http://sportsclimax.com Sports News & Articles Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:57:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/tiger-stadium-leveled-to-final-shovel-of-dust/ http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/tiger-stadium-leveled-to-final-shovel-of-dust/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:44:12 +0000 Tom Ferda http://sportsclimax.com/?p=2366 DETROIT - While Sports Illustrated is featuring the Tigers' current home Comercia Park on their cover this week; at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull demolition experts and heavy machinery continued to flatten Tiger Stadium one beam and support at a time. Those bulldozers ripped the concrete and riveted steel girders out of that structure and buried them in a nearby landfill, but could not purge the heart and soul out of that ballpark.]]> http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/tiger-stadium-leveled-to-final-shovel-of-dust/feed/ 0 http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/hollywood-may-implode-arenas/ http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/hollywood-may-implode-arenas/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:00:28 +0000 Tom Ferda http://sportsclimax.com/?p=1152 One career that seems to be thriving in this upside down economy is "wrecking ball driver". Several professional sports arenas and stadiums are scheduled for, or currently being demolished to make room for state-of-the-art facilities. The Dallas Cowboys will be vacating Texas Stadium after this season after entertaining fans there since 1971. The tab for Tony and Jessica's new structure is expected to top $1 billion.]]> http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/hollywood-may-implode-arenas/feed/ 0 http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/tiger-stadium-demolished-but-not-the-memories/ http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/tiger-stadium-demolished-but-not-the-memories/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:31:30 +0000 Tom Ferda http://sportsclimax.com/?p=12 DETROIT - Witnessing the demolition of Detroit's historic ballpark, Tiger Stadium, is like attending the burial of a loved one. While we cannot stop death from consuming one's final breath and beat of a heart, we can never allow it to pilfer the memories. At the corner of Michigan and Trumbull, demolition experts and heavy machinery continue to flatten Tiger Stadium, one beam and support at a time. Those bulldozers may rip the concrete and riveted steel girders out of that structure and bury it in a nearby landfill, but it will never purge the heart and soul out of that ballpark.]]> http://sportsclimax.com/mlb/tiger-stadium-demolished-but-not-the-memories/feed/ 0