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Ford field attendance

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Rover said:
You must be pretty lonely during the day. :D No wonder you've never had a problem. You're the only one there. ;)
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Ouch! Good one! haha:cool:

But seriously the Foxtown area is nice, and Greektown is by there, which was a great place to hang out for the basketball final four! And I don't recall any major issues with the Final Four last year, I would say biggest deterent is just that it is the Grand Finale of college hockey in a football area!
 
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CHATJ said:
Ouch! Good one! haha:cool:

But seriously the Foxtown area is nice, and Greektown is by there, which was a great place to hang out for the basketball final four! And I don't recall any major issues with the Final Four last year, I would say biggest deterent is just that it is the Grand Finale of college hockey in a football area!
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That's the one honest beef I'm willing to concede here. The sight lines are just not going to be great for the most part.
 
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nmu_27 said:
I've been to Detroit for the CCHA championships and to go to a Tigers game and have had fun every single time.

The People Mover will get you around to a decent amount of downtown without needing a car.

We've had to walk back after the people mover stopped and had no problems. Whether or not you 'feel' it is safe is a personal thing.

Either way the city will continue to get bashed, but if you go into it with a decent attitude, you are much more likely to enjoy yourself.
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My philosophy when being in the D is "DON'T BE STUPID." In every city you have to keep your wits about you, and if you don't do anything to provoke anyone you will be fine.

I'm from the Detroit area, and have spent a lot of time downtown and even venturing out to where my dad lived off of 6 mile and visited family that still lives in the city close to 8 mile. I have NEVER had a problem in the city. All you trolls out there sound like people from west of Ann Arbor "If you go to Detroit, you're going to get shot/mugged/etc." It's really getting old.

If you're looking for stuff to do, there are museums downtown (art museum, Detroit Science Museum), the original Motown studios on W. Grand Blvd., Henry Ford Museu and Greenfield Village in Dearborn (15 minute drive), among other interesting sites. I personally like just wandering around and looking at the historic buildings downtown.

There are plenty of places to eat mostly located in greektown, but there are others up Woodward. If microbrews are your thing, there are a few located downtown.

I agree that Ford Field isn't the greatest place to watch a hockey game, but if I can make the 8 hour trek down, I will. I love going to Detroit.
 
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CHATJ said:
But seriously the Foxtown area is nice, and Greektown is by there, which was a great place to hang out for the basketball final four! And I don't recall any major issues with the Final Four last year, I would say biggest deterent is just that it is the Grand Finale of college hockey in a football area!
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Well put. Frozen Four weekend coupled with opening day is going to make it a great time to be in the city. Can't wait. I've been heading to college hockey at the Joe for 24 out of the 32 years I've been alive. Tiger stadium, CoPa, Fox, etc. You get the picture. Not once have I had a bad experience.

And for those people who feel the need to bash the city for it's bums here's a tip:

When they ask "What's the greatest nation in the world?" just answer "Donation, and I sent mine to (insert Haiti, New Orleans, etc. here), so I'm all out."

Works every time. :)
 
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wolverineTrumpet said:
I'm not a "hooray Detroit is the greatest place ever" person, I just would like others to recognize it is like most large cities. There are things to do in touristy/safer areas and there are areas you have no business being in and should avoid.
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I have been to Detroit for work a few times. Yes, I did enjoy myself there but honestly, I had a better time in Baghdad in 2004 that in Detroit last year. I have seen both Verizon's and AT&T's map of the city where they show where they have cell towers and mark of "red zones" where the techs are not allowed to enter for repair 30 minutes before sundown until dawn without police escort. It is as if the whole map is red. Even central Detroit is full of red zones. I know that there are around JLA, just do not remember how close or how big.

The problem I have is that with my FF Fan Guide the NC$$ did not give me a "red zone" map. I take it that no one else got one too.

95% of the reason I made no plans on going this year was Ford Field. That really, really sucks. The other 5% was Detroit. I have been there, know I can have a good time, but I made no plans as of yet. Only looking now, because my team has a chance in being there.

If it wasn't for the possibility of Denver making it (I will also make an exception if UAH makes it too), no way I'd be going.
 
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I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit and both of my parents grew up in the city. I am really baffled that people are still actually defending this city. It is far and away the biggest hell hole in the entire country. 95% of it looks like Bahgdad right after a United States bombing brigade just flew over it and dropped 10,000 bombs.

Opening day for the Tigers will be a lot of fun though.

The city itself probably only ranks higher than Gary, Indiana and another Michigan jewel...Flint.
 
