Quote Originally Posted by MikeyinBrooklyn View Post
Not near downtown, probably not the best use of space on the riverfront at the foot of Belle Isle. Plus, it creates no foot traffic there. Location, location, location is key for a stadium, and there is no ideal site.
First, you want to put stadia where you don't care about foot traffic, since stadia deaden the urban environment. You should never build an arena where there's strong potential for urban vitality.

Second, if you honestly can't find a single parcel of land for a soccer stadium anywhere in Metro Detroit, you aren't looking very hard. I'm pretty sure we can come with a few acres basically anywhere. If there's one thing we have, it's an excess of underutilized land.