Quote Originally Posted by artds View Post
This is incorrect. Eminent domain is available to the city and state alike for public improvement projects. However, under Michigan law, land acquisitions for the benefit of private business owners, such as land acquisitions for stadium projects or manufacturing plants, no longer fall within this definition, regardless of the economic impact they will have on the community.

In other words, eminent domain will be in no way involved in construction of the new arena, aside from perhaps the acquisition of small amounts of private land for road widenings or security buffers around the stadium.
However, if the stadium is being acquired for a stadium authority or that MEDC sub-agency, it would be eminent domain by a public entity.

Food for thought, considering the Crain's article a week or two ago about potential State involvement.