Since you are unaware... the Detroit Opera House built a huge parking structure as part of their endowment. That structure and the parking spaces around the Opera House are more than enough to handle ANY opera.
They built it huge to earn money off of other endeavors, such as sports functions, and leased spaces to other businesses. This way it helps pay for their $65 million [[$42 million for the theatre, $23 million parking structure) Opera House expansion debt. It's not poor planning by the city to allow a boutique hotel... it was shrewd planning by Michigan Opera Theatre to allow for expansion of the neighborhood, and to profit off of it.
When Dr. DiChiera built the Opera House Parking Structure, he was planning on using the the Opera House and parking structure as a catalyst for the revitalization of the neighborhood as he discusses here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODXZsamv2UM
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