Detroit Should Bid To Host A Major Party Convention in 2020

**MikeyinBrooklyn** · February-06-17, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by EastsideAl

Can't we just host the Super Bowl or the Final Four again? Or something else that?

I think the Super Bowl only goes to Sun Belt cities, except as a one-off rewards to cities that build new stadia. Final Four, yes we'll host it again. But it's a long-term rotation. It'll be 10-20 years before we get that. WrestleMania? I bet we get it again 2027.

**Bham1982** · February-06-17, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by MikeyinBrooklyn

I think the Super Bowl only goes to Sun Belt cities, except as a one-off rewards to cities that build new stadia. Final Four, yes we'll host it again. But it's a long-term rotation. It'll be 10-20 years before we get that. WrestleMania? I bet we get it again 2027.

I wish for a day when Detroiters try and build actual functional urban neighborhoods, not event theme parks. These one-off events are fools gold and nothing to do with actually building something sustainable.

When something like the Super Bowl is viewed as a nuisance to day-to-day life, rather than an opportunity to "showcase" a city to a world that doesn't care, the city will be back. People generally don't even know where these events take place - was at a SB party last night, and a 4th quarter skyline pan led to the question "Where is this, Miami?" I don't think more than 2 or 3 people in the room knew the answer.