Quote Originally Posted by DetroiterOnTheWestCoast View Post
I don't understand 80 something year old billionaires who are more concerned about making another buck than they are about leaving a positive legacy to the community.
I have a foot in both seeing [[Downtown) Detroit develop AND the Detroit sports I follow [[e.g., Tigers, Lions, etc.) thrive.

Ilitch is mostly a sports [[or sports and entertainment) guy. I wouldn't want him building 500K luxury condos in downtown or rehabbing 100 year old building near Wayne State. He does mostly what he knows.

He does have a good reputation among sports fans for his work with the Tigers and Wings. He did speed a ton of money on that new huge scoreboard in Comerica a few years ago.

And quite frankly there are more Detroiters [[and folks in Oakland County ) more concerned that Cabrera got locked up to a multi-year contract than some surface parking lots behind the Fox.