Comerica Park

When the Tigers left Tiger Stadium for this Woodward Avenue ballpark in 2000, plenty of fans grumbled it was too big, too corporate, too… not The Corner. A quarter-century on, Comerica Park has won them over on its own terms. It’s unmistakably Detroit: giant tiger sculptures snarl over the gates (their eyes light up after home runs), a Ferris wheel with baseball-shaped cars and a vintage carousel spin beyond the concourse, and out in left field stand six bronzes of the franchise’s immortals — Ty Cobb, Hank Greenberg, Charlie Gehringer, Hal Newhouser, Al Kaline, and Willie Horton.

The sightlines frame the downtown skyline, the coney dogs and Little Caesars stands are everywhere, and on a summer night with the center-field fountain firing, it’s a genuinely great place to watch a ballgame. It’ll never be Tiger Stadium — but it was never trying to be.