Tiger Stadium's 2nd Life
Historic Toger Stadium, formerly home to the Detroit Tigers, was demolished and left a small pile of rubble. But as AP reports, it’s not gone forever.
Bits and pieces of the old stadium may soon turn up in the body of a new Ford F-150 truck or underneath a freshly paved Wal-Mart parking lot in the suburbs. More than 94 percent of the demolished part of the stadium is being recycled. That includes over 11.4 million pounds of steel and almost 17.4 million pounds of concrete and other debris. Some of it won’t go far — crushed structural concrete from the ballpark will likely be used in southeastern Michigan as fill material under roads, parking lots and foundations. Some of the metal, like steel from the stadium’s blue structural beams, could end up in anything from new cars to kitchen appliances.
Very cool. You might own a piece of the stadium but not even know it!



