Look at Indianapolis. They have 7,100 rooms in which almost half of them are very close or even tunnel attached to their convention center. Their convention center is only ranked 25th in size as compared to Huntingon Place which is ranked 9th [[depending how you rank them). Indianapolis is no magical city and definitely the weather isn't much better than Detroit, but they have a much, much more vibrant convention schedule plus they cleanup with hosting sporting events [[Big 10 basketball and football championship plus many more. See here:
Event History | Indiana Sports Corp. Detroit will NEVER be Orlando, LV, or even Chicago for convention destinations, but we should compete if NOT overtake Indianapolis. Just need another 2-6 [[400-800 room) hotels near Huntington Place