Paul giving Mickey some skin
Erin with Detroit's Statue of Liberty
Erin next to baseball foutain in Comerica
Baseball Ferris Wheel at Comerica
Ty Cobb Statue in Comerica Park
Tigers' Hall of Fame Statues
Scoreboard at Comerica Park
Detroit Lions' Ford Field right next to Comerica Park
One of many poles showing Tigers' history
Huge Tiger Statue outside of Comerica
View from outside Comerica Park
Wall inside Hockeytown Cafe next to Comerica
Hockeytown Cafe Next to Comerica Park
Old Car at Henry Ford Museum
Bus that Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man
The chair that Abraham Lincoln was sitting in when he assissinated
The car President Kennedy was riding in when he was assissinated
Erin becomes an Oscar Mayer Wiener
Erin by Oscar Mayer MobileToday we visited the Motor City and our day trip included a visit to the Henry Ford Museum. The trip to the museum was definitely worth it as we spent five hours looking back at history. The museum isn’t just about the history of cars; it shows the history of everything in the United States. I guess we were a little slow in going through the museum as they told us it would take 2-3 hours and it took 5 for us.
For dinner we ate at Hockeytown Café right next to the Tigers’ Comerica Park. It was a cool place to eat with lots of Red Wings’ and Tigers’ memorabilia but the food wasn’t anything special. What I found funny was that there was no Lions’ memorabilia at all in the restaurant even though the Lions’ home field Ford Field is right next to Comerica Park. Perhaps they just aren’t too proud of the Lions’ franchise!
Comerica Park looks great from the outside, probably the best look from the outside out of all the stadiums. There were lots of Tiger statues at the front gate including one right in the middle that is great for taking pictures with. Our seats were in the upper deck just about straight up from the first base dugout. It was a very good view from our seats with the only negative being that we were right next to the stairs and people continually walked up and down the stairs blocking our view at times.
For the first half of the game we had a group of drunk young people in front of us that were loud and very annoying. Luckily they left after the fourth inning and never returned.
Comerica had a very nice looking scoreboard/jumbo tron and the downtown area was in the background of the outfield view. However Detroit’s downtown area is definitely not the best looking around. Comerica had a good number of things for the kids including a Tigers’ carousel, a baseball ferris wheel, and the usual fast pitch, and pitching machines. There seemed to be a great selection of different types of food, Asian, Mexican, and some name brand foods.
There were statues of the Tigers’ Hall of Famers although they seemed to be hidden out in center field. You’d never really see them if you didn’t go around the stadium like we did. They did however have a big statue of the late Ernie Harwell, the Tigers’ longtime radio broadcaster, right as you get into the stadium. Harwell was a broadcaster for 55 years including 42 with the Tigers.
After the game we had a little problem getting out of downtown Detroit. The GPS we were using went haywire a little bit and we were going around in circles for a little bit. Not the best city to get lost in at 10:30 at night considering Detroit has the highest crime rate in the nation. But we took out our map and did it the old fashioned way and got on the correct road and made it back to the hotel fairly easily.
You hear on the news about all the boarded up places in the Detroit area. We didn’t go around downtown Detroit really, but on our way to the stadium we did see lots of businesses that had closed. They were really boarded up but there were plenty of empty businesses.
As far as rating Comerica Park, we definitely enjoyed our trip although it won’t top our list. We were impressed with much of the park but it is facing some stiff competition so we’ll put it fourth out of six.
Rankings so far:
1. Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati
2. Kauffmann Stadium in Kansas City
3. Busch Stadium in St. Louis
4. Comerica Park in Detroit
5. PNC Park in Pittsburgh
6. Progressive Field in Cleveland
For dinner we ate at Hockeytown Café right next to the Tigers’ Comerica Park. It was a cool place to eat with lots of Red Wings’ and Tigers’ memorabilia but the food wasn’t anything special. What I found funny was that there was no Lions’ memorabilia at all in the restaurant even though the Lions’ home field Ford Field is right next to Comerica Park. Perhaps they just aren’t too proud of the Lions’ franchise!
Comerica Park looks great from the outside, probably the best look from the outside out of all the stadiums. There were lots of Tiger statues at the front gate including one right in the middle that is great for taking pictures with. Our seats were in the upper deck just about straight up from the first base dugout. It was a very good view from our seats with the only negative being that we were right next to the stairs and people continually walked up and down the stairs blocking our view at times.
For the first half of the game we had a group of drunk young people in front of us that were loud and very annoying. Luckily they left after the fourth inning and never returned.
Comerica had a very nice looking scoreboard/jumbo tron and the downtown area was in the background of the outfield view. However Detroit’s downtown area is definitely not the best looking around. Comerica had a good number of things for the kids including a Tigers’ carousel, a baseball ferris wheel, and the usual fast pitch, and pitching machines. There seemed to be a great selection of different types of food, Asian, Mexican, and some name brand foods.
There were statues of the Tigers’ Hall of Famers although they seemed to be hidden out in center field. You’d never really see them if you didn’t go around the stadium like we did. They did however have a big statue of the late Ernie Harwell, the Tigers’ longtime radio broadcaster, right as you get into the stadium. Harwell was a broadcaster for 55 years including 42 with the Tigers.
After the game we had a little problem getting out of downtown Detroit. The GPS we were using went haywire a little bit and we were going around in circles for a little bit. Not the best city to get lost in at 10:30 at night considering Detroit has the highest crime rate in the nation. But we took out our map and did it the old fashioned way and got on the correct road and made it back to the hotel fairly easily.
You hear on the news about all the boarded up places in the Detroit area. We didn’t go around downtown Detroit really, but on our way to the stadium we did see lots of businesses that had closed. They were really boarded up but there were plenty of empty businesses.
As far as rating Comerica Park, we definitely enjoyed our trip although it won’t top our list. We were impressed with much of the park but it is facing some stiff competition so we’ll put it fourth out of six.
Rankings so far:
1. Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati
2. Kauffmann Stadium in Kansas City
3. Busch Stadium in St. Louis
4. Comerica Park in Detroit
5. PNC Park in Pittsburgh
6. Progressive Field in Cleveland
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