Originally Posted by
Bham1982
The Greyhound terminal is much busier and more important to Detroit than the People Mover or the Woodward Trolley, yet the same people who think the trolley is the Second Coming would have no problem relocating the bus terminal for an empty lawn to play a few soccer matches.
Of course there are many differing opinions, but, speaking very broadly, DYes commentators are hopelessly fixated on sports venues as urban revitalization tools [[despite every economist on earth disagreeing) and are absolutely clueless when it comes to transit and mobility
On the one hand would give their first-born to see the Quicken trolley completed, on the other hand dismissing existing transit, probably because it mostly serves poor black people aka people who actually need transit, rather than 20-something pseudo-hipsters from Novi who want to ride a train to the bars.
There is no MLS team coming to Detroit anytime soon, MLS doesn't play many matches, doesn't generate big crowds, tends to play in suburban venues, and sports venues don't do squat in terms of economic growth or urban revitalization.
If your downtown is so worthless that you would replace existing urbanity with a grass field unused 300+ days a year, then your downtown planning is an abject failure. MLS teams play 17 home games a year.