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Tiger Stadium demolition resumes

Wayne County Circuit Judge Prentiss Edward refuses to extend a temporary restraining order against the demolition of Tiger Stadium, clearing the way for the city to demolish the 1912 Navin Field grandstand.

Wayne County Circuit Judge Prentiss Edward refuses to extend a temporary restraining order against the demolition of Tiger Stadium, clearing the way for the city to demolish the 1912 Navin Field grandstand.

The Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy was seeking to extend the restraining order while they appealed a decision by the city to tear down the former home of the Detroit Tigers, which opened the same day as Fenway Park in 1912 and operated as an MLB ballpark through 1999. The city of Detroit had previously torn away most of the ballpark and left standing the original Navin Field grandstand; the conservancy had been raising funds for a $33.4 million renovation, but last week the city declared these efforts had come up short and authorized the demolition.

Because the grandstand will be gone in a matter of days, the conservancy is throwing in the towel and will not continue an appeal of the city's decision.

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