Tourism in metropolitan Detroit

Tourism in metropolitan Detroit
Cranbrook Art Museum and educational community (top left) in Bloomfield Hills and The Henry Ford (top center) in Dearborn are National Historic Landmarks.

Tourism in metropolitan Detroit, Michigan is a significant factor for the region's culture and for its economy, comprising nine percent of the area's two million jobs.[1] About 15.9 million people visit Metro Detroit annually, spending an estimated $4.8 billion.[2][3][4] Detroit is one of the largest American cities and metropolitan regions to offer casino resort hotels.[5] Leading multi-day events throughout Metro Detroit attract super-sized crowds of hundreds of thousands to over three million people.[6][7] More than fifteen million people cross the highly traveled nexus of the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel annually.[8] Detroit is at the center of an emerging Great Lakes Megalopolis. An estimated 46 million people live within a 300-mile (480 km) radius of Metro Detroit.[9][10]

Contents

Market overview

Tourists can ride in a Model T in Greenfield Village at The Henry Ford, a National Historic Landmark.

The metropolitan region's tourism industry depends on drawing large crowds with quality attractions and entertainment in order to positively impact the local economy.[11] As the world's traditional automotive center,[12][13] the city hosts the annual North American International Auto Show in January, a multi-day event. Other major multi-day events that reflect the region's culture such as the Motown Winter Blast and the Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival, typically held the last week of June, can draw super sized-crowds of hundreds of thousands to over three million people.[6][7] A 2007 poll, conducted by Selzer and Co., reported that about two-thirds of the millions of residents in the suburban area occasionally dine and attend cultural events or take in professional games in the city of Detroit.[6] In 2006, the four-day Motown Winter Blast drew a cold weather crowd of about 1.2 million people to Campus Martius Park area downtown.[7] Metro Detroit is one of thirteen U.S. cities with teams from four major sports.

Besides its casino resort hotels, the region's leading attraction is The Henry Ford, America's largest indoor-outdoor museum complex,[14][15] a museum entertainment complex with an IMAX theater next to the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn. The Detroit Institute of Arts in the cultural center downtown is another leading attraction.[16] The Detroit Festival of the Arts in Midtown draws about 350,000 people.[17] The Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak has an Arctic Ring of Wildlife exhibit with an underwater viewing tunnel that includes the largest polar bear exhibit in the U.S.[5] Together, The Henry Ford, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Zoo attract about 2,500,000 visitors annually.[18]

The Edsel and Eleanor Ford House on Lake St. Clair in Grosse Pointe is open to the public for guided tours.

An estimated one million spectators attended the 2009 Woodward Dream Cruise held annually in August.[19] Another automotive attraction cataloging the history of the industry is the Chrysler Museum in Auburn Hills. The mansions of the auto barons that are open to the public for guided tours include the Dodge-Wilson estate Meadow Brook Hall in Rochester Hills, Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe, Henry Ford's Fair Lane Estate in Dearborn, and the Lawrence Fisher Mansion in Detroit. Cranbrook House and Gardens in Bloomfield Hills, the estate of publisher George Gough Booth, is also open to the public for guided tours. The New York Times listed Detroit among its 53 world travel destinations for 2008.[20]

Greektown in Detroit

Detroit's Greektown is a busy entertainment district. The city is a center for the major casino resort hotels - MGM Grand Detroit, MotorCity Casino, Greektown Casino, and Caesars Windsor just across the river in Canada. The metropolitan region's potential to attract super-sized crowds should not be underestimated. Just across the river, Caesars Windsor attracts about six million visitors annually.[21] Detroit is one of the largest American cities and metropolitan regions to offer casino resort hotels.[5] The Detroit International Riverfront hosts an events including the Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival in late June with one of the nation's largest displays of fireworks and the Electronic Music Festival on Memorial Day weekend. More than fifteen million people cross the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel annually.[8] Detroit is at the center of an emerging Great Lakes Megalopolis. An estimated 46 million people live within a 300-mile (480 km) radius of Metro Detroit.[9][10] High speed rail proposals between Chicago and Detroit and for the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor would further increase access to Metro Detroit. The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded $244 M in grants for high-speed rail upgrades between Chicago and Detroit.[22] The 710-mile (1,140 km) Quebec City – Windsor Corridor contains over 18 million people, with 51% of the Canadian population and three out of the four largest metropolitan areas in Canada, according to the 2001 Census. Movie studios in the metro area help establish the state as a legitimate contender in the 12-month-a-year film business.[23] Motown Motion Picture Studios (2009) with 535,000 square feet (49,700 m2) will produce movies at the Pontiac Centerpoint Business Campus for a film industry expected to employ over 4,000 people in the metro area.[24]

Hospitality infrastructure

Cruise ships, hotels, and resorts

Detroit Princess Riverboat charter hosts regularly scheduled public cruises.

