Detroit City Council voted Tuesday to support plans by the Detroit Pistons to move downtown, but cautioned it wasn’t an endorsement of the complex deal that involves millions in tax breaks and promises of jobs for city residents.
Tuesday’s vote was the first time the full City Council addressed the potential Pistons deal announced late last year. It marks the beginning of a more complicated debate. Council will have to hold further votes in the coming weeks in order for the plan to become reality.
“This is really symbolic in nature,” Councilwoman Raquel Castaneda-Lopez said of Tuesday’s vote.