Tigersfan9 Member Username: Tigersfan9
Post Number: 13 Registered: 03-2005 Posted From: 24.221.70.72
| Posted on Friday, December 16, 2005 - 8:51 pm: | |
DETROIT (Dec. 16, 2005) – On Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006 football fans from around the world will converge on Ford Field for the pro football championship. But in the days leading up to the big game, thousands of fans will gather at another local landmark. Anheuser-Busch and its Detroit-area wholesalers will stage two special concerts in advance of the upcoming professional football championship in Detroit. The concerts will be held at “Club 1620” in Tiger Stadium, a special climate-controlled environment created especially for Bud Bowl 2006. Entertainment will be announced in early January. “Club 1620” will be situated on the infield of Tiger Stadium, enclosed in a 132 foot by 230 foot climate-controlled expo hall. So while the February temperature may be frigid in Detroit, the atmosphere will be “hot” in “Club 1620.” Budweiser and Bud Light will stage two of Detroit’s must-see “One Night Stand” concerts on Feb. 3-4, beginning at 8:30 p.m. Adult consumers 21 and older must have tickets to attend these concerts, which can be obtained through radio-station giveaways and at promotions in area bars, clubs and restaurants. There will be no tickets available at the door. “Budweiser and Bud Light have been an integral part of Detroit for many years, and we want to add to the excitement of championship weekend by bringing top entertainment to the Motor City in a unique location,” said Phil Kazer, region vice president. “These ‘One Night Stand’ concerts will be the hottest tickets in town, plus we have a few other surprises for our special guests, that will add to their enjoyment.” “We are excited to host the Bud Bowl event at Tiger Stadium. With all of the exhilaration surrounding the professional football championship game across the city of Detroit, it is only fitting that this venerable sports venue be included,” says Walter Watkins, chief development officer, city of Detroit. “Anheuser-Busch has a reputation of staging first-class, top shelf events, and we’re proud to offer this entertainment to the citizens of Detroit in what will be a very unique setting.” Guests will enter at the Trumbull Avenue entrance to Tiger Stadium and will be greeted by Budweiser and Bud Light ambassadors. They will be escorted through a gallery of Sports Illustrated Super Bowl and swimsuit edition covers from the past 10 years. “Tiger Stadium will be coming back to life for these special ‘One Night Stand’ concerts,” says Kazer. “And while the party inside will be the place to be, we’ll make accommodations for an observation deck where our special guests can view the old diamond and the dugouts at the stadium.” Once guests arrive in the entertainment area, they’ll be greeted by music, dancing, a light show and video monitors strategically located throughout the expo area. Consumers will have the opportunity to purchase Budweiser, Bud Light and Budweiser Select in sleek aluminum bottles as well as 180 energy drink. Anheuser-Busch, now in its 18th straight year as the exclusive beer category sponsor of the Super Bowl broadcasts, holds category advertising exclusivity on telecasts through 2006. The company is scheduled to air the equivalent of 10 30-second spots, including the coveted first ad after the opening kickoff during the 2006 game broadcast on ABC. Bud Bowl has evolved from television commercials featuring a football game with “battling bottles” 17 years ago to a fully-integrated sales promotion. The program now annually includes special retail events and concerts in the city that hosts the pro football championship game. It is recognized as one of the most successful beer promotions in history. Bud Bowl 2006 is presented by Budweiser and Bud Light, the world’s best-selling beers. Budweiser has sponsored the Detroit Lions for more than 25 years, and Budweiser and Bud Light are the “official beer sponsors” of 28 of 32 NFL teams locally. Based in St. Louis, Anheuser-Busch is the leading American brewer holding 50 percent of the U.S. beer market. The company is American-owned and brews the world’s largest-selling beers, Budweiser and Bud Light. Anheuser-Busch ranked first in the U.S. beverage industry in FORTUNE magazine’s 2005 “America’s Most Admired Companies” and in the top 30 on FORTUNE’s 2005 “Global Most Admired Companies” list. The company is one of the largest theme park operators in the United States. For more information, visit www.anheuser busch.com. http://www.anheuser-busch.com/ news/budbowldetroit_121605.htm |
Paulmcall
Member Username: Paulmcall
Post Number: 569 Registered: 05-2004 Posted From: 68.40.119.216
| Posted on Friday, December 16, 2005 - 9:27 pm: | |
This is pretty cool. Interesting how Bud can find a use for this place but no one else can. I hope this may kick start movement to get something done with this site. |
Psip
Member Username: Psip
Post Number: 662 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.246.13.131
| Posted on Friday, December 16, 2005 - 9:34 pm: | |
What about parking?????????? (since this seems to be the only topic on the board the past few days) |
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026
Post Number: 263 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 71.10.63.140
| Posted on Friday, December 16, 2005 - 9:37 pm: | |
LOL at both of you... Beer companies can run our abandoned buildings far better than the city or any other entity has been able to.. And, yes, I just dont think that there will be anough parkings, and walk? Itll be cold! |
Paulmcall
Member Username: Paulmcall
Post Number: 570 Registered: 05-2004 Posted From: 68.40.119.216
| Posted on Friday, December 16, 2005 - 9:51 pm: | |
I always parked down the block from the Express Bar across Michigan just past Rosa Parks. |
Reetz12 Member Username: Reetz12
Post Number: 16 Registered: 09-2005 Posted From: 69.246.61.199
| Posted on Friday, December 16, 2005 - 10:13 pm: | |
MGM currently has leased the lots behind Oblivions and others in that area. |
Urban_shocker Member Username: Urban_shocker
Post Number: 232 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 71.144.82.70
| Posted on Friday, December 16, 2005 - 10:21 pm: | |
quote:Guests will enter at the Trumbull Avenue entrance to Tiger Stadium and will be greeted by Budweiser and Bud Light ambassadors. They will be escorted through a gallery of Sports Illustrated Super Bowl and swimsuit edition covers from the past 10 years.
