Jalopnik: cobo hall

Detroit Taxi Numbered "666" Crashes Into Cobo Hall, Second Carpocalypse Nigh?

Ben Wojdyla — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:30:00 EDT

Thought the Carpocalypse was winding down? Saturday night a Detroit taxi ominously numbered "666" crashed into Cobo Hall, where the fully-booked (with boring cars) Detroit Auto Show will kick-off in January. Carpocalypse Two: Electric Car Boogaloo? [DetNews]

Cobo Hall Deal Killed By Detroit City Council

Ray Wert — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:45:00 EST

Cobo Hall expansion deal kills Detroit Auto Show expansion. [Freep]

NAIAS May Leave Detroit If Organizers Don't Get Cobo Expansion

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:00:00 EDT

The complaints about the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) staged yearly in January in Detroit fall into three categories A) it's in January B) It's in Detroit and C) Cobo Hall is just too small for the event. Well after the plan was announced to expand Cobo Hall by some 120,000 square feet, the organizers are concerned the politicians in Lansing will be politicians and fail to deliver the goods on the deal. Such fears are leading to statements from show chair Joe Serra like "We want to keep it here, but time has run out."

The Detroit News has an in depth article stating show officials are considering selling the rights for the show to Chicago or just shopping it around to other cities. Perhaps talk like this is only meant to light a fire under Lansing's butt, but the idea of losing the NAIAS sure would be a boot to the neck for the local economy. [DetNews]

The Jalopnik Morning Shift

Ray Wert — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:30:00 EDT

• Bad News — gas prices can affect auto sales. Good News — GM upgraded by Merrill Lynch [Freep]
• Safety Cars are confusing. [crash.net]
• What? Are Cobo and Javits already taken? [Inside Bay Area]
• Burned body in car? Sad. Burned body in car in watermelon patch? Funny. [The Monitor]
• Just blow, baby — yeah, like that. I wanna taste your breath on my breathe-pipe. Only then will I know you're drunk as a skunk. [Freep]
• Well good, we feel so much better about paying higher gas prices now that we know in this quarter Exxon Mobil's made 7% higher profits over last year's record. We think we just vomited in our mouth a little. [Detroit News]