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detwaa84 Whistle-Stop

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I know MGM has 3 upscale restaurants and 4 fast food/buffet, plus 2 starbucks'. Motorcity is not adding any (except for a large 24 hour coffee cafe), and I'm not sure about Greektown, but I think they're not either.

As for the benefits to Detroit, they're only from MGM. Wolfgang Puck opened his first midwest location, and Micheal Mina also brought two restaurants, combined will probably inactivate MotoryCity's "detroit's only 4 diamond restaurant." -- finally.

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CGunn Unincorporated Area

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Greektown is suppose to open an all you can eat buffett in the schoolhouse building.

I would only think that MotorCity would add another restaurant to fill in the place to the old Iredesince. The new location of the Iredesince will be ontop the hotel.

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Michi Burg

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^That's the Iridescence that CGun was talking about. It looks like that level has a long ways to go before it opens. The casino opens at the beginning of Nov, but the top floor will be a while yet.

I don't really know. I mean how many people will actually go the Casino's just to eat? People that are going there to gamble, and to the clubs, or even stay will wat there.
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tapezord Hamlet

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someone posted a rather interesteding video of the MCC lighting scheme over at detroityup.com or something like that ;-). I think people may get seizures driving by that place, good god its insane... Its worth a watch. I still have yet to see the damn thing in its animiation routine in person, I'm down there at least one night a week.

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Zissou Burg

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I saw the video. Has to be nice for the residents in the area to have a 15 story video flame in their backyard. I think a lighting scheme like that would have been better for a downtown locale, but it certainly is a beacon. MCC may not be able to match MGM for luxury but its doing a good job of drawing attention to it and im sure the lighting will help draw some people in who arent sure which casino to go to.

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Michi Burg

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The lighting animation is definately a distraction from the freeway. I couldn't take my eyes off of it when driving on NB I-75 (south of downtown).

I like the location of MC because it stands out and is close enough to dt. I tried to scout out the annoyance of lighting overkill on the neighborhoods and it didn't seem to cause that much of an affect. Although, winter has yet to drop the tree leaves. ;)

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tapezord Hamlet

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Motor City Casino to me, while presumably the cheapest of the three, is probably the most interesting in that it abuts a real neighborhood. I am still somewhat surprised to see that there really isn't much in the way of spin off business. I am sure that CARL's is doing better, but as for other area commercial, the impact seems minimal. I recall when the temporary facility was being constructed, there was actually talk about building a medium rise hotel in the area, but it never came to fruition.

It seems that Motor City Casino in its current location is best suited for the purpose of eating people's money and funneling it to beneficiaries and little more. From my experiences talking with friends who gamble (i'm not a gambler), if they go to MCC, its to gamble, get back in their car and return. The downtown casinos seem to be more tied with a downtown outing of dinner, a show/game and the casino. In that respect, the other 2 are more of a success story, whereas MCC seems to be an elaborate taxing machine.

Regardless of the actual small business development impact around the facility, the area certainly looks much better, so its hard to complain all that much.

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Michi Burg

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^Correct. There was a media piece not too long ago with quotes from Carl's owner expressing concern for his loss of business due to the casino hog.

Hey, here is an update of the Greektown Area from today, Sunday Oct. 28, 2007.

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Lil' Stubby

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For comparison, the height of the hotel is one level above the lower floors that protrude further out. Those levels are equal in height to the top of the garage. So, in short, the hotel is currently one level above the garage (stairwell) complete.

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.......from earlier this summer.......

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Michi Burg

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Agreed. For as much money as casinos have to drop down the toilet of architecture design, that's pretty pathetic.

If you focus on the sightlines on either side of the new facade, you notice subtle textures...nothing overkill. Why was it so hard to impliment something similar? The facade is completely flat, boring, and fake brick. Thanks to Greektown for building a tower, but wow, the garage and infill building are butt.

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RustTown City

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Yes, I'm pretty sure they were the architects; and it's really a shame, too, seeing as how the tower is actually halfway interesting. A different firm did the adjoining parking garage (suburban Detroit-based Rich & Associates, who've designed just about every new parking garage in Michigan, only half joking).

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