Little Caesars Bowl Game Reportedly Could Move to Detroit Tigers' Comerica Park

Ford Field is expected to drop the Little Caesars Bowl beginning in 2014, which means the pizza bowl must find a new location. With teams from the Mid-American Conference participating, the bowl would like to remain as close to the Michigan area as possible.

Why not Comerica Park?

The home to the Detroit Tigers baseball team has never played host to a football game, but Little Caesars Pizza Bowl executive director Ken Hoffman told the Detroit Free Press that he could see it happening. 

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It’s my feeling that Mr. (Mike) Ilitch and Little Caesars would entertain the idea of playing the game in Comerica Park, if we so chose, similar to what Yankee Stadium does for the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, Hoffman said today.

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The New Era Pinstripe Bowl has been held in Yankee Stadium since 2010 and was a sloppy and snowy game last season. But seeing a football game played on a baseball field is a nice change of pace. It would also keep the bowl close to where it started and be convenient for local fans. 

So what has to happen to get this plan done?

First, the bowl has to find a TV partner. Then it will need to figure out a way to configure a football field that does not do damage do the baseball diamond.

While this may sound difficult, considering a football game has never been played at Comerica Field before, Hoffman believes it will be rather easy. 

“We know what the dimensions need to be, we know what the problems were at Wrigley Field, so we don’t have that problem,” Hoffman said. “It’s a big enough stadium, for sure.”

The stadium holds a little more than 41,000 people, which should be more than enough for the folks who enjoy checking out this yearly matchup.

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