Comerica Park.
My son and I attended a game at Comerica Park in Detroit on a Friday evening a few weeks ago. The Tigers hosted the Red Sox so the place was packed even with rain all day and the threat of more. Luckily for us the rain held off until about the sixth inning and was only light. The game was not stopped.
We stayed in Windsor and drove over before the game. I suppose there is a chance to get held up in Customs before or after the game but there was a better choice of reasonable accommodations on the side. And Tim Horton's of course. We parked about a block away from the stadium in a public lot for $20--cheap compared to DC for sure. After entering the stadium, we had a couple "Detroit dogs". As best I could tell it was some kind of a chili sauce (like a Cincy coney with chili) and onions--good dog but nothing special. We got those at a food court which was on the first base side behind home plate. As imprecise noted, there is a Tiger merry go round there for the kids. Proceeded to walk all around the first level and saw the monuments in the outfield. Didn't realize that Willie Horton was born in Virginia.
We has some "street" tacos later on the same food court--those were good for ballpark food. And not too pricey as I recall.
We sat in section 127 behind home plate, row 18--$151 for a pair of seats on StubHub. I assume games against lesser teams and during the week are cheaper. The low lite of the game was having Marlins man there right below. I could not believe all the people who came down to talk to him and take pictures between innings and during other breaks. You could see he was lapping up the attention. No fake celebrities for me.
We had considered sitting in some stand alone seats that have tables next to them which were located just higher up also behind home plate. They were pricey and was glad we didn't. They were just a basic chair and a small table for each two seats--the bottom of the seats had some padding but not the backs. Sounded better in the write-ups than they looked. I forget what they call those seats.
We did a few things in Detroit. The day before we parked at the Greektown Casino and ate some greek food down the street. Walked down and through the GM renaissance center to the river. Some nice views. The next day was spent at Point Pelee park which is about 1 1/2 hours from Windsor on Lake Erie. We also went to the For Museum of Innovations which was also very cool.
All in all a good visit--I would highly recommend a trek to Detroit and Comerica Park. I believe the Nats might play there in 2019.
Up to 9 of the current parks for me as I continue and check them off the bucket list. (10 counting the old SD stadium). Next year might try and hit St. Louis/KC and maybe Pittsburgh.
