Imagine a state-of-the-art indoor sports complex on Detroit’s riverfront — connecting to the Riverwalk and the Joe Louis Greenway, framing a stunning view of Belle Isle and transforming access to recreation for thousands of young people — that also houses a WNBA practice facility.

Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores and the WNBA Detroit ownership group have pitched a bold, visionary investment in Detroit’s future that honors the promise of this city and the power of its people. It revives a 40-plus acre parcel once home to Uniroyal, situated on one of Detroit’s most iconic stretches of riverfront that has been idle for decades. The land sits largely neglected, a quiet reminder of ideas that came and went. Detroiters watched as proposal after proposal faded, wondering when this treasured locat

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