Eminem. Kid Rock. More than 50 major entertainment, literary, and sport figures made Motown their hometown -- from Tim Allen to Stevie Wonder.

Home of the Motown sound founded by Berry Gordy Jr.

Birthplace of Techno Music and home of Movement: Electronic Music Festival.

The Detroit Jazz Festival is the largest free jazz festival in the world.

Detroit is among the largest theater districts in the country with over 13,000 theater seats. Major Broadway productions, top headliner entertainers, opera, dance, symphony, and other performing arts light up marquees.

Detroit is a great sports town with the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Lions and Detroit Red Wings playing downtown, and the Detroit Pistons in Oakland County.

Detroit Tigers roared to become the American League Baseball champs again in 2011.

Detroit is Hockeytown USA with 11 Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup championships.

Home of three major casino complexes in the downtown area: Greektown Casino, MGM Grand Detroit and Motor City Casino.

Detroit’s Corktown, Greektown and Mexicantown districts offer up a menu of authentic foods and spirits. That's just part of downtown Detroit's more than 100 restaurants, bars and clubs.