More than a new home for two professional sports teams, the Little Caesars Arena, set for a ribbon-cutting next week, is the centerpiece of a 50-block development dubbed District Detroit that is expected to breathe life into a part of Detroit that has long been considered a dead zone.
The district — slated to include entertainment and commercial developments, as well as at least six residential developments — aims to transform a part of Detroit that for years has been made up of vacant and dilapidated buildings, offices housing nonprofit service organizations, restaurants, bars, and liquor stores.
For the full article see Frank Witsil, JC Reindl and John Gallagher, “Little Caesars Arena to breathe life into dead zone of Detroit“, Detroit Free Press, August 31, 2017.