[johnr]

Detroit? Oh god,no no no! I live in the city. Five minutes from downtown proper. I don't think they have enough hotel space close to the event locations. You would have to take a bus to museum area, zoo or anything else you would want to do. You probably be safe enough in the downtown area but you wouldn't want to venture to far afield. Now , if they could tie it in with are neighbors across the river, windsor, canada, that would make it a true international event. Canada is so close the police departments of both cities used to have a tug-of-war across the river.