For historical purposes, below are links to the previous new year prediction threads:

2012
2013
2014
2015
2016

And here we go:
  1. Q-Line opens and reports surprisingly high ridership.
  2. [[Since I failed on this last year) Eastland closes.
  3. Red Wings and Pistons finish their final seasons in their respective arenas with playoff appearances but get eliminated in the first round.
  4. Lions improve on their 2016 record and win the NFC North and a first-week bye in the 2017 playoffs. This comes as a shocker to thousands of fans who thought they would never achieve that in their lifetimes.
  5. Tigers continue improving but again fail to make the playoffs for the third straight season.
  6. Wayne County, Dan Gilbert or whoever owns it now is forced to resume work on the jail site.
  7. The Metro Airport outlet mall plan is cancelled.
  8. Duggan gets reelected for a second term.
  9. Taylor continues attracting major regional and national chains to settle in along Eureka Road as Menard's finally begins construction.
  10. A skyscraper taller than the RenCen is announced for the Hudson Block.


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