Old Detroit Tiger stadium could benefit from earmark in $410 billion bill in congress

"A $410 billion spending bill pending in Congress includes $3.8 million to help redevelop the remaining section of old Tiger Stadium.

• Democratic Michigan Sen. Carl Levin included the earmark in the bill, which was approved by the House on Wednesday.
• The Senate is expected to consider the spending plan next week.

Much of the historic Detroit ballpark was demolished last year, but a section extending from dugout to dugout was left standing. The Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy is seeking to restore the stadium as a commercial and educational space and working ballfield.

• The group has until Sunday to show it can provide an estimated $27 million to pay for the project.

• The conservancy is counting on a federal grant to provide some of those funds." AP story

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