Detroit is a step closer to snagging a high-profile TV event for three years, Bill Shea reports at Crain's Detroit Business.
Detroit has been shortlisted as one of four finalist cities to host the 2014-16 Summer X Games, ESPN said Tuesday.
The network, which launched the extreme-sports games in 1995, will announce the winning city during the final X Games in Los Angeles in the first week of August.
Other finalist cities are Charlotte, N.C., Chicago and Austin, Texas. . . .
The four-day event involves freestyle motocross, skateboarding, BMX racing, rally cars and possibly water events.
The Detroit bid also will include plans for a music/cultural festival during the games, possibly at Hart Plaza.
Potential venue sites, according to the bid effort's backers, include Ford Field, Campus Martius Park, Belle Isle, Hart Plaza and the riverfront, Joe Louis Arena, and the Michigan Central Depot and adjacent Roosevelt Park.
