Good points, masterblaster. I mentioned Tolin Playfield as being the only other playfield in Midtown. However, it soon will be gone [[or very little will remain) once the Velodrome is put it. If you look at Google Earth you'll see a grayish line going through the park and into the parking lots of the Children's Hospital and Wayne State properties. That use to be how far Tolin Playfield went. Private concerns bought out public space. Also, one of the PAL football teams has been practicing there for years. They'll have to go elsewhere with the building of the velodrome. I don't know if the basketball courts will survive.

Here's a simple question for those who don't have a problem with this development going on a city park/playfield: where will you go in Midtown if you want to have a simple pick-up game of softball with some friends?