Detroit is full of things to do. The Arab American National Museum, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Detroit Princess Riverboat, the Detroit Science Center and The Henry Ford -- any of these would make ideal reception sites.
Comerica Park. Hear the Tigers roar at this MLB ballpark. Built in 2000, it sports a carousel, a ferris wheel and a mammoth water feature. It also features a main scoreboard that is one of the largest in baseball.
The Detroit Zoo dates back to the 1880s when a traveling circus went bust and its owners fled Detroit in the middle of the night. Later, in 1928, when a facility was built on 125 acres of farmland, it was the first zoo in North America to let animals roam outside cages. The zoo now has a butterfly conservatory that would be perfect for a reception.
If art is your thing, the Arab American National Museum offers plenty. It is the first museum in the world devoted to Arab American culture. It is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.
And there’s the recently renovated Detroit Institute of Arts, the nation’s fifth largest art museum with more than 60,000 works. Whether you want to see a Henry Moore or Henri Matisse, you'll find it here.
The Detroit Princess Riverboat is a floating ballroom. Cruise down the Detroit River at sunset and mingle. It has a guest capacity of 1,500. The Mississippi Riverboat boat was saved from scrapyard and brought here.
If you’re a music fan, stepping back into time is as easy as "1-2-3." You can hear the legends of Hitsville, U.S.A, including Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross, at the Motown Historical Museum. Of course, Motown isn't the only music Detroit is known for. It rocks, with the music of Detroit-native Bill Haley, Alice Cooper, Bob Seger, Ted Nugent, Madonna, The White Stripes and Kid Rock. "You gotta lose your mind in Detroit Rock City..."
You can also spend hours at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the world's largest institution dedicated to the African American experience.
The New Detroit Science Center, in the heart of Detroit's Cultural Center, features a dome IMAX, planetarium, hands on exhibits and more. It is a perfect place to contemplate how technology has influenced journalism.
And If you love cars, you can visit The Henry Ford, an attraction filled with automotive history, including the actual bus that Rosa Parks rode. You can also see a 90-acre village that has preserved America's past and tour an auto assembly plant.
