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Legendary sportscaster Ernie Harwell met Monday with Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and unveiled a redevelopment plan that he believes can save Tiger Stadium from the wrecking ball. Harwell and his longtime friend and attorney, S. Gary Spicer, told the mayor that within a 24-hour period they received commitments they believe will total $300,000 -- enough to pay the stadium's $25,000 monthly maintenance bill for one year. Harwell and Spicer, plus Rick Ruffner, the president of Avanti Press, a Detroit-based greeting card company, and Ruffner's father, Fred Ruffner, pledged a combined $50,000. Spicer said he believes he has commitments from another four companies, whom he did not name, for the rest. The city, however, declined to accept the money. Three weeks ago, Rick Ruffner wrote a letter to the city about moving his company headquarters from downtown to a retrofitted Tiger Stadium site -- if it were not totally demolished. Spicer said he and Harwell plan to meet with Wall Street financiers over the next 10 days in an attempt to cobble together the $15 million to $20 million they think their plan will cost. It includes preserving 10,000 seats for a ballfield, lofts, stores and music and sports museums. Meanwhile, city officials said they still are moving forward to raze the stadium, as the council decided Friday. But if the Harwell team, or any other developer, comes up with the money to carry out a redevelopment plan, the city can delay the demolition, they said. -- Detroit News

Harwell goes extra inning to save Tiger Stadium

[john255]

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