The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 1, 1995 - 15
Detroit City
Council debates
new stadium
DETROIT (AP) - City Council members spent a
second session Tuesday discussing provisions of a $235
million deal that would create a new Tiger Stadium in
downtown Detroit.
The agreement was signed Monday by representatives
of the Detroit Tigers baseball team and the Downtown
1 Development Authority.
But before work can begin, the council must approve
the plan and overturn a 1992 public referendum forbid-
ding the use of public funds for a new stadium.
"Hopefully we'll be able to vote on that and get this
moving," Councilman Gil Hill said after Tuesday's meet-
ing.
Council President Maryann Mahaffey said Tuesday
evening that she would pursue holding another refer-
endum to give voters the chance to overturn the 1992
vote. But she acknowledged "there's so much pres-
sure" to get the stadium going that may not be pos-
sible.
The council is expected to hold a public hearing on the
issue in November.
Hill said he was optimistic a vote will come before
the council begins its recess the first week of Decem-
ber.
"It seems like something always happens to derail us
here in our city," he said. "Whatever we can do to prevent
this train from leaving the tracks, we will do."
The agreement signed Monday by Tigers President
John McHale and James Tervo from Mayor Dennis
Archer's office outlines the stadium financing package
that was announced Friday.
It includes $35 million from the DDA, $145 million
from the Tigers and $55 million from the state.
Other provision of the plan include:
* Giving 50,000 tickets a year to disadvantaged young-
sters.
+ Using a 90-cent ticket surcharge that is now spent
for Improvement and maintenance of the existing
Tiger Stadium to pay for its maintenance or demoli-
tion.
- Giving the DDA free use of two suites at events in the
new stadium and 50 tickets to each game, excluding
Former Tiger
general manager
Campbell dies
DETROIT (AP) - Jim Campbell, the former Detroit
Tigers general manager who orchestrated the club's world
champion seasons of 1968 and 1984, died Tuesday night in
a Florida hospital.
Campbell, 71, who had been with the Tigers for 43 years
when he was fired in 1992, died of sudden cardiopulmonary
arrest about 7 p.m. at Lakeland Regional Medical Center,
Tigers spokesman Dan Ewald said. He had been hospitalized
in recent days, he said.
Former Tiger Denny McLain, who was drafted by Campbell
in 1963 and helped lead the Tigers to their 1968 world title,
said despite several runs in with Campbell during his playing
days, there was no one he respected more.
" I loved him. He had, I think, whether putting baseball
into it or taking it out, more integrity than anyone I've ever
met,"' he said. "You may not like what he did, but everything
he did and said he did for the good of the Tigers."
Sparky Anderson, who resigned as Tigers manager.1ast
month, described Campbell as the most honest man he had
ever met.
"I cannot explain to you how he was except this world
would have been one helluva world if we would have spreadI
around about 50 million of these guys," he said from his
California home.
Campbell was married for 15 years, but was divorced in
1970. He later said: "She accused me of loving baseball more
than her. Damned if she wasn't right."
Campbell started with the Tigers in 1949 after graduating
from Ohio State. Within 10 years, he was a Tigers vice
president. He was fired by then-owner Tom Monaghan in
August 1992.
"'I worked with the damndest group of people anyone was
ever privileged to work with: Players, scouts, front-office
personnel ...,"Campbell said at the time of his firing.
He had lost weight before his firing because of heart problems.
Monaghan fired Campbell, who was club chairman at the
time, and Tigers president Bo Schembechler before selling
the team to Mike Ilitch.
Under Campbell's guidance, the Tigers won the World
Series in 1968 and 1984. They also won American League
East titles in 1972 and 1987 and battled the New York
Yankees for first place during much of 1961.
The Sporting News named him executive of the year in 1969.
"Most of the memories were that every time things wre
going bad he would always call me by the time I got home
from the ballpark and tell me, 'Don't you spend one moment
worrying about this club,"' said Anderson, who was hired by
Campbell in 1979.
The Tigers, who have suffered at the box office in recent
seasons, averaged 1.5 million fans under Campbell's tenure.
McLain said the only negative thing he could think of about
Campbell was that he didn't like the way baseball had evolved.
"He never liked the idea of the modern game. He would
have liked it to stay where it was in '60s and '70s, or '40s and
'50s. He didn't like it when the salaries when out of sight",
McLain said. "He thought the game got worse, fundamen-
tally. One of the things he'd say is, 'They don't catch it the
way they used to.' Now they go home and call their accoun-
tants and see how their CDs are doing. Their was no more
camaraderieship anymore, only individuals. He wantedguys
to be together."
Randy Smith leaves Tiger Stadium Monday after being announced as the Tiger's new general manager. Plans for a new baseball
stadium for Detroit are now in the hands of the City Council. The council is expected to hold a public meeting this month.
playoff games.
McHale said free use of suites is a common provision in
stadium deals.
"They're the landlord," McHale said, referring to the
DDA. "We actalluy want them to show the building to
everyone and be proud of it."
Although the council is expected to approve the deal,
President Maryann Mahaffey said Monday she would
prefer that Detroit residents vote again on the use of tax
money for stadiums.
Councilwoman Kay Everett said a delay to allow an
election could jeopardized the project.
Unless it is approved by Dec. 31, the city will forfeit the
$55 million in state money.
"I'm not about to squelch this," Everett said. "It will be
like a shot in the arm. We could be an impediment to this
process, or we could bite the bullet and help. We've got
to be careful of putting the entire thing in the public
spectrum."
The Detroit News said the council was expected
Wednesday to set a date for the public hearing on the
stadium plan.
Lawmaker believes Lions should receive state money
LANSING (AP) - Since the state is
willing to put up $55 million toward a
new stadium for the Detroit Tigers, it
should be willing to put up several
million dollars to keep the Detroit Li-
ons in Pontiac, a state representative
said.,
"If it is good public policy for the state
to participate in the construction of a
new Tigers stadium in Detroit, it is my
belief that it is also good public policy to
assist the city of Pontiac, the county of
Oakland and the Silverdome in retaining
the Lions," said Rep. Hubert Price Jr.,
D-Pontiac.
Price said the money would be used to
build a year-round practice facility for
the Lions.
One of the sticking points in the nego-
tiations between the Silverdome and the
Lions has been a place for the team to
practice even during the off-season
months.
The Lions have talked with the city,
county and state about the possibility of
building a $10 million to $12 million
practice facility, possibly near the state-
owned Clinton Valley Center.
The facility would include an indoor
practice field, an exercise room and
physical therapy accommodations.
But Douglas Rothwell, the director of
Michigan Jobs Commission, said there
are vast differences between the project
to build a new Tigers ballpark and shor-
ing up the Lions' current home.
"I've not seen any of the details of this
proposal, but if you're talking about con-
structing practice fields and construct-
ing facilities, it would be very problem-
atic and very different than what we did
with Tiger Stadium," Rothwell said. "We
never had any money with the Tiger Sta-
dium project going into the physical
structure.
"Even there we drew the line and said
we wouldn't put money into the facility
itself."
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