Detroit

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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

I absolutely agree with the point you're making.

However, there is one significant difference between those events and the FRC Championship. While those sporting events may draw a larger number of total people (especially the Super Bowl), they are not predominantly youth competitions. The immediate area around the venues is safe, but it's a question of how many hotels that teams will actually be staying at and the transportation to/from those hotels. It's not an issue for the largely adult crowds for the Super Bowl/Final Four (the other sporting events largely attract locals), but it takes on a different dimension for elementary-high schoolers on field trips.

That, and for those of you who don't know, Detroit's infrastructure is a nightmare. It's reasonably well-maintained, sure, but there aren't left turns. You see, all those things that look like left turn lanes are actually u-turn lanes, so it's all rights and u-turns. I can't wait to see a few hundred trailers and buses driven by people who have never gotten the Detroit driving experience.