OK this sucks. Looks like they're going to prevent people from doing what they're most likely to show up for: the chance to wander around the grand old lady for possibly the last time, stoke some old memories, and mentally photograph all the nooks and crannies for that inevitable and not too far off day when it will be gone forever. This as opposed to being herded like sheep into a lame Clear Channel/Budweiser corporate event that would otherwise be something to mark and avoid. |
The_aram Member Username: The_aram
Post Number: 4590 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.43.31.87
| Posted on Friday, December 16, 2005 - 10:25 pm: | |
I showed this to a friend of mine. He interned for the Tigers a few years ago and got the chance to go into the stadium. His comment on seeing this was "Are they going to clean out the dead rats from the corridors? that place is infested." He also said that he was yelled at for going into the press box as it was structurally unsound and supposedly in danger of collapse. Letting people loose into Tiger Stadium, especially during the winter, is asking for the City to get sued. Someone slips and falls, someone falls off the upper deck, it's just not feasible. No way. |
Urban_shocker Member Username: Urban_shocker
Post Number: 233 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 71.144.82.70
| Posted on Friday, December 16, 2005 - 10:27 pm: | |
I should say that the strategy is probably out of necessity. I'm sure they're already at work cordoning off the sections of the stadium that are unfit for people or even eyes as a result of the neglect, which is probably most of them. The rest, ones carefully pre-selected, will be played up as special historical photo opportunity stations I'm sure. |
Urban_shocker Member Username: Urban_shocker
Post Number: 234 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 71.144.82.70
| Posted on Friday, December 16, 2005 - 10:32 pm: | |
And the city has known about the Super Bowl coming for how long? Repairing and cleaning at least the lower deck and its concourse for people to roam couldn't cost more than revenue potential that it has for Super Bowl week. Of course, this should be a continuing maintenance issue, but it's not like the city has the money to pay a private company to keep the joint up or anything.... |
Psip
Member Username: Psip
Post Number: 663 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.246.13.131
| Posted on Friday, December 16, 2005 - 10:39 pm: | |
How is it possible the stadium is in disrepair? Were not the Illich’s paid $400,000 a year to maintain it? I would be very disappointed to learn that the Illich organization did not provide the highest quality of maintenance and upkeep for that sum of money. Why it would be stealing if this were so. /sarcasm off |
Tigersfan9 Member Username: Tigersfan9
Post Number: 14 Registered: 03-2005 Posted From: 69.14.45.237
| Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2005 - 12:45 am: | |
Check out this quote from the Yahoo! press release: "'Tiger Stadium will be coming back to life for these special 'One Night Stand' concerts in what may be the final official events at this historic venue,' says Kazer." http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/05 1216/cgf022.html?.v=35 |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 554 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.2.149.28
| Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2005 - 1:03 am: | |
I wonder if they'll have the men's rooms, with the giant pissing troughs, open? It'd be nice to use them one last time. |
Bertz Member Username: Bertz
Post Number: 468 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.61.15.89
| Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2005 - 3:45 pm: | |
ya beat me to the punch Hornwrecker. |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 558 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 63.157.64.69
| Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2005 - 5:28 pm: | |
Just marking my territory, so to speak. |
Royce Member Username: Royce
Post Number: 1367 Registered: 07-2004 Posted From: 71.144.89.81
| Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2005 - 8:01 pm: | |
Any event at the old stadium is better than nothing going on there at all. However, this event sounds like it would be a better fit at Comerica Park. Updated facility with a number of good places to park. How does Tiger Stadium get the nod and Comerica Park doesn't? I always imagined Super Bowl concerts at Comerica Park much like those performed at the Salt Lake City Olympics of 2002. I just thought because of proximity to Ford Field, Comerica Park would be used for some Super Bowl activities. |
Tigersfan9 Member Username: Tigersfan9
Post Number: 15 Registered: 03-2005 Posted From: 69.14.45.237
| Posted on Sunday, December 18, 2005 - 11:28 am: | |
But Comerica wouldn't draw people who are there just to see the park; Tiger Stadium will have that additional pull, and will get people in the doors, buying the beer and other souveniers, just because it's Tiger Stadium. Plus, with the game right next door to Comerica Park, parking and access would be too tight, and would make security a nightmare. |
Paulmcall
Member Username: Paulmcall
Post Number: 571 Registered: 05-2004 Posted From: 68.40.119.216
| Posted on Sunday, December 18, 2005 - 12:16 pm: | |
They probably got a sweetheart deal from the city for this too. Many troughs in the johns were carted off when the placed closed (believe it or not). If they only have port-a-johns, I'd be very afraid. This would be a great opportunity to resurect the place but can count on the city to botch the chance. Tiger Stadium symbolizes much of what was once a proud city that's now going to waste.So many resources laid to rot in front of our eyes. Opportunities crying out for solutions and former treasures floating down in a sea of apathy. |
Audible_nectar Member Username: Audible_nectar
Post Number: 11 Registered: 11-2005 Posted From: 12.214.103.152
| Posted on Sunday, December 18, 2005 - 1:09 pm: | |
It is my understanding that Comerica Park, at least in part, is within the "security perimeter" being set up around Ford Field for the game. I would guess that this had something to do with Comerica not being an option for special events like this. |