For as long as I can remember, the Detroit Lions have held one of their training camp practices at Ford Field.
The idea has always been to bring practices to more fans — Ford Field's capacity of about 65,000 dwarfs the Allen Park experience, where 2,500 people can comfortably squeeze in — and give new Lions players and coaches a chance to experience a game day atmosphere at the stadium where they'll play their home games this fall.
Players can run out of the tunnel, go through their pre-game routine and figure out the oddities of the stadium; where the play clock is and how the turf feels and everything else they need to know to make Ford Field their own.