[Detroit1995]

Originally Posted by subterranean

You nailed it. And you're not crazy at all. The basic idea from the planning/architecture world is that big, hulking monofacades (I just made that word up?) are bad for street life and sometimes for aesthetics, and designing it like this is an attempt to be a continuation of the old school lines of buildings you see in traditional downtowns. There was lot of thought put into this stadium.

You know it's funny, I've been following this development for years and I just realized this!

I'm so glad they decided to do that. Modern stadiums take up multiple city blocks. When you're looking at an aerial view of Detroit, Ford Field and Comerica Park take up a lot of space. Their exteriors are nice, but don't fit in as well with the local architecture the way that LCA will.