Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores and Cleveland Cavs owner Dan Gilbert announced on Tuesday that they are partnering to form an investor group to bring an MLS expansion club to downtown Detroit.
An MLS expansion team has not been awarded to Detroit yet, but the ownership group offered a potential stadium design.
Commissioner Don Garber has announced the league will expand to 28 teams.
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I'm outraged. Come on Detroit hurry and get an mls team already!!
i say put it where joe louis once was, picture an open ended stadium with a view out to the detroit river
This should of happened 😔
I think Ilitch Holdings, who owns MLB’s Detroit Tigers and the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings, Shelia Ford Hamp, who owns the NFL’s Detroit Lions, and Tom Gores, who owns the NBA’s Detroit Pistons, will hopefully award an MLS franchise to Detroit in the near future.
Why YouTube's algorithm suggested this video to me in 2023 is beyond me.
Jeepers according to this video you can view the game from the open space outside….who needs a ticket.
That's a sick design. Still hoping for Sacramento to be 1 of the 6 new teams.
Good idea
The last thing Detroit needs is a publicly financed stadium
why do most mls stadiums are the size of a basketball arena
I really hope they bring this to Detroit, it will be awesome
Maybe one of the coolest stadiums I've ever seen
Instead of building an expensive new stadium in Detroit at taxpayer expense, my idea is to rotate the "Michigan FC MLS" regular season games between the U-M, MSU, EMU, CMU, WMU football stadiums. All 5 of these stadiums are 30,000 plus capacity, with the 3 MAC schools already being ideally sized for average MLS attendance. With most of the MLS season coming before college football season anyways, this would likely maximize statewide attendance as well as getting folks onto college campuses when students are gone for the summer. Great way to generate revenue for these 5 schools as well.
hmmm 2020, lets see what will happen in 4 years.
With all the expansion talk, remember that money won't be that big of a concern as it was in the past.
A lot of big-time figures are behind starting up these new teams, and it's not just the MLS. Remember the NY Cosmos? They play in the new NASL now, and they're sponsored by Fly Emirates. The more big companies we can bring into the MLS, the better chance we have at expanding to 28+ teams and competing with the other big American sports leagues
Good looking stadium. Night games would be nice and beautiful
Looks cool
Looked up the Sacramento republic FC project and it looks really good gorgeous stadium and good looking jerseys especially there third kit is awsome Cali is a big enough state to have 4 teams north and south rivalry sounds good to me
this Stadium ist awesome
obviously I'm not from Michigan but where is Detroit gonna get the money? is it gonna be done by some mega billionaire?
Whoa, this team hasn't even existed for a few weeks and they already have renders and a plan…Revs, please take note…
GAH-BAGE!
USA soccer is so pathetic that make me laugh
This looks like the Galaxy's stadium…..
weren't they bankrupt a few years ago??? the only right way to do this is if the whole project is privately funded. You should not add taxes to a struggling city
I personally don't understand this move, I don't claim to know much about the soccer culture in Detroit but I doubt it's all that active.
Where is Detroit going to come up with a BILLION DOLLARS to pay for this?
If Detroit is going to do this, they should demolish the worst neighborhood in the city and ONLY under the condition that it includes police protection 24/7/365. All this is doing is lining the pockets of $Billionaires.
Did I see people jogging along 375 at :45 in this clip lol
Detroit all ready has a team
Yes! another Detroit team to be disappointed in
I have great expectations for MLS development and it's really exciting to see how football is growing in the US. I'm not American, but I wish this league all the best.
Why Detroit
So many doubters here. Detroit is one of the best if not the best sports town in the country. Many die hard fans like myself would LOVE to see an MLS team here in Detroit, and many have been wishing for it for many years. Detroit isn't much different then any other major city, a beautiful downtown, surrounded by ghettos.
LET'S GO DETROIT!
If only someone from Phoenix would step up to bring MLS here.
Heey there goes MLS using pyro in their marketing.
<3
This is just what a bankrupt city needs.
Hell yeah
Rather than just expanding, which is good, we should just make the NASL our second division, like the Championship in England. Promotion and relegation would truly give this league the jump it needs to becoming relevant with the world of soccer/football.
I've been waiting for years
What about Detroit city FC?? 🙁
THE REVS NEED A STADIUM BEFORE ANY MORE TEAMS ARE ADDED TO THE MLS! -.- THIS IS GETTING ANNOYING.
If you're adding more teams you need promotion and relegation.
∆ Yeah. Who's paying for this? Need to put money n the school and community.
New MLS expansion rule should be no City gets a club until construction has officially begun for a soccer specific stadium. No more NYC and Miami shenanigans.