Going to be a wild afternoon/evening in Detroit today

[313WX]

Ok.. all this is great to see. However, does it strike anyone as a bit silly that an entire city can be shut down by having two sporting events taking place on the same day on a monday? I mean courts are shutting down, announcements went out encouraging work from home or leave early...etc...

Its a baseball and a football game. not the apocalypse. sheesh.

1. Detroit's not a normal city. It's not typical to see these types of crowds in the CBD. Most people, as a result, don't know how to handle it.

2. Most other cities don't have two major league sports stadiums in such close proximity to each other. Having so many people that close together will cause a big mess of things.

[bailey]

1. Detroit's not a normal city. It's not typical to see these types of crowds in the CBD. Most people, as a result, don't know how to handle it.

final four, frozen four, allstar game, superbowl, couple of world series, Stanley cups... all in the last decade. Plus this isn't the only time the Tigs and Lions have overlapped. right? Shouldn't we as a region sort of "get it" by now? Its the lead off story on every news cast. TRAFFIC CHAOS!!!111!! WHERETO PARKR!!!!22!!! TEH GAAAAAAMZ!!!1!!!11!!!

2. Most other cities don't have two major league sports stadiums in such close proximity to each other. Having so many people that close together will cause a big mess of things.

true. many other cities don't do stupid shit like build single use stadiums and then pack them all into massive super blocks. They actually do urban planning and not go by George Jackson's SimCity games.

[DetroitPlanner]

true. many other cities don't do stupid shit like build single use stadiums and then pack them all into massive super blocks. They actually do urban planning and not go by George Jackson's SimCity games.

For most games this is an asset. It means half the amount of parking lots as the spots are shared. Grouping them also gives businesses such as the Detroit Beer Company or Cheli's a lot more busy nights than they would have if these were spaced apart.

The real issue is that today Woodward is closed and most folks only know a few streets downtown. If you avoid the streets that they know you will be fine. I am amazed that on days like this that you don't see more traffic on Washington, Broadway or Randolph.

[emu steve]

For most games this is an asset. It means half the amount of parking lots as the spots are shared. Grouping them also gives businesses such as the Detroit Beer Company or Cheli's a lot more busy nights than they would have if these were spaced apart.

The real issue is that today Woodward is closed and most folks only know a few streets downtown. If you avoid the streets that they know you will be fine. I am amazed that on days like this that you don't see more traffic on Washington, Broadway or Randolph.

I was in town for Jeter's last game [[Thurs afternoon game) and streets were a mess because of Woodward.

I got trapped in the lot on Henry at Woodward. One way street toward Woodward. Couldn't head west to Clifford.

Agree that having two stadiums makes it better for eateries. And will get better when the arena is built. Especially for hockeytown.

[bailey]

For most games this is an asset. It means half the amount of parking lots as the spots are shared. Grouping them also gives businesses such as the Detroit Beer Company or Cheli's a lot more busy nights than they would have if these were spaced apart.

So that is why all of north CBD is a vast sea of surface parking? because it's more efficient and our city planners thought it was a good idea? /sarc.

The real issue is that today Woodward is closed and most folks only know a few streets downtown. If you avoid the streets that they know you will be fine. I am amazed that on days like this that you don't see more traffic on Washington, Broadway or Randolph.

Which goes back to 313's comment...

Detroit's not a normal city.