Comerica Park: One of the Greatest Places for Baseball

Comerica Park was built back in the year 2000 and since then has become one of the more beautiful ball fields in America. Granted it may not be the most popular ballpark but since the Tiger's have gotten their act together in 2006, it had definitly become one of them. Comerica may not have anything like a "Green Monster" such as Fenway or other unique stadium props such as the San Francisco Giants stadium or the Rockies Stadium but still offers it's own variety of originality that's rarely around around big league stadiums.

You have the unique Tiger ferris wheel with the seats shaped as baseballs. This attraction has always been a hit since the opening in 2000. Some days on promotional days kids can even ride it for free. Comerica also offer's it's own set up unique and exclusive restaurants and clubs. The Tiger Club for example is one of the popular clubs at Comerica offering luxorious dining and a spectacular view of the ball field. You also have the Beer Hall that offers a wide variety of national and international types of beers.

Along with the many grills and concessions around Comerica, the Big Cat Food Court has just about anything you can think of such as: Elephant Ears, Lemonade, Chicago Style Dogs, Coney Dogs, Fries, Deli Sandwiches, Gyros, Frozen Daiquiris, Pretzels and More! Around the park you can find statues of old Tiger Hall of Famers and Legends. There are statues of Ty Cobb, Charlie Gehringer, Hank Greenberg, Willie Horton and even Al Kaline. Ernie Harwell well also be honored in the Stadium as well. Usually every Friday nigth and/or Saturday night, fans will be treated to an awesome fireworks display after the game. Comerica also offers a lot of promotional days.

When your looking at tickets at their site, always check to see which games are promotional days so you can get some free stuff (usually). Sometimes it's only to the first 10,000 fans or 10,000 kids etc etc. Sometimes they have on field clinics where kids can go down, get autographs and get their photos with the players. In center field you also have the very beautiful GM fountain that erupts when theres a homer or big Tigers inning. Every Saturday night they give away a vehicle during the game and im not sure if it's one of the vehicles that's on the fountain or not? Either way though, go on Saturday and maybe win a car or truck.

Getting to Comerica Park is actually not that bad of a task. There are a few different exits you can take and unfortnatley I've never remembered which they are sadly. There's an exit that is directly infront of Comerica and Ford Field that will take up to the street you follow that will eventually loop you around to the main street for parking. Parking at Comerica all depends on what you and when you get there.

You can park outside the outfield in the parking zone for $20 if you get their early enough. You also have the Tiger garage but I beleive you pay much more for those or get a pass with Tiger Den seats. There are several parking lots and garage circling the field. A few are located right across the street by Hockey Town. Be careful of where you park though. Some people will make their own lots up to scam people and when they come back they will either find their car stolen, trashed, ticketed and/or towed. Try to remain as close to the stadium as you can. If you go beyond the freeway you got off of, only use those as a last minute resort.

Tickets and seats for Comerica can be reasonable and not many people know this. They assume that MLB games are expensive and what not but it just isn't true. My personal reccomendations would be the $25 Club Seats. These are the seats that are the first 3-5 rows in the upper section. They are the ones that are just behind the glass shield and if you get row A, you will have AMAZING seats.

The lower sections will offer you great views at well but these seats can be harder to get usually and will cost you $40.00. You can get on deck circle seats (basically behind home plate..right up close!! seats for $65.00. Tiger Den seats are some of the more "Luxorious" seats at Comerica Park. These seats cost you $65.00 and you get these nice, wide, padded seats with your own little wooden table next to you to set your food and drinks. You also have your own waitress/waiter that will take your order for you. Just hand her the money due and a tip for good measure and they bring it right to you..now hows THAT for service!

Now if you want to go to the game and your on a budget, you can always purchase some upper reserved seats for $20.00 but they vary by where they are at. If your between the 3rd base and 1st base sides it's $20.00. Now if your further back by RF or LF it's more like $15.00. Then you have the Skyline seats which is the very last section in LF and those are only $5.00. The seats behind the bullpen and excellent for Gary Sheffield Homers are $15.00 and out in Right Field you have the Pepsi Bleacher section thats only $10.00 which are also great for Homers.

Suites at Comerica are kept fairly uptight and you have to call to get prices for those which I can only imagine what they cost. You can however get a party suite wich can accomondate up 330 people. These are great for family outings and business trips. These will cost you around $40 for a normal game, rivalry games will cost around $60 and sellout games (anticipated) or big games will cost you $80. The only downside is you have to pay a $240 non-refundable deposit on them and your responsible for getting food and drinks which you can pay extra to have the stadium fill it for you. I've liked the idea of having a suite with a big thing of ball park hot dogs and soda...now that would be a great game!! Even get your own personal bathroom so you dont have to wait 20 mins just to go!

All in all if your a Tiger fan or live around MI, I would highly reccomend taking a trip to Comerica for a family outing or just to catch a game. Any Indians fan or White Sox fan can easily travel their to catch a rivalry game. The park is a very clean park and offer's good clean family fun for everyone. I've been there at least 10 times now and everytime i've gone there it was a blast. Check out the Tiger's website for information on how you can purchase some Tiger tickets or if you live around Detroit you can always just stop down to the ticket office just outside the stadium by the outfield parking lot.