OT - One very big step closer to MLS in Detroit

Submitted by MaizeAndBlueWahoo on July 31st, 2017 at 11:38 AM

Looks like Wayne County has "chosen" the Dan Gilbert proposal for the fail-jail site downtown. "Chosen" in quotes because the Walsh proposal remains on the table officially, but the county is now in deeper negotiations with Gilbert and hopefully rolling toward a formal agreement. Great news for those of us wanting to see an MLS franchise in Detroit, as well as for anyone who appreciates simple common sense in their county governments.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2017/07/31/way…

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July 31st, 2017 at 7:50 PM ^

Actually it's halved in about 40 years, but yeah, your point stands. Detroit's population: 1950 - 1.85 million 1960 - 1.68m 1970 - 1.51m 1980 - 1.20m 1990 - 1.03m 2000 - 951,000 2010 - 712,000 2016 - 672,000

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August 1st, 2017 at 10:19 AM ^

n 2009 200,000 people left the city,

Actually, it was from 2000 to 2009 that it lost 200,000 people - they didn't all leave in one year.

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August 1st, 2017 at 10:23 AM ^

Franchise in the city will cause Major League Lacrosse to consider the D for expansion when that happens. This new stadium could host both teams. This is an area that has seen UDM & UofM Lax programs established. In the past 20 years the HS programs have gone from about 20 to 150 boys varsity programs. In doing some research on Michigan athletes to MLL I came across this nugget. Was there a thread created when Wolverines were drafted to 6 pro leagues this year! https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/6/26/15874580/michigan-d…

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August 2nd, 2017 at 12:24 AM ^

They try way too hard and think that throwing around a bunch of f-bombs makes them good soccer supporters. It doesn't. What makes quality supporters are those who support their team at all costs (which The Northern Guard and co. do very well) but I mean hell, I was at the Lansing United vs DCFC match and you have 600 City fans basically yelling at a bunch of families to fuck off. That is behavior of the deranged, and the hilarious part is, I know they all returned to their homes in suburban Detroit after that.

Anywell, I think an MLS team would get great support in Detroit, I also think a nice location for the venue would be the land that Joe Louis Arena currently occupies. If you build an arena similar to BMO Field in Toronto, looking on to the river? That would be fantastic (despite the loop of freeways behind it.) I'm not crazy about more stadium subsidies, but I am hypocritically willing to look the other way to get soccer there.

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