Talk:Comerica Park/Archive 1

I removed this paragraph from the criticism section:

Perhaps the most revealing and least discussed statistic is how much smaller the new ballpark's seating capacity is, compared with Tiger Stadium's. That fact would seem to be a barometer of the changing fortunes of both Detroit's economy in general, and of its once-proud and strong baseball team specifically.

Actually, the trend in baseball overall is toward smaller stadiums. The idea is to artificially limit supply to increase the number of sellouts and push fans into buying tickets earlier (when they are more expensive). It really has little to do with the local economy or the Detroit fanbase. Very few new stadiums are built with capacities larger than 40,000-45,000 nowadays. Funnyhat 19:13, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure that the criticisms have no real references. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.241.84.78 (talk) 04:54, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps the reference that the Copa is near JLA should be removed? It isn't particularly close to the Joe, certainly farther than Tiger Stadium is.

Baltimore vs. Detroit
I don't think the parks look uncannily similar, but that's in the eye of the beholder.

Main Entrance Photo
The picture on the site that is labeled 'Main entrance to Comerica Park.' is not the main entrance, the last photo is the real main entrance. From what I can see in that photo, that looks like the Montcalm Street entrance, but I can't say for sure (or else I'd have edited it myself).

Facts
The flag pole is not from Tiger Stadium. It is a new pole that is modeled after the one in Tiger Stadium. If you see pictures of Tiger Stadium today, the flag pole is still there.

POV issues
"Some," "many," "popular," "upside." This piece contains a heavy POV. Boisemedia 08:55, September 5, 2005 (UTC)


 * Some would agree, perhaps many. Don't forget "uncannily". Wahkeenah 07:24, 5 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Feel free to un-POV this article. Here's another POV: The Tigers are toothless. :( Wahkeenah 08:58, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Not only is this article laced with POV but it has numerous spelling, syntactical and grammatical errors. How many times is the very namesake of the stadium mispelled? MSpam 21:48, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
 * So, fix it already. Wahkeenah 23:08, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Pictures
I deleted the pictures of the Whales on the Booker building since it is not of Comerica Park, but a view from some seats, and add one of mine that is a much better fit, size wise as well as topical. --Mikerussell 00:40, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
 * It's on the List of Whaling Walls page now. And here. >:)

Dimensions
I wonder why someone challenged the statement about moving the fences in. That's a well-known fact that the baseball guides for the relevant years should tell you. However, the article contradicts itself. When it opened in 2000, it was 395 to left center. In 2003 (not 2004), it was reduced to 370 by building an inner fence. I will fix that year discrepancy and remove the citation request.. Wahkeenah 00:36, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

"CoPa" nickname
Someone here keeps making an edit adding that Mike Stone at WDFN came up with the nickname "CoPa." Putting aside the fact that it's silly to believe that ONE person would have coined such a simplistic nickname, I can find no evidence whatsoever for this claim, so I've deleted it. 69.241.235.253 03:21, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Fist game at Comerica Park
Why is over the half article about Comerica Park being taken up by a game summary from the first game? If the first game is even notable, it could be linked to a box score on www.retrosheet.org. I think this section should be deleted entirely. Flibirigit 06:29, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, somebody (presumably a gushy fan) wrote a separate article and then somebody else merged it. I'm sure it was a big deal in 2000, but by now the details are overkill. Wahkeenah 09:00, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:28, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Verlander and scoreboard
It's a little fuzzy, but if I can read it with my bad eyesight, so can someone else: "It is also the first no-hitter by a Tigers pitcher AT HOME since Virgil Trucks on May 15, 1952, at Briggs Stadium against Washington." Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 01:22, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Clarification, please
I do not know what this sentence is supposed to mean: "The unfurled 150x300 American flag is the largest in the nation, for the singing of the national anthem." It looks as though some words have been deleted in error. Poihths (talk) 00:39, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Here's how it read originally, in late November, 2006: A few days later, someone messed with it. It could definitely use some better wording. Good catch! ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 00:49, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Clarification on section 335
The "Features" section of the article says "There is no Section 335 in the Upper Deck. It goes from 334 to 336."

Why is this a "feature" of the ballpark? Inspection of the stadium seating chart shows that we have:
 * No sections before 101.
 * 5 sections are skipped from 106 to 112.
 * 58 sections skipped from 151 to 210.
 * 101 sections skipped from 219 to 321.
 * 1 section is skipped from 334 to 336.
 * No sections after 346.

Skipping 335 probably has a story behind it but I suspect it's not a noteworthy ballpark feature. --Marc Kupper&#124;talk 02:00, 28 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Here's one example of the seating chart. It appears that they wanted to keep the upper and lower sections in sync, so they had to skip a couple of upper tier sections to do that. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 02:11, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
 * The same thing occurs in Wrigley Field, and probably in many other ballparks that have upper decks. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 02:14, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Fence heights?
Does anyone know how high the outfield fences are? If so, the rest of us would love to share in this knowledge.

Yugiohfan2010 (talk) 03:27, 27 January 2015 (UTC)