"Hit Greektown--a downtown restaurant/bar pocket impacted only slightly (and acceptably) by its casino--and you'll sense a city with a winner's swagger. It's a reasonable walk from there to Comerica Park, home of the Tigers since 2000 and wonderful enough to blunt objections even from baseball-tradition-loving travel writers," says Alan Solomon, Tribune staff reporter.
He also says, "Detroit is a cultural center, great sports town and creator of the Motown sound."
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