Soccer stadium proposed for unfinished Wayne County jail site

Pontiac Silverdome owner interested in buying site in Detroit

Wayne County commissioners will entertain bids to purchase the site of unfinished new county jai.

DETROIT – A developer with ties to Metro Detroit is interested in buying the unfinished Wayne County jail site to build a new soccer stadium and entertainment complex.

The Toronto-based development company Triple Properties already owns the Pontiac Silverdome and the Penobscot Building in downtown Detroit. 

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Now the company is proposing a $1 billion project for housing, office towers, a shopping mall and a stadium for a professional soccer team.

"We'd like to bring a soccer team to Detroit," said developer Andreas Apostolopolous. "All the other sports teams are down here and we only need a soccer team.  That's all."

The proposed soccer stadium would seat up to 30,000 people.

Quicken Loans owner Dan Gilbert has also expressed interest in the site.