Originally Posted by
esp1986
I've got news for ya, Mr. Pessimistic. These teams have at least been moderately successful. Seeing that a suburb of LA is the lowest attending franchise with a little over 13,000 fans a game. With M-1 Rail connecting Downtown to Midtown and Wayne State, that will only help a team. With the growing young population as well as the strong attendance of the amateur Detroit City FC, these are all positive signs. IN ADDITION, these stadiums double as concert venues. Not your 'hey, let's throw a stage in centerfield at Comerica Park and have a show,' but many of them have stages built in, as part of one of the end zones, complete with a bandshell. Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, OH, has a retractable grandstand in front of theirs, as does Toyota Park in a suburb of Chicago.
The bottom line, is that these are multipurpose facilities, and even if Detroit is on the lower end of attendance in MLS, the city would have another open air venue for shows and concerts. One that would be more intimate than Comerica Park, and would cater to smaller events than CoPa, as for some shows, it can hold 35,000+.