Baseball Guru
11-23-2004, 08:38 AM
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=knight-comericatoaddrightfieldse&prov=knight&type=lgns
BY GENE GUIDI, FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER
Comerica Park will have a distinctly different look next season.
The Tigers aren't quite ready to make a formal announcement, but the team will put seats in what is now the rightfield bullpen area and move the bullpens to leftfield.
Bob Raymond, the Tigers' vice president for ticket sales, said Monday the team was "looking to move forward on the project," but added that no specifics were available.
One likely reason for delaying the announcement: The Tigers are still working with major league baseball on determining ticket allotments for next year's All-Star Game at Comerica Park.
A brochure sent to season-ticket holders pegged the rightfield grandstand seats at $15. It's believed there will be 850 to 950 new seats in right, which will increase the current Comerica Park capacity of 40,120.
The Tigers expect the new seats to be a popular item, especially for fans who will attend the All-Star Game and its home run-hitting contest.
Tigers president and general manager Dave Dombrowski said he couldn't comment on what the new bullpen area in leftfield might look like, but did say "planning is in the final stages. All of our thought processes on this is that it's going to happen."
The season-ticket brochure also indicated that single-game prices for the leftfield pavilion seats above what will be the new bullpen area will cost $15 instead of $14, and single-ticket prices for infield boxes will go from $30 to $35.
The ticket price hikes are the first since Comerica Park opened in 2000. All other ticket prices will remain the same as last season.
Season-ticket packages will go on sale Dec. 1; individual ticket sales will begin March 5.
BY GENE GUIDI, FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER
Comerica Park will have a distinctly different look next season.
The Tigers aren't quite ready to make a formal announcement, but the team will put seats in what is now the rightfield bullpen area and move the bullpens to leftfield.
Bob Raymond, the Tigers' vice president for ticket sales, said Monday the team was "looking to move forward on the project," but added that no specifics were available.
One likely reason for delaying the announcement: The Tigers are still working with major league baseball on determining ticket allotments for next year's All-Star Game at Comerica Park.
A brochure sent to season-ticket holders pegged the rightfield grandstand seats at $15. It's believed there will be 850 to 950 new seats in right, which will increase the current Comerica Park capacity of 40,120.
The Tigers expect the new seats to be a popular item, especially for fans who will attend the All-Star Game and its home run-hitting contest.
Tigers president and general manager Dave Dombrowski said he couldn't comment on what the new bullpen area in leftfield might look like, but did say "planning is in the final stages. All of our thought processes on this is that it's going to happen."
The season-ticket brochure also indicated that single-game prices for the leftfield pavilion seats above what will be the new bullpen area will cost $15 instead of $14, and single-ticket prices for infield boxes will go from $30 to $35.
The ticket price hikes are the first since Comerica Park opened in 2000. All other ticket prices will remain the same as last season.
Season-ticket packages will go on sale Dec. 1; individual ticket sales will begin March 5.