The Passenger Terminal and Dock of Detroit on Hart Plaza near the Renaissance Center receives major cruise ships such as the MS Columbus and tall ships.[25] The Great Lakes Cruising Coalition supports passenger ship cruises through a joint U.S-Canadian venture to Great Lakes Ports and the St. Lawrence Seaway.[26] William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor in downtown Detroit offers public docks for boaters.

The city's hospitality industry, with thousands of hotel rooms, routinely hosts major conventions and sporting events.[27][11] The Marriott corporation and Starwood Hotels (Westin and Sheraton) have a significant presence in the region. In addition to its casino resort hotels, the area has many full service hotels and resorts including the historic flagship Westin Book Cadillac Hotel in Detroit's Washington Boulevard Historic District, restored in 2008, the historic Doubletree Guest Suites Fort Shelby Hotel downtown Detroit, restored in 2009, and the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center on the waterfront which is one of the largest hotel conference facilities in the U.S. The centrally located Westin Southfield Detroit Hotel contains one of the region's major conference centers and Westin operates a hotel and conference center inside the Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The Hyatt Regency Dearborn, near Ford Motor Company Headquarters, is another major conference center hotel. Downtown Detroit has about 5,000 hotel rooms, with 4,000 in walking distance of the convention and exhibit facility Cobo Center.[27] The suburb of Novi has about 5,300 hotels rooms within a 10-mile (16 km) radius and the suburb of Pontiac has about 5,800 within a 10-mile (16 km) radius.[27]

Historic Inns and boutique hotels represent a popular hospitality investment.[28][29] The city's Midtown area includes restored Victorian bed and breakfasts such as the Inn on Ferry Street in the East Ferry Avenue Historic District adjacent to the cultural center near the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Inn at 97 Winder in Detroit's Brush Park Historic District near Comerica Park and Ford Field. Some notable historic Inns include The Dearborn Inn, a Marriott Hotel, near The Henry Ford, the Inn at St. Johns golf resort in Plymouth, and Roberts Riverwalk Hotel Detroit. The Royal Park Hotel in Rochester, the Townsend Hotel in Birmingham, the Somerset Inn in Troy, the Athenium Suite Hotel in Greektown, and St. Regis Detroit in the New Center are among the region's notable boutique hotels.[28][29]

In 2003, General Motors completed a $500 million redevelopment of the Renaissance Center as its world headquarters.[30][31] The east riverfront promenade development was planned at and additional $559 million, including $135 million from GM and $50 million from the Kresge Foundation.[32] The International Riverfront is linked by the River Walk, a promenade along connecting the cruise ship dock on Hart Plaza to a series of parks, restaurants, retail shops, and other venues from the Marriott at the Renaissance Center to the Roberts Riverwalk Hotel on the historic Stroh's riverplace site. Compuware CEO Peter Karmanos played a role in the financing to reconstruct the city's historic restoration of Campus Martius Park which now hosts events such as the Motown Winter Blast in January attracting large crowds.[7]

A nearly $300 million renovation and expansion project of Cobo Center convention and exhibit facility began July 2011 and is expected to be ready for the 2014 North American International Auto Show in January, with the remainder of the project scheduled to be completed by December 2014. The project will add meeting and exhibit space and glass walls to the exterior in order to provide views of the International Riverfront.[33][34][35][36]

Shopping and restaurants

Somerset Collection adjacent to the Somerset Inn in Troy.

Several traditional street-side shopping districts with clusters of restaurants may be found throughout the region in addition to those surrounding enclosed shopping malls and open-air lifestyle centers. Downtown Detroit contains Greektown, the Lower Woodward Avenue Historic District (Merchant's Row), and the shops and restaurants at the Renaissance Center along the International Riverfront. The Eastern Market, a farmer's distribution center in the central east side neighborhood area of Detroit, is the largest open-air bedding flower market in the United States and has more than 150 foods and specialty businesses.[37] On Saturdays, about 45,000 people shop the city's historic Eastern Market.[38] Other notable street-side shopping districts include The Village on Kercheval Avenue in Grosse Pointe and the downtown areas of Birmingham, Royal Oak, Northville, Rochester, and Plymouth.

The R. Hirt Jr., Co. (1893) in the Eastern Market.

