Detroit Tigers

American League

Comerica Park

2100 Woodward Ave

Detroit, MI  48201

The city of Detroit is a bit depressing but not at its ballpark which is all things Tigers.  

All the entry gates to the stadium are decorated with fierce tigers and baseball bats.  It's very cleverly adorned and worth checking out each of the gates.  

It's one of two current MLB stadiums  that have a dirt path from home plate to the pitcher's mound.  There's a nice view of the city beyond center field.

Not only does the scoreboard have two patrolling tigers on top, it also has 11 advertisements around the board.  It is  a nice scoreboard with clear displays and lots of stats and information.  

It has a Ferris Wheel (which I went on), a carousel, a beer hall, and an open air picnic area.

There are sculptures in left field honoring past Tigers greats.  

Dates Visited:

Aug, 31 - Sept 1, 2013

Website:

Tigers

Places to stay:

Hilton Garden Inn - Detroit Downtown

(It's walking distance to ballpark)

Restaurants:

Elwood Bar & Grill

Rub BBQ Pub

Things I Liked:

• The dirt path from home plate to pitcher's mound
• Michigan brewed beer choices
• Carousel, ferris wheel, and beer hall
• Full crowds both games I attended
• Most Tigers fans had enough baseball etiquette to wait until after a pitch or a play to move about the seating area 
• Saw Justin Verlander pitch
• Vendors sell hot dogs in the stands 
• It was Motown Night the one game the one game I attended.  The Four Tops entertained the crowd on the concourse
• The national anthem was a 1968 prerecorded singing by Marvin Gaye at the old Tiger Stadium

Things I Didn't Like:

• The bathrooms were pretty disgusting
• There were no postcards or hat pins at the merchandise stands
• Played music when announcing the starting line up
• Sometimes the fans would get into it all by themselves only to be drowned out by artificial noise and/or music. 
• There were prompts for 'make some noise' when it wasn't really appropriate or desirable.  

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