McCallum said funds are available for the project, but his company is not fully committed. First, the market study must be completed to provide the projected cost and construction schedules. Also, a development plan and other diligence studies must be done.

The team would also include Steven Khalil as historical site consultant, Community Sports and Events as recreational sports consultant and F. Logan Davidson as the legal consultant. Construction, structural design and architectural design candidates are still being selected.

Crawford says her department will spend some time evaluating the proposal before it is brought to the planning commission.

The stadium is vacant now that the Tigers are playing at the new Comerica Park a few blocks away in Downtown.

There is another development proposal making the rounds at various city meetings. Michigan and Trumbell LLC, run by president Peter Comstock Riley, proposes to lease the field for a minor-league baseball team. The lease would be for $120,000 and a $1-cut from each ticket sold. Riley's project is still just a proposal, says Crawford. Her department will continue to try to find a reuse for the stadium until the council says otherwise. If Riley's company is successful at attracting City Council approval, then her department will back off and the city's civic center department, which oversees management of city entertainment venues, would take over, she explains.

While the council has heard Riley's idea, no action has been taken.

The city has now received figures for demolition of the stadium if no satisfactory reuse plan is adopted. Crawford says estimates to tear down the park are between $2 million to $6 million.