Hamtramck — Hamtramck Stadium is the second-oldest Negro League ballpark still standing in 2022.
Legends such as Cool Papa Bell, Satchel Paige and Detroit native Norman "Turkey" Stearnes played in the venue. It's a relic of the past, and one of importance to many.
But it was closed in 1997 and there were talks to demolish the structure thereafter. It never happened, though, because The Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium stepped in and fought to keep it upright.
And on Monday, one day after Juneteenth, a ceremony was held to celebrate the stadium being rededicated and having the field and grandstand restored.