Sports events like NCAAs put the city in good light, on national stage
The Midwest semifinals of the NCAA basketball tournament were one in a
series of high-profile sports events hosted in Detroit that expose a
new crop of visitors to what the city has to offer.
The Midwest semifinals of the NCAA basketball tournament were one in a series of high-profile sports events hosted in Detroit that expose a new crop of visitors to what the city has to offer.
Excerpt:
“It’s exciting to be on the national stage again,” said Larry
Alexander, president of the Detroit Metro Convention and Visitors
Bureau. “It lets people know, lets the world know that this is a great
place to come.”
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