Indeed, to a league, any league, having say 26, 28, 30 or 32 teams [[or whatever) and NOT have Detroit seems absurd.

When I think of MLB, NFL, NHL, NBA, etc. I think Detroit. Detroit was a pioneer in each league, esp. NHL.

To me Sacramento, San Antonio, etc. are 2nd priority to the larger metropolitan areas like Detroit.

I guess that having no ideal site for a stadium could be a problem.

I still maintain the best hope is somewhere in Midtown, perhaps west of Cass Tech where the Iitches own property and could sell their excess land there for a purpose they approve [[i.e., soccer stadium).

I think site assembly would work better there then a lot of other desirable locations, e.g., river front.