Quote Originally Posted by EGrant View Post
If showing off the city on TV is a goal/benefit of the Grand Prix, then maybe they should pick an event that people actually watch. Using Nielsen data, race #1 drew a 0.7 national rating and race #2 drew a 0.8 rating last year, which has flatlined around those numbers for several years now. For comparison, the final day of The Memorial golf tournament drew a 2.9 last year.

I'm not saying this is the only reason we have the race, but the TV benefits have been exaggerated. And so what if a national audience sees a few sporadic shots of the Ren Cen from a distance...
Even if it is a low-rating event, TV exposure for Detroit is a benefit of having the event there. Having the event in a location that doesn't allow the city to be seen isn't really the best use of the publicity.