The Dan Gilbert Detroit stadium plan looks like a win-win for both the city of Detroit and Gilbert’s company Rock Ventures. It’s not what the plan entails, but what it doesn’t entail that make it look lopsided in Gilbert’s favor, however.
A study commissioned by Rock and performed by the Center for Sport & Policy at the University of Michigan estimates that Gilbert’s plan could produce $2.4 billion in economic impact and create over 2,000 permanent new jobs.
Rock has proposed building a new MLS stadium on the currently-unfinished land that a new Wayne County jail was supposed to occupy.