Soccer, World Cup and Detroit

[emu steve]

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If I'm following this correctly, the city owns a block on 3rd between Temple and Charlotte, inside the entertainment zone.

I think the state has a big parking lot next to 640 Temple and maybe the city could get another adjacent block so that the site would be large enough for a 20K+ seat soccer stadium.

E.g., All of the block between 3 and 4th and Temple and Charlotte + add adjacent land north of Charlotte say 150 yards and 1/4 of the block bounded by 3rd and Temple extending say 150 yards north beyond Charlotte.

That land looks almost completely unused except for some parking for 640 Temple.

Here is a better graphic from Detroit News showing lands which ILITCH controls.



So Ilitch owns a block and plus some other adjacent land and would need a lot more to have a buildable site for a stadium.