The Detroit Lions announced that they are once again transforming Pride Plaza, their free pre-game tailgate on Brush Street, into Plaza de los Leones to recognize Latino Heritage Month during their Week 2 regular season game at Ford Field against the Chicago Bears.
The festivities ran before the game, with Interim Executive Director of the Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation (DHDC) Lex Zavala serving as the event’s emcee and spokesperson for Latino heritage programming. Plaza de los Leones will honor and celebrate the Latino community within Detroit through traditional dance performances, live music, artistry, interactive activities for fans, and informative discussions on the Latino culture. Special guests and activities include:
- Ballet Folklorico de Detroit: The traditional Mexican youth dance group hosted several performances in the plaza for fans to enjoy, beginning with the full team on Adams Street and followed by two small group performances on-stage.
- Salsa & Bachata Lessons: Fans in the plaza will had the opportunity to participate in 15-minute Salsa and Bachata dance lessons on stage, led by dance in-structor Mino Bachatero.
- Mariachi Mexico 2020: Detroit’s very own – Mariachi Mexico 2020 – performed throughout the plaza for strolling fans to enjoy, followed by an on-stage performance.
- Live Artistry: Local Southwest Detroit Artist – Elton Monroy Duran – did a live-paint a piece inspired by his one-of-a-kind Lion sculpture – made completely out of auto parts and de-signed to represent the rich, intertwined history of the motor city and Latino community here in Detroit. The commissioned piece was auctioned off on the Detroit Lions Foundation auction site with proceeds benefitting Mexicantown Community Development Corpo-ration.
- Ford F-150® Lobo™ Display: As part of Latino Heritage, Ford will have the new F-150 Lobo displayed for fans to check out, take photos, and engage with. The new F-150 Lobo is a V8-powered street truck inspired by customer personalization trends to create a lowered, stylish and high-performance truck. The vehicle is a true fusion of cultural roots and Ameri-can performance.
- Face Painting: “Gracie the Clown” was on-site to bring the celebration of culture and art to life on fan faces.
The Detroit Tigers will be honoring Hispanic Heritage Month, with ¡Fiesta Tigres!
Friday Night Party in the Park: ¡Fiesta Tigres!, presented by Casamigos, and Hispanic Heritage Night
Sept. 19 is the beginning of the 20th annual ¡Fiesta Tigres! celebration, presented by Miller Lite, which means “Friday Night Party in the Park,” presented by Casamigos, is ¡Fiesta Tigres! themed, featuring Hispanic pregame food and beverage specials on the Comerica Landing, live music and entertainment and postgame fireworks (weather permitting). The specialty cocktail for ¡Fiesta Tigres! is a Mexican Mimosa, served with Casamigos Blanco Tequila, Champagne, Orange Juice and Grenadine.
As part of being the 2025 ¡Fiesta Tigres! honoree, Aníbal Sánchez will conduct a pregame Q&A with fans in the Comerica Big Cat Court.
The Comerica Landing will feature Latin décor, Latin player cutouts and banners, special photo opportunities and pregame music from a Latin DJ. The game presentation will showcase the ¡Fiesta Tigres! theme with scoreboard graphics, lineup announcements in Spanish and special on-field programming.
The Tigers’ nominee for the 2025 Roberto Clemente Award, which is presented annually to an MLB player who best embodies baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement and philanthropy on and off the field, will be announced during a pregame ceremony.
As part of the ¡Fiesta Tigres! celebration, Sept. 19 is also Hispanic Heritage Night, and fans who purchased the sold-out special ticket package receive a limited-edition “Los Tigres” jersey.
Sept. 19 is the final City Connect Friday of the 2025 season, featuring the Tigers’ “Motor City” uniforms. Fans can purchase City Connect merchandise at The D Shop, presented by Meijer, and online. On Fridays, all City Connect merchandise is 30% off at The D Shop. On non-game days, free 30-minute parking for The D Shop is available in the Tiger Garage, at 128 Fisher Service Drive, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Gates open at 5 p.m.
Vamos Tigres Rope Hat Giveaway, presented by Miller Lite, and ¡Fiesta Tigres! Finale The final Saturday giveaway for early arriving fans at Comerica Park is a Vamos Tigres Rope Hat, presented by Miller Lite (must be at least 21 years old). To make it even more special, a small group of lucky fans will receive hats autographed by Tigers players of Hispanic heritage.
Giveaways on Saturdays: ¡Fiesta Tigres! Rope Hat
Sept. 20 is also the last day of ¡Fiesta Tigres!, which will begin with an on-field ceremony, including Hispanic dancers, flags representing the Latin American countries and recognition of all current Latin Tigers players and coaching staff.
Aníbal Sánchez will sign autographs for fans in the concourse outside Section 119 before the game, and the former pitcher will be recognized as the ¡Fiesta Tigres! honoree during the pregame ceremony.
Local Latin singer Caleb Gutierrez will throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Local Hispanic artist Freddy Diaz, who is the final featured artist in the 2025 Tigers Design Series, will create a live mural design depicting ¡Fiesta Tigres! on the Comerica Park concourse outside Section 134 throughout the game. Digitized copies of the mural design will be printed and given to 200 lucky fans at random. Diaz is also collaborating with the Tigers to offer $59 limited-edition ¡Fiesta Tigres! T-shirts in The D Shop, presented by Meijer.
Fans can also bid on a hand-decorated Javy Baez jersey designed by Diaz, with auction proceeds supporting the Detroit Tigers Foundation.
Gates open at 11:30 a.m.