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Billy Blanks said:
I am really baffled that people are still actually defending this city. 95% of it looks like Bahgdad right after a United States bombing brigade just flew over it and dropped 10,000 bombs.
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We're not defending the city. We're defending the downtown area, you know, that 5% area where no bombs dropped. It's also the area where FF attendees should be all weekend.
 
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But there really isn't anything to do downtown that is close to the stadiums. If you don't have a car your options are basically the greektown casino and the new crappy bars that are scattered throughout downtown. For the Final Four last year some guys opened up makeshift bars in two of the 8,000 abandonded buildings in downtown Detroit. We walked into one and it was a guy standing in the building, selling beer out of a keg. He put up Final Four banners all over to try and jazz the place up. LOL!
 
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Billy Blanks said:
But there really isn't anything to do downtown that is close to the stadiums. If you don't have a car your options are basically the greektown casino and the new crappy bars that are scattered throughout downtown. For the Final Four last year some guys opened up makeshift bars in two of the 8,000 abandonded buildings in downtown Detroit. We walked into one and it was a guy standing in the building, selling beer out of a keg. He put up Final Four banners all over to try and jazz the place up. LOL!
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Believe me I see your point. Here is my counter, if you want to call it that. Wednesday is open practice starting in the morning. Thursday there are 2 games, so that will take up the whole day. Friday afternoon/night is Humanitarian, Hobey and Skills Comp. Saturday is the final. What else do you want to do? Saturday morning is open, and it will be busy downtown because of the Tigers. You basically have about 6 hours of "free time" if you plan on living hockey. I live 15 min. away and I have 4 days of pretty much all hockey.
 
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Billy Blanks said:
It is far and away the biggest hell hole in the entire country. 95% of it looks like Bahgdad right after a United States bombing brigade just flew over it and dropped 10,000 bombs.
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I disagree. When I look at Detroit I see Dresden, circa 1945.

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Well I only used Baghdad as a reference because there are about 750,000 Arabs living in Detroit/Suburbs, so it made more sense.
 
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scullyer said:
Believe me I see your point. Here is my counter, if you want to call it that. Wednesday is open practice starting in the morning. Thursday there are 2 games, so that will take up the whole day. Friday afternoon/night is Humanitarian, Hobey and Skills Comp. Saturday is the final. What else do you want to do? Saturday morning is open, and it will be busy downtown because of the Tigers. You basically have about 6 hours of "free time" if you plan on living hockey. I live 15 min. away and I have 4 days of pretty much all hockey.
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Open practice? C'mon, that might be fun for about 15 minutes. What about all day Thursday before the games and after?

Friday is opening day so that will be guaranteed to be fun.

Saturday, before and after the Championship? What to do then?

I just wish people would admit that this was a terrible city to host any large sporting event. Tourists/Fans want more to do than just go to a game for 3 hours.
 
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Billy Blanks said:
Open practice? C'mon, that might be fun for about 15 minutes. What about all day Thursday before the games and after?

Friday is opening day so that will be guaranteed to be fun.

Saturday, before and after the Championship? What to do then?

I just wish people would admit that this was a terrible city to host any large sporting event. Tourists/Fans want more to do than just go to a game for 3 hours.
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I have zero desire to go to that crap city. Coupled with the fact it will be in a half empty dome, Detroit 2010 has the potential to be an epic trainwreck of a Frozen Four.

I think with all the lack of fans there, you may see all those bums on the streets of Detroit receiving free Frozen Four gear courtesy of the NCAA and the City of Detroit. I hope someone takes a pic of a bum with a Cornell hat if the Big Dead somehow make it.
 
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I'm from Massachusetts and I don't think the northeast is gods country. It's just New England that's gods country.
 
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scullyer said:
Believe me I see your point. Here is my counter, if you want to call it that. Wednesday is open practice starting in the morning.
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Wait a second. You think people want to spend their entire Wednesday watching 4 hockey teams PRACTICE!? PRACTICE?!?! Cue allen iverson.
 
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Onion Man said:
I think with all the lack of fans there, you may see all those bums on the streets of Detroit receiving free Frozen Four gear courtesy of the NCAA and the City of Detroit.
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Ha. Great point. Can you see all the homeless people in Detroit wearing those stupid paper helmets Bauer is handing out? LOL.
 
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Onion Man said:
I have zero desire to go to that crap city. Coupled with the fact it will be in a half empty dome, Detroit 2010 has the potential to be an epic trainwreck of a Frozen Four.

I think with all the lack of fans there, you may see all those bums on the streets of Detroit receiving free Frozen Four gear courtesy of the NCAA and the City of Detroit. I hope someone takes a pic of a bum with a Cornell hat if the Big Dead somehow make it.
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And yet you are a from a state that was settled by people who were detractors of freedom....so there ya go.
 
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