Tourism in metropolitan Detroit
Tourism in metropolitan
Detroit's unique culture, distinctive architecture, and revitalization and urban renewal efforts in the 21st century have given Detroit increased prominence as a tourist destination in recent years. The New York Times listed Detroit in its list of 52 Places to Go in 2017,[12] while travel guide publisher Lonely Planet named Detroit the second-best city in the world to visit in 2018.[13]
Market overview
The metropolitan region's tourism industry depends on drawing large crowds with quality attractions and entertainment in order to positively impact the local economy.
An estimated one million spectators attended the 2009
Detroit's
Cruise ships, hotels, and resorts
The Passenger Terminal and Dock of Detroit on
The city's hospitality industry, with thousands of hotel rooms, routinely hosts major conventions and sporting events.
Historic Inns and
In 2003, General Motors completed a $500 million redevelopment of the Renaissance Center as its world headquarters.
A nearly $300 million renovation and expansion project of
Shopping and restaurants
Several traditional street-side
The
Political impact
The city's mayor in the 1990s,
In decade leading up to 2006, downtown Detroit gained more than $15 billion in new investment from private and public sectors.
Detroit's
A strategy entitled Pure Michigan resulted in the State's tourism website ranking as the busiest in the nation.[56] Metro Detroit urban destinations such as The Henry Ford, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Detroit Zoo were also emphasized in the strategy.[57] This led to support for proposals for increased funding in 2008 for the Travel Michigan budget from Detroit area legislators.[58]
Cultural centers
The
The
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
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
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:
Events
Major festivals and events | Timeline |
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North American International Auto Show | TCF Center - June
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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. |
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.
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New Center summer-long series of events and out-door concerts held in coordinated by the New Center Council.
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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. |
Downtown Detroit Days and CityLoft shopping | Lower Woodward, last Thursday to Saturday of the month from June through August[64] |
Salute to America | Fourth of July .
|
Ann Arbor Summer Festival | Mid-June through mid-July. |
Cruisin' Downriver | Held on the last Saturday of June in Southgate, Lincoln Park, Riverview, and Wyandotte. |
Stars & Stripes Festival | Held in Fourth of July .
|
Wyandotte Street Art Fair | Mid-July. |
Tall ships at the Dock of Detroit | Hart Plaza - summer.
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Ann Arbor Art Fairs | Mid-July. |
Concert of Colors | Max M. Fisher Music Center - mid-July.
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APBA Gold Cup | Detroit Thunderfest hydroplane races - August |
Meadowbrook Concours d'Elegance | Formal event and classic car show at Meadowbrook Hall in early August.
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Fash Bash - a leading fashion show and modeling event[63] complementing Detroit Fashion Week | Coordinated by the Fox Theatre, and DIA Theatre .
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People's Art Festival link | August |
Woodward Dream Cruise | Third Saturday in August. |
Meadow Brook Music Festival
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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 [2] | Weekend after Labor Day. |
Old Car Festival
Selfridge Air Museum |
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. |
Motor City Comedy Festival | September |
Wayne County Lightfest [65] | December. |
Theatre in Detroit
|
Spring, fall, and winter. |
Youmacon[66] | TCF Center and the Renaissance Center in October or November, usually around Halloween.
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Sports and recreation
The area has hosted several major sporting events in order to attract large crowds such as
The area has a 24,000-acre (97 km2) network of "metroparks" which receives about 9 million visitors annually
Sites of interest
Access
See also
- Detroit celebrities
- Detroit-style pizza
- Frankenmuth, Michigan
- Images of Metro Detroit
- Michigan History magazine
- List of films set in Detroit
- Media in Detroit
- List of museums in Michigan
- Detroit-Windsor
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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 0-8143-2161-5.
- Cantor, George (2005). Detroit: An Insiders Guide to Michigan. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-03092-2.
- Fisher, Dale (1996). Ann Arbor: Visions of the Eagle. Grass Lake, MI: Eyry of the Eagle Publishing. ISBN 0-9615623-4-X.
- Fisher, Dale (2005). Southeast Michigan: Horizons of Growth. Grass Lake, MI: Eyry of the Eagle Publishing. ISBN 1-891143-25-5.
- Fisher, Dale (1994). Detroit: Visions of the Eagle. Grass Lake, MI: Eyry of the Eagle Publishing. ISBN 0-9615623-3-1.
- Gavrilovich, Peter & Bill McGraw (2000). The Detroit Almanac. Detroit Free Press. ISBN 0-937247-34-0.
- Hauser, Michael & Marianne Weldon (2006). Downtown Detroit's Movie Palaces (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-4102-8.
- Hill, Eric J. & John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3.
- Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A. (1980). Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1651-4.)
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- Wilson, Matilda Rausch Dodge, Debbie Patrick, ed., (1998). A Place in the Country: Matilda Wilson's Personal Guidebook to Meadow Brook Hall, Rochester, MI: Oakland University Press.
- Woodford, Arthur M. (2001). This is Detroit 1701-2001. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-2914-4.
External links
- Detroit travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Metro Detroit Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Lake St. Clair Guide - Guides and Resources for Lake St. Clair and surrounding waterways
- The New York Times listed Detroit on its list 53 places to visit in 2008. "The 53 Places to Go in 2008"cited the new Casino resorts and the Detroit Institute of Arts as tourist attractions.