DETROIT CITY

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• Detroit is the largest city in the United States, And is the largest
one in Michigan;

• Detroit is known for its deep connection to the auto industry,

therefore it has the nickname “Motor City”.

• The most influential factor in Detroit’s reputation as an auto-

industry center is that the city is the birthplace of the first car
factories which were founded in 1899 and 1903 by Ransom Olds
and Henry Ford.

• It`s economic growth was caused by its location on the Detroit

river: major port on the Detroit River, one of the four major
straits that connect the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence
Seaway, and by its transport links to the interior.

D E T R O I T - T H E M O T O R C I T Y
 F O X T H E AT R E

Did you know Detroit has the country’s second biggest theater district
after New York? The city has 30,000 theater seats and nearly three
dozen theaters, the most famous of which is the deeply historic 
Fox Theatre. Whether you want to see a Broadway show or a WWE
wrestling match you can do it there.

MAJOR PRO SPORTS

Some people call Detroit the “sports capital of the Midwest” and for
good reason. The Pistons (NBA), Lions (NFL), Red Wings (NHL) and 
Tigers (MLB) all play in downtown Detroit and all have more than once
won their respective sports’ championship.

DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ART

The Detroit Institute of Arts has one of the largest collections in the

nation with more than 60,000 pieces of art. There are dozens of other
museums boasting everything from contemporary art to African-
American history. Much of the best art in the city is actually free and/or
open to the public at least one day a week.

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 TECHNO MUSIC

Three high school friends actually founded the genre in a garage here
in the late 1980s, and Detroit still hosts the world’s largest outdoor
electronica festival each year. 

DETROIT MARRIOTT

Up until December of 2013, the 

Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center was the country’s tallest
hotel at more than 75 stories tall. Manhattan’s new midtown Marriott
stands just 23 feet higher but doesn’t have nearly as much history.

WINNING OF WWII

Did you know that in early 1942 Detroit’s Big Three automakers (Ford,
Chrysler and GM) halted car production to concentrate on the war
mission? Everything from Sherman tanks to B-24 bombers came out of
Detroit’s factories, and Stalin himself once remarked that “Detroit is
winning the war.”

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 FIRST PLACE

The first paved road, first individually assigned phone numbers, first
state fair and even the first place an automatic coffee maker was ever
used. Detroit’s always been home to some truly innovative thinkers,
and it still is!

B E L L E I S L E PA R K

Sizing up to nearly 1,000 acres, Belle Isle was opened in the 1880s as
Detroit’s first city park. In fact, it was designed by Frederick Olmstead,
the architect of Central Park in New York City. 

P O TAT O C H I P S

According to USA Today, Detroit’s visitors eat 3 kg of potato chips each

year. If you put that into perspective by noting that the rest of the US
only consumes around 1.81 kg of potato chips per year, you’ll see that
Detroit’s residents love their chips.

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THANK YOU!