Metro Detroit has many major enclosed shopping malls and open-air lifestyle centers with many restaurants. The upscale Somerset Collection mall in Troy is among the top privately held mall properties in the U.S. with 2004 annual sales of about $600 million and sales per square foot at $620 compared to the national average of $341.[39] The Mall at Partridge Creek is an upscale open-air lifestyle center located in Clinton Township. Another upscale open-air lifestyle center is The Village of Rochester Hills. Other notable enclosed shopping malls in Metro Detroit include Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights, Laurel Park Place in Livonia, Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi, which was expanded in 2007 to include Nordstrom, and Great Lakes Crossing Outlets in Auburn Hills. Ann Arbor, a college town, contains traditional street-side shopping along with the enclosed Briarwood Mall.

A proposed shopping center, the Shoppes at Gateway Park, is planned within Detroit's city limits. When complete, the outdoor mall will provide the city of Detroit proper with its first full-line department store in nearly a decade.[40] The Fairlane Town Center mall in Dearborn is about 15 minutes from downtown Detroit. Another proposed shopping mall, the Pavilions of Troy, is mixed-use development with an open-air lifestyle center planned for the Detroit suburb of Troy.

Political impact

Revenue graph of casino resorts in Detroit.

The city's mayor in the 1990s, Dennis Archer, also a former Michigan Supreme Court Justice, supported a plan which resulted in new casino resort hotels as a catalyst for urban development in Detroit. Initially, Archer's plan was for a casino cluster along the east riverfront.[41] In April 2005, after an eight-year legal battle over the bidding process, the courts cleared the way for the City of Detroit to permit its temporary casinos to build all new casino resort hotels, to open in late 2007.[42] The settlement was further complicated by MGM's acquisition of Mandalay Bay, then owner of the Motor City Casino. Upon acceptance of the settlement, Detroit entrepreneur Marion Illitch exercised her option to purchase Motor City Casino, outbidding other partners.[43] The plan for the casino resort locations changed as the city decided instead to have the a promenade of parks along the International Riverfront to spur residential development, thus freeing the casino companies to build in other areas of downtown. Upon completion, Detroit became the largest American city and metropolitan region to offer casino resort hotels.[5] Since 2000, the city has seen a general trend of increased tax revenues from the three casinos; in 2009, casino resort hotels in Detroit employed 8,122 people, paid $452.8 M in wages (not including tips and benefits), and contributed $320 M in taxes to the city and state.[44][45]

In decade leading up to 2006, downtown Detroit gained more than $15 billion in new investment from private and public sectors.[46] In 2007, complementing the MGM Grand Detroit, DTE Energy announced a $50 million transformation of the area around its downtown headquarters into an urban oasis with parks, walkways, and a reflecting pool.[47] Completion of the MGM Grand Detroit resort hotel in 2007 has opened new prospects for future development downtown with the west riverfront area and the area from MGM Grand Detroit to the Michigan Central Station. The question of how to finance a new convention facility to accommodate the expanding needs of the North American International Auto Show generated media attention and speculation with Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson's proposal for a fourth casino resort hotel in Detroit to anchor the convention center following the example of the Las Vegas Sands Expo convention center which would need approval from a state wide referendum.[48] Governor Jennifer Granholm ultimately signed legislation on July 2, 2009 that created a five-member board, appointed by the governor, the City of Detroit, and Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties to oversee the operation of the Cobo Center with the city retaining ownership in order to facilitate a major renovation.[49] The nearly $300 million renovation of Cobo Center convention and exhibit facility includes the addition of glass walls to connect the complex with the waterfront.[50]

Detroit's geographic proximity to Windsor, Ontario provides for spectacular views and nightlife,[51] along with Ontario's 19-and-older drinking age.[52] The political clout of beer-drinking consumers has grown in the state, with politicians concerned about a backlash from the "beer vote" over a possible increase in the beer tax.[53]

A strategy entitled Pure Michigan resulted in the State's tourism website ranking as the busiest in the nation.[54] Metro Detroit "urban destinations" such as The Henry Ford, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Detroit Zoo were also emphasized in the strategy.[55] This led to support for proposals for increased funding in 2008 for the Travel Michigan budget from Detroit area legislators.[56]

Cultural centers

Rochester, settled in 1817.

The Midtown Detroit surrounds Wayne State University, while the adjacent New Center area contains the National Historic Landmarks Cadillac Place and the Fisher Building. Midtown attracts millions of visitors each year to its museums and cultural centers.[57] Other significant cultural centers include those in Dearborn, Bloomfield Hills, Birmingham, Grosse Pointe, Rochester, Royal Oak, and Ann Arbor. The fortunes of region's auto barons and business leaders continue to facilitate philanthropy for museums and cultural centers.

