Crews begin taking out Detroit's Tiger Stadium

Crews begin taking out Detroit's Tiger Stadium
Friday June 05, 2009, 4:18 PM
DETROIT -- Crews began demolishing what's left of Tiger Stadium on Friday as fans looked on and said goodbye to the historic ballpark.
AP PhotoA backhoe drops a concrete block to break up the seating area at Tiger Stadium in Detroit on Friday.
A backhoe tore apart a portion of the lower deck along the former third base line about an hour after Detroit Economic Growth Corp. executive vice president Waymon Guillebeaux emerged from an onsite meeting with the demolition contractor and told The Associated Press he had given the green light to begin.

Demolition ordered to stop at Tiger Stadium
by Ben Leubsdorf The Associated Press
Friday June 05, 2009, 11:01 PM
DETROIT (AP) -- Tiger Stadium's final out appeared at hand Friday as crews began demolishing what's left of the venerable ballpark, until a judge halted the demolition -- with an assist from a fan who charged the mound armed with the court order.
A temporary restraining order issued by Wayne County Circuit Judge Isidore Torres around 5 p.m. EDT halted demolition work that had started several hours earlier.

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