ALLEN PARK -- The Detroit group trying to acquire a Major League Soccer team to play at Ford Field has nixed the idea of retrofitting the stadium to feature a retractable roof, the Detroit Free Press reported Thursday.
The group includes Dan Gilbert, Tom Gores and the William Clay Ford family. In a letter obtained by the Free Press, the group says it will "not move forward with this proposed retrofit, because the risks that would inhere to such an undertaking would substantially outweigh the rewards." The letter was addressed to MLS commissioner Don Garber.
The letter indicates that Lions owner Martha Firestone Ford and president Rod Wood received a copy.