowl college football bowl game, state championship football games for the MHSAA, the MHSAA ...
Detroit Mechanix ( AUDL) (2012) The Pontiac Silverdome (also known as the Silverdome) was a stadium in Pontiac, Michigan. It opened in 1975 and sat on 199 acres (51 ha) of land. When the stadium opened, it featured a fiberglass fabric roof held up by air pressure, the first use of the architectural technique in a major athletic facility.
Detroit: Briggs Stadium: Detroit Tigers: 54,674 American July 6, 1942: New York City (3) Polo Grounds (2) New York Giants (2) 34,178 National July 13, 1943: Philadelphia: Shibe Park: Philadelphia Athletics: 31,938 American July 11, 1944: Pittsburgh: Forbes Field: Pittsburgh Pirates: 29,589 National 1945: Game canceled due to World War II ...
Until 2006, this was the last time that major professional teams from Michigan and Ohio met in a postseason game (or series) in any sport. This was the last NFL playoff game played in the city of Detroit other than Super Bowl XL until 2024 as the Lions' other two home playoff games prior (1992 and 1994) were at the Silverdome in suburban Pontiac.
Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff was just 7 years old and tossing the pigskin in a California peewee league when Detroit’s pro footballers played their last game in the Pontiac Silverdome. ...
FOX 2 - The Lions have one more preseason game before the new season - and kick off for the first time at Ford Field.. On Saturday the Lions host the Pittsburgh Steelers at 1 p.m. with it being ...
The 1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the 42nd edition, was played on Tuesday, July 13. [ 1][ 4] The all-stars from the American League and the National League faced each other at Tiger Stadium, home of the Detroit Tigers, and the home team AL won 6–4. [ 1][ 5] This was the third time that the Tigers had hosted the All-Star Game ...