Welcome to the TigerDome? It isn’t as farfetched as you might imagine. Once upon a time, there were whispers of a new Tiger Stadium that would have featured a dome. One eagle-eyed history buff shared the throwback newspaper article on Twitter and it got us wondering about this would-be TigerDome. Anyone who lived in Detroit in the mid-60s to early 70s may recall the stadium plan as well.
Everyone knows, of course, that the Tigers played at old Tiger Stadium from 1912 until 1999 (if we want to be pedantic, they played at the location of old Tiger Stadium starting in 1896, but let’s go with official dates).