Illitch to build another Parking Garage, this time at Park/Henry

[southen]

Dear lord, how is LCA for the good of the public? The city gets no revenue from anything held there despite playing a substantial role in its creation.

It is viewed as inappropriate by some because the arena would need parking regardless. How does that get lumped into ancillary development when it is essential to the success of the arena? He needed a new HQ regardless, but roped it into the spinoff, just as WSU needed space for a business school. It is a personal benefit because he has found a way to take investments that he would have to make anyway and applied them to the promised spinoff development.

[emu steve]

Dear lord, how is LCA for the good of the public? The city gets no revenue from anything held there despite playing a substantial role in its creation...

Arena, stadia, etc. are considered necessary as means to keep professional sports teams.

I believe the history of JLA was that the city made a concerted effort to keep the Wings from leaving for the 'burbs.

Keeping the Wings in Detroit was considered good for the city of Detroit back then and also today.

Do all agree? No. To some a buck of public money spent on a stadium/arena, roads around such, etc. is a buck pissed down the toilet.

Unfortunately most folks don't feel that way...

[Bham1982]

Arena, stadia, etc. are considered necessary as means to keep professional sports teams.

There's absolutely zero evidence to indicate that the Red Wings would leave one of the most lucrative hockey markets on earth for another due to public opposition to generous public subsidies for a new arena.