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Originally Posted by mind field
Loving these summaries!
DETROIT
1. Compuware Corporation moves downtown from the suburbs anchoring the Campus Martius development with a flagship headquarters and about 4,000 office workers.
2. Campus Martius Park opens in the aforementioned Campus Martius development, creating a much needed and vibrant park in the heart of downtown.
3. The first sections of the riverwalk open from the convention center running a couple miles along the Detroit River. Eventually the riverwalk will be 6 miles in length and stretch from the Ambassador Bridge to Belle Isle.
4. Detroit hosts the superbowl in 2006, hosting a massive winter party called winter blast which draws hundreds of thousands downtown. The success of the event is bittersweet, as empty storefronts became makeshift bars teeming with people, yet there were a couple murders downtown that weekend which the national media chose not to focus on or blow out of proportion.
5. The former Book Cadillac hotel in the heart of downtown and standing empty since 1984 is reborn by a Cleveland based developer into a Westin Hotel and upper floor condos. The building was considered by many to be downtowns largest and most prominent symbol of blight as it is 31 stories tall.
6. Detroit hosts it's 300th birthday celebration in 2001 with many events downtown, including a tall ships parade on the Detroit River.
7. Downtown stadiums for the Lions and Tigers open side by side, with the Lions moving downtown from the Pontiac Silverdome. Detroit's Red Wings win the Stanley Cup in 2002 and 2008 hosting a giant championship parade on Woodward and subsequent rally at Hart Plaza downtown.
8. General Motors Corp. transformation of it's downtown headquarters at the Renaissance Center finishes making the complex far more user friendly and open to the rest of downtown.
9. The media exposes former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in scandal after scandal involving countless abuses of power and misuse of city funds.
10. 3 casinos open permanent facilities downtown after having opened temporary facilities earlier in the decade. The facilities boost downtown's hotel space by over a thousand rooms.
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Tearing down Tiger stadium to make a viable area into a desolate area seems counterproductive but...
#11 would be it didn't burn itself down.
