Hectic is one word to describe the last few weeks for the Detroit City Football Club and CEO Sean Mann.

In May, Detroit's professional soccer club announced plans to build a 15,000-seat soccer stadium at the site of a former hospital in Corktown. Then it received a $6 million grant to tear down the vacant structure, quickly found the water that had accumulated inside was toxic and, shortly after it started pumping, found a body .

Initial setbacks notwithstanding, if all goes well — really well — Le Rouge will be playing at the new site in 2027, part of its effort to position itself for promotion in the USL Championship league, which, in turn, is positioning itself to challenge MLS as the premiere pro soccer league on the continent.

One key to that all for DCFC is a substantial stadiu

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