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9 Things to Know for February 12, 2025
The 2025 Champagne Showcase Presented by Labatt is coming up! It's a fundraiser for the Clark Park Coalition, and the goal is to raise $20k to help with the preservation of their iconic outdoor ice arena.
This is not a tasting event. Get ready to watch some hockey! There also will be food trucks, a raffle, music, and a heated beer tent.
The teams are:
- Champagne Athletics - Detroit
- Bowline Financial - Grosse Pointe Woods
- Iris Mortgage - Grosse Pointe Park
- Iron Fish Distillery - Thompsonville
- Delaware North - New Boston
- Mens League Sweaters - St Johns
- Holiday Lighting Authority - Shelby Township
- Presses for Industry - Detroit
This family-friendly event is Saturday, February 22, from 1pm - 8pm. The event is free with a $10 suggested donation.
You can skate from 4pm-5pm in between the games. More details here.
Join us as we dive into some transportation updates - like a possible new multi-modal transit hub at the campus of Michigan Central that would connect Chicago to Toronto through Detroit, to replacing an accident-prone
Detroit's three casinos reported $104.8 million in total revenue for January 2025, with $102.3 million from table games and slots, and $2.5 million from retail sports betting. [MGCB]
Gaming revenue at MGM and MotorCity was up more than 12% each, while Greektown was down 2%.
MGM led the market with 48% share, followed by MotorCity at 30% and Hollywood Casino at Greektown at 22%.
The casinos showed overall growth compared to January 2024, with table games and slots revenue increasing by 8.9%, while contributing more than $20 million in combined taxes and payments to the state of Michigan and the city of Detroit.
The premium performance apparel company Greyson Clothiers has secured $20 million in Series A funding, led by NewBound Ventures and Chris Koch, CEO of NewEra, with participation from industry veterans and celebrities.
The investment round brings strategic additions to Greyson's board of directors, including Tom Nolan, CEO of Kendra Scott, and David Chu, founder of Nautica.
The company also attracted investment from Justin Timberlake, Larry Fitzgerald, Dylan Larkin, Eric Church, and PGA tour player Justin Thomas.
Founded in 2015 by former Ralph Lauren designer Charlie Schaefer, Greyson focuses on sophisticated luxury design with technical functionality.
Schaefer grew up in Birmingham, Michigan.
According to press materials, the new capital will fuel Greyson's expansion plans, including international growth, new brick-and-mortar locations, and more direct-to-consumer operations. The brand recently launched a womenswear line.
The company has stores in Atlanta, Denver, Detroit, Harbor Springs, Grand Rapids, New Orleans, New York City, West Palm Beach, and Seoul, Korea.
You can find their Detroit store at 1500 Woodward. Look for the monotone wolf statue out front on the sidewalk. And yes, I've done a double take before seeing it out of the corner of my eye.
Today, we're talking about rats. They've been in the news a lot lately - whether at the center of a ongoing downtown coney feud or suburban communities wrestling with the problem. So what actually works?
J Dilla was an exemplary and legendary Detroit musician and producer whose beats have influenced music for years.
This year, the city of Detroit proclaimed February 7, his birthday, as "J Dilla Day" and put up an honorary street sign near Nevada and Charest where he grew up.
In part, the proclamation said that J Dilla (James Dewitt Yancey) “transcended genre and influenced not only Hip Hop and electronic artists but also pop, soul, classical and jazz musicians."
If you're new:
Check out Runnin' by Pharcyde...
Or what Spotify tells me is my most played J Dilla track, "So Far To Go."
On your Friday editon of Daily Detroit:
Jer spotlights The Mug, a cozy new coffee shop in the budding Piety Hill neighborhood, just north of Downtown.
Then, Devon dishes on a revamped spot
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