Introduction
Detroit, Michigan is a unique city boasting of an iconic past, a gloomy present, and a potentially bright future. Once one of America’s largest and most thriving cities because of professional opportunities in the automotive industry, Detroit fell to devastating lows after the loss of thousands of jobs from Ford Motor, General Motors, and Chrysler. Detroit is the 18th overall most populated city in the United States, the largest city in the State of Michigan, and recently became the largest American city to file for bankruptcy. Though the city currently faces a laundry list of problems, I believe that Detroit is fully capable of hosting a successful Olympic Game years from now that could help change the overall condition of the …show more content…
This practice is common; London’s Olympic Village, East Village, was built in an area in need of redevelopment. East Village boasted having “some of the best transport connections in London, and the added bonus of two Olympic-sized pools, a state-of-the-art velodrome and bike park, an almost two-million-square-foot shopping mall, and a cutting-edge health center” in which 60% of all apartments were available for rent (Dunmall, …show more content…
The city has plans to use millions in aid remove blight on a larger scale in which could clear the area needed to build this massive project. By hosting the Olympic games, Detroit essentially accomplishes two goals with one event: establishing the city as an international tourist destination for economic gain and redevelopment of area to attract new residents from higher financial brackets. Because the IOC has requirements on how close the Olympic village must be located in relation to other Olympic Venues (majority of Detroit’s venues that could be used for the Olympic games are located in the downtown area), these future apartments would add new housing in a prime location for upper class, middle class, low income, and students at the various universes operating within the city and opportunities to see new businesses
Detroit, Michigan is a unique city boasting of an iconic past, a gloomy present, and a potentially bright future. Once one of America’s largest and most thriving cities because of professional opportunities in the automotive industry, Detroit fell to devastating lows after the loss of thousands of jobs from Ford Motor, General Motors, and Chrysler. Detroit is the 18th overall most populated city in the United States, the largest city in the State of Michigan, and recently became the largest American city to file for bankruptcy. Though the city currently faces a laundry list of problems, I believe that Detroit is fully capable of hosting a successful Olympic Game years from now that could help change the overall condition of the …show more content…
This practice is common; London’s Olympic Village, East Village, was built in an area in need of redevelopment. East Village boasted having “some of the best transport connections in London, and the added bonus of two Olympic-sized pools, a state-of-the-art velodrome and bike park, an almost two-million-square-foot shopping mall, and a cutting-edge health center” in which 60% of all apartments were available for rent (Dunmall, …show more content…
The city has plans to use millions in aid remove blight on a larger scale in which could clear the area needed to build this massive project. By hosting the Olympic games, Detroit essentially accomplishes two goals with one event: establishing the city as an international tourist destination for economic gain and redevelopment of area to attract new residents from higher financial brackets. Because the IOC has requirements on how close the Olympic village must be located in relation to other Olympic Venues (majority of Detroit’s venues that could be used for the Olympic games are located in the downtown area), these future apartments would add new housing in a prime location for upper class, middle class, low income, and students at the various universes operating within the city and opportunities to see new businesses