• Seating capacity at Tiger Stadium (then named Bennett Park) in 1896: 5,000
• Seating capacity at Tiger Stadium (then named Navin Field) in 1912: 23,000
• Seating capacity at Tiger Stadium (then named Navin Field) in 1936: 36,000
• Seating capacity at Briggs Stadium after renovations in 1938: 58,000
• Seating capacity at Comerica Park in 2014: 41,681
• Number of suites at Comerica Park: 93
• Area of the scoreboard, one of the largest in Major League Baseball: 6,096 square feet
• Total weight of scoreboard: 100,000 pounds
• Weight of one of the two tigers situated on top of the scoreboard: 10,000 pounds
• Diameter of the scoreboard’s analog clock face: 16 feet
• Height of the Comerica Park’s Ferris wheel: 50 feet
• Length of wire, cables and pumps used to power the center field fountain: More than four miles
• Amount of water that can be pushed through the fountain per minute: 15,000 gallons
• Amount of office space at Comerica Park: 36,000 square feet
• Amount of retail space at Comerica park: 70,000 square feet
• Area of Comerica Park ballpark: 788,000 square feet
• Area of Comerica Park, including all outbuildings: over 1 million square feet
• Cost for the city of Detroit to buy Tiger Stadium in 1977: $1
• Cost of renovations made by the city of Detroit to Tiger Stadium: $8 million
• Cost to build Comerica Park: $300 million
• Cost of Comerica Park paid by Tigers: $185 million (62 percent)
• Public cost of Comerica Park: $115 million from 2 percent rental-car tax and 1 percent hotel tax, more
• Cost paid by Comerica Bank to have exclusive naming rights for 30 years: $66 million
• Mike and Marian Ilitch’s combined net worth: $3.64 billion
• Tigers 2013 team value: $643 million
• Average time of Opening Day game: 2 hours 49 minutes
• Most consecutive Opening Day starts by Tigers pitcher: Jack Morris, 11 (1980-1990)
• Ty Cobb’s 1914 salary: $15,000 ($357,734.67 in 2014 dollars)
• Cy Young winner Max Scherzer’s 2014 salary: $15.525 million
• Max Scherzer’s earnings per start: $$485,156
• Temperature on first Opening Day at Comerica in 2000: 36 degrees Fahrenheit
• Expected Opening Day 2014 temperature: 52 degrees Fahrenheit
• Tigers’ 2014 total payroll: $157.8 million
• Most strikeouts in a season by a Tigers pitcher: Mickey Lolich, 308 in 1971
• Number of home runs hit at Tiger Stadium: 11,111
• Tigers players, managers and executives in the National Baseball Hall of Fame: 24
• Number of batters that Tigers pitchers struck out in 2013, establishing a new Major League record for most strikeouts in a season: 1,428
• Most runs scored by Tigers on Opening Day (1993): 20
• Average cost of beer per-ounce at Comerica: $.42 an ounce, or $5.04 for a 12-ounce beer
• Cost of new Poutine Dog at Comerica: $7
• Cost to park in front of Comerica: $25
(Sources: Detroit Tigers Media Guide, The Baseball Stadium Insider: A Comprehensive Dissection of All Thirty Ballparks, the Legendary Players, and the Memorable Moments, Metro Times research, Crain’s Detroit Business, Green Cathedrals, michigan.gov, baseballprospectus.com, baseball-almanac.com, ballparksofbaseball.com, ballparks.com, baseballreference.com, forbes.com, ctpost.com, National Weather Service, Rod Nelson of The Emerald Guide to Baseball 2014)