The Cultural Center Historic District in Midtown Detroit contains the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Rackham Education Memorial Building, the Detroit Historical Museum, the Detroit Science Center, and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. The Detroit Public Library is part of the Cultural Center Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places adjacent to Wayne State University campus and across the street from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Designed by Cass Gilbert, the Detroit Public Library (1921) was constructed with Vermont marble and serpentine Italian marble trim in an Italian Renaissance style. His son, Cass Gilbert, Jr. was a partner with Francis J. Keally in the design of the library's additional wings added in 1963. Cass Gilbert also designed the United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C..

Detroit Institute of Arts

The Detroit Institute of Arts is among the largest art museums in the United States and contains over 100 galleries. The museum houses the 1150-seat Detroit Film Theatre, also used to showcase famous collections. Officials at the DIA have ranked the American paintings collection third among museums in the United States. Works by American artists began to be collected immediately following the museum's founding in 1883.

Entering the Detroit Institute of Arts' hallway, visitors pass the armor collection of William Randolph Hearst. Through the entry way is a grand marble court lined along the upper and lower levels with Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry Murals, commissioned by Edsel Ford. The French-American architect Paul Philippe Cret designed the Beaux Arts, Italian Renaissance building which opened in 1927. Michael Graves served as the architect for a major renovation and expansion in 2007. The original building is flanked by north and south wings with the white marble as the main exterior material for the entire structure. The museum is part of the city's Cultural Center Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

The collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts include ancient Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Mesopotamian, and Egyptian material, as well as a wide range of Islamic, African and Asian art of all media. Other notable art museums in the metropolitan area include University of Michigan Museum of Art in Ann Arbor and the Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills.

Entertainment

Theatre in Detroit is part of the Broadway theatre circuit. The Windsor-Detroit casino resorts have nightclubs, restaurants, and large performance centers for shows. Star performances in the city's theatre district complement major events such as North American International Auto Show. There are a number of popular nightclubs including the Necto in Ann Arbor, the three-level St. Andrews Hall in Detroit, and the casino resorts.

Fox Theatre is a National Historic Landmark near Detroit's Grand Circus.

Live music has been the prominent feature of Detroit's nightlife since the late 1940s bringing the city worldwide attention. The metropolitan area has two of the top live music venues in the United States: DTE Energy Music Theatre and The Palace of Auburn Hills[58] The Detroit Theatre District is the nation's second largest after Manhattan's Broadway.[59][60] Major theaters include the Fox Theatre,[61] Masonic Temple Theatre, the Detroit Opera House, and the Fisher Theatre. Detroit's Orchestra Hall is the home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The city hosts several annual music events, including the Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival, the Electronic Music Festival, the Motor City Music Conference (MC2), the Urban Organic Music Conference, the Concert of Colors, and the hip-hop Summer Jamz music festival.

Events

New Center summer events with Cadillac Place in the backdrop across from the Hotel St. Regis.
Cycling in Detroit on Woodward Avenue.
Red Bull Air Race World Championship along the International Riverfront.
Major festivals and events Timeline
North American International Auto Show Cobo Center - January.
Plymouth Ice Festival Ice sculpture spectacular in January.
Motown Winter Blast Campus Martius Park - January or February.
Detroit Music Awards Held at The Fillmore Detroit Theatre in April.
Downriver Dream Cruise Held in Southgate, Lincoln Park, Riverview, and Wyandotte.
Detroit Electronic Music Festival/Movement/Fuse-In Memorial Day weekend.
Civil War Remembrance Held at The Henry Ford on Memorial Day.
Detroit Indy Grand Prix Belle Isle Park - early June.
Detroit Festival of the Arts Midtown - early June.
New Center Park summer events. Summer-long series of events and out-door concerts held in New Center Park coordinated by the New Center Council.
Motor Muster Held at The Henry Ford on Father's Day weekend in June.
Detroit River Days Detroit Riverfront- late June.
Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival Last week of June.
Salute to America Detroit Symphony Orchestra performs at The Henry Ford leading up to the Fourth of July.
Ann Arbor Summer Festival Mid-June through mid-July.
Stars & Stripes Festival Held in Mount Clemens leading up to the Fourth of July.
Wyandotte Street Art Fair Mid-July.
Tall ships at the Dock of Detroit Hart Plaza - summer.
Ann Arbor Art Fairs Mid-July.
Concert of Colors Max M. Fisher Music Center - mid-July.
APBA Gold Cup Detroit Thunderfest hydroplane races.
Meadowbrook Concours d'Elegance Formal event and classic car show at Meadowbrook Hall in early August.
Detroit Fashion Week August.
Fash Bash - a major fashion event[61] Coordinated by the Detroit Institute of Arts, typically at the Renaissance Center in August.
People's Art Festival link August.
Woodward Dream Cruise Third Saturday in August.
Meadowbrook Music Festival Rochester Hills, July–September.
Arts, Beats and Eats Royal Oak - Labor Day weekend.
Dally in the Alley Labor Day weekend.
Detroit International Jazz Festival International Riverfront - Labor Day weekend.
Rochester Art & Apples Festival presented by Paint Creek Center for the Arts [1] Weekend after Labor Day.
Old Car Festival Greenfield Village at The Henry Ford typically the weekend after Labor Day.
Urban Organic Festival link Every fall.
America's Thanksgiving Parade November.
Noel Night link December.
Theatre in Detroit Spring, fall, and winter.

