Ford Field vaccine appointments open today, Detroit resuming bus fares, stimulus check update Published Residents can schedule vaccine appointment at Ford Field today After a dry run of inoculating teacher weeks ago, Ford Field is about to start hosting 6,000 vaccine appointments daily. It will open as a mass vaccination center beginning March 24. From the federal government comes a mass vaccine site at Ford Field; the first of the pilot program that could take effect in other states as well. Shortly after that came plans to expand eligibility for receiving a COVID-19 vaccine to everyone over the age of 16 in the state.