Tiger Stadium

About Tiger Stadium

Tiger Stadium was an APFA, MLB and NFL stadium in Detroit, Michigan. It opened in 1912 and closed in 2009. It was designed by Osborn Engineering. Its last recorded capacity was 23,000. Tenants included Detroit Tigers (MLB, 1912–1999), Detroit Heralds (APFA, 1920–1921), Detroit Panthers (NFL, 1925–1926) and Detroit Lions (NFL, 1938–1974). In all, 4 teams from 3 leagues have called it home. On our ranked lists it ranks 59th for most name changes among 121 venues with 3 or more names, 9th for most tenants among 67 venues with 3 or more teams, 267th shortest-lived of 272 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years and 64th longest single tenancy (87 years) of the 100 longest on record. It has also been known as Navin Field (1912–1937) and Briggs Stadium (1938–1960).

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• 59th for most name changes among 121 venues with 3 or more names
• 9th for most tenants among 67 venues with 3 or more teams
• 267th shortest-lived of 272 stadiums and arenas with known opening and closing years
• 64th longest single tenancy (87 years) of the 100 longest on record
• 28th for most name changes among 68 football stadiums with 3 or more names
• 10th for most tenants among 22 football stadiums with 3 or more teams
• 134th shortest-lived of 139 football stadiums with known opening and closing years
• 14th for most name changes among 25 NFL stadiums with 3 or more names
• 55th shortest-lived of 55 NFL stadiums with known opening and closing years
• 13th longest single tenancy (36 years) of the 101 longest on record in NFL stadiums
• 12th for most name changes among 20 MLB stadiums with 3 or more names
• 82nd shortest-lived of 82 MLB stadiums with known opening and closing years
• 3rd longest single tenancy (87 years) of the 100 longest on record in MLB stadiums

Venue Information

Location derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Architect and operator credits from Wikidata.

The site today

• The Corner Ballpark now stands on or beside the site.

From OpenStreetMap data near the venue's recorded coordinates, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Maps show what is there now, not the old footprint.

Teams

Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.

Frequently Asked Questions

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

• Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
• OpenStreetMap (ODbL): What stands on the site today.
• OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Location.
• VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
• Wikidata (CC0): Capacity, Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 0 m of this point), Architect and operator.
• Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA): Photograph.