Sports and recreation

The area which has hosted several major sporting events in order to attract large crowds such as Super Bowl XL; in fact, Detroit is the only northern city to have hosted two Super Bowls. Ford Field hosted the 2009 NCAA Final Four, where North Carolina defeated Michigan State; in April 2007 it hosted WrestleMania 23. Major League Baseball's 2005 All-Star Game was held at Comerica Park, as were 2006 World Series games due to the Detroit Tigers success. The 2005 All Star Game injected $52 million into the area economy, while Super Bowl XL injected $270 million.[62] In 2008, the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park reported 3.2 million visitors with a 98.6 percent attendance rate.[63] Comerica Park and Ford Field stadiums are located near the Grand Circus Park Historic District.

The area has a 24,000-acre (97 km2) network of "metro parks" which receives about 9 million visitors annually[64] Outdoor activities in the metro region include downhill and cross-county skiing at Alpine Valley Ski Resort, Mt. Brighton, Mt Holly, and Pine Knob Ski Resort, Huron River kayaking and canoeing available through the Huron-Clinton Metroparks, and fresh water beaches such as Metro Beach, Kensington Beach, and Stony Creek Beach. Golf is an important sporting activity in the metropolitan area with a variety of courses, country clubs, and resorts. The Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge is the only international wildlife preserve in North America, uniquely located in the heart of a major metropolitan area. The refuge includes islands, coastal wetlands, marshes, shoals, and waterfront lands along 48 miles (77 km) of the Detroit River and Western Lake Erie shoreline.

Sites of interest

The beach on Lake St. Clair in the Metro Detroit community of St. Clair Shores
Detroit Zoo's Arctic Ring of Life and Rackham Fountain. FountainDetroitZoo1.jpg
Attractions Metro location
Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory Belle Isle Park - downtown Detroit
Architecture of metropolitan Detroit City and suburbs
Automotive Hall of Fame The Henry Ford - Dearborn
Charles H. Wright Museum
of African American History
Detroit
Cranbrook Educational Community Bloomfield Hills
Chrysler Museum Auburn Hills
Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit
Detroit Historical Museum Detroit
Detroit Science Center Detroit
Theatre in Detroit Downtown, Midtown, and New Center
Detroit Zoo Royal Oak
Domino's Petting Farm Ann Arbor
Edsel and Eleanor Ford House tour Grosse Pointe
Grosse Pointe War Memorial,
Russell A. Alger Jr., House
Grosse Pointe
Henry Ford's Fair Lane Estate tour Dearborn
Kensington Metropark Beach Milford
The Henry Ford Dearborn
Lawrence Fisher House tour Detroit
Matthaei Botanical Gardens Ann Arbor
Meadowbrook Hall
Matilda Dodge-Wilson Estate tour
Rochester Hills
Metro Beach Metropark
& Nautical Mile
Harrison Township
Lake St. Clair
Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn - Irish Hills
Motown Historical Museum Detroit
Mount Brighton ski resort Brighton
Pewabic Pottery Museum Detroit
Pine Knob ski resort Clarkston
Renaissance Center Detroit International Riverfront
Russell Industrial Center Midtown Detroit
Stony Creek Metropark Beach Shelby Township
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
University of Michigan Museum of Art Ann Arbor
Wayne State University Detroit

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See also

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Further reading

  • A&E with Richard Guy Wilson, Ph.D.,(2000). America's Castles: The Auto Baron Estates, A&E Television Network.
  • Bridenstine, James (1989). Edsel and Eleanor Ford House. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0814321615. 
  • Cantor, George (2005). Detroit: An Insiders Guide to Michigan. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472030922. 
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