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Originally Posted by prials
Just to pour gas on the fire
.... the show venue is in the wealthier suburb of Auburn Hills a loooong way from the actual city of Detroit. The unemployed of Detroit, the truly desperate ones will have no way of getting to the show. This could have been held in downtown Detroit, the post-Armageddon city of the USA and these people would have stood a chance of actually seeing him.
Now if he had done this in one of the true Detroit city venues, I would take a less cynical perspective.
Peace & Love brothers, Peace & Love.
And for disclosure ..... I am an exile from that area so I know where-of I speak.
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So the options for venues are
Ford Field – maximum capacity 65,000
The Palace of Auburn Hills – maximum capacity 22,076
Joe Louis Arena – maximum capacity 19,988
Comerica Park – maximum capacity 41,070
Cobo Arena – maximum capacity 12,191
DTE Energy Music Theater – maximum capacity 15,274
Ford Field and Comerica are probably too large and are really sports venues.
The Palace, Joe Louis and DTE are the 3 that regularly have concerts.
DTE is even farther out than The Palace.
So if capacity and infrastructure were the deciding factors that makes Joe Louis the other obvious option.
The Red Wings will be playing the 5th and 9th, Jays show is the 7th.
The Palace donated the venue for the night.
Entirely possible that Joe Louis Arena did not want to incur the expense of covering the ice for one night.
I think the Detroit politicians that are making a stink are just pissed that they were not part of the announcement.
What they say is true, no good deed goes unpunished.