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Old 08-09-2010, 04:52 PM
 
Location: Metro Detroit Area, Michigan
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Ilitch wants to own Pistons, move team to Detroit | freep.com | Detroit Free Press (http://www.freep.com/article/20100809/SPORTS03/100809025/1318/Ilitch-wants-to-own-Pistons-and-move-team-downtown - broken link)

Great idea Mr. I.
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Old 08-09-2010, 08:27 PM
 
Location: Michissippi
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If he moves the team into Detroit, where will the money come from for a new arena and what would happen to The Palace (which is a fine facility that is still very viable). Would he build a single new arena for both hockey and basketball? (That would seem to make sense.) Where would the money come from to fund this? I'm not sure that using taxpayer money to construct a new arena when we already have one that's in fine shape is that wise. If the goal is to help Detroit, then might the arena construction money be used for another project?

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Old 08-09-2010, 10:20 PM
 
Location: Huntington Woods, MI
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Of course the very first post is shooting down a project to build in Detroit. Leave the area behind the Fox Theater vacant and see if something will just pop up. If nothing gets built, Detroit will lose the Red Wings too. Only Detroit is so backwards in thinking that if you build one stadium and one single track around downtown, the city will magically improve, and if it doesn't, we just won't build anything anymore.
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Old 08-10-2010, 12:30 AM
 
Location: Detroit's eastside, downtown Detroit in near future!
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of course the negative outnumbers the positive smh
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Old 08-10-2010, 04:24 AM
 
Location: Detroit suburbs
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This would be a GREAT idea, in my opinion. With the high unemployment around here right now, particulary in commercial construction, to plan and build the new rail line simultaneously with the arena could be seamless, and to start on the new international bridge at the same time could be a big boon economically.

Speaking of that, can you think of a bigger dichotomy in terms of being a beloved booster and contributor to an areas economic and emotional well being than between Mike Ilitch and Matty Moroun? I can't.
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Old 08-10-2010, 05:25 AM
 
Location: North of Canada, but not the Arctic
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What have the new baseball and football stadiums done for Detroit? Detroit's problem is not a lack of stadiums.
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Old 08-10-2010, 08:35 AM
 
Location: Huntington Woods, MI
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What have the new baseball and football stadiums done for Detroit? Detroit's problem is not a lack of stadiums.

They've brought the Super Bowl, MLB All-Star game, and NCAA Final Four to Detroit, along with making Detroit a front runner for the Big 10 championship. What do you think, we shouldn't build stadiums? Without the stadiums Detroit wouldn't have a team playing in its city limits. Comerica park brings 30-40k people a night to Downtown Detroit who park in city parking lots, who stop by Greektown, who stop by the bars and restaurants in the neighborhood. Why don't you ask the small business owners around Comerica what the stadium has done for them.
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Old 08-10-2010, 11:31 AM
 
Location: North of Canada, but not the Arctic
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How many people have moved into Detroit to live near stadiums? How many homes have been built? How many businesses are able to survive solely on sports revenue? Look across the street (freeway) at Brush Park and see the vacant fields and ask what the stadiums have done to improve the community. Stadiums are a luxury, a bonus. They are not vital for the survival of the city. Detroit needs residents, small businesses, retail, large corporations, i.e. a stable, consistent community. How many Detroit residents can afford to take their families to major league sporting events and is this what they should be spending their money on?...helping a bunch of non-residents to become millionaires?
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Old 08-10-2010, 11:38 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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This definitely makes sense. I wouldn't mind seeing new basketball and hockey arenas in Midtown, to spread the activities a little and get people to move around Woodward there, especially with the new light rail corridor. You can keep the Palace for concerts and suburban activities..
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Old 08-10-2010, 11:39 AM
 
Location: Huntington Woods, MI
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How many people have moved into Detroit to live near stadiums? How many homes have been built? How many businesses are able to survive solely on sports revenue? Look across the street (freeway) at Brush Park and see the vacant fields and ask what the stadiums have done to improve the community. Stadiums are a luxury, a bonus. They are not vital for the survival of the city. Detroit needs residents, small businesses, retail, large corporations, i.e. a stable, consistent community. How many Detroit residents can afford to take their families to major league sporting events and is this what they should be spending their money on?...helping a bunch of non-residents to become millionaires?
How many people moved to Auburn Hills to be near the Palace?

I have looked out of the upper deck on Comerica and seen all the new condos and townhouses built in Brush Park that weren't there before the stadiums. The population of Downtown Detroit is growing. What do you then suggest Detroit done with the Tigers? Move them to another city like Charlotte or Las Vegas who welcome building a stadium for them and not whine and complain like Detroiters?
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