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A MLS team season is about 31 games, 17 of which would be played at home. Average attendance to MLS games is about 17,400. So on average a MLS venue will draw roughly 300,000 people each season. Compare that to the Lions at 510,000 each season, the Red Wings at 824,000 each season, or Tigers 2.5 million or more each season. Consider the fact that most of these fans will only attend the game then funnel themselves onto the expressway immediately after and you might realize why I think putting a MLS stadium downtown is a bad idea. If you build residential and office space and manage to fill them then you have warm bodies downtown everyday instead of 17 times a year.
I support the Tiger Stadium location idea, in fact isn't Corktown where many of the new hip kids are moving anyways?