Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy gets big hit to save stadium project

Thursday, March 5, 2009 | Source: Model D
The Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy keep hitting them out of the park in its quest to save Tiger Stadium.

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President Obama might have the future of Tiger Stadium in his hands by the time you read this. The president is expected to sign the huge congressional spending bill that includes a $3.8 million earmark essential for the preservation of The Corner sometime this week.

"I think it's essentially certain that he will sign it," says Thom Linn, president of the Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy.

That money is the linchpin to leveraging $22 million of the $27 million needed for preservation of the now downsized version of Tiger Stadium. That $22 million includes the earmark, money already raised and tax incentives this project expects to garner. Linn says the other $5 million will be raised from foundations, grants and other fundraising avenues.

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