Actually there’s a considerable pool of talented people in the Detroit area. Most of them are retied or working in surrounding counties but they are there.
The Detroit Brothers custom cycle builders had a short lived show where they built various machines to do crazy crap. It was a rip off of Jesse James monster builder show but it was actually better. The Detroit Brothers made a point of bringing in local people for the builds. Playing the role of zombie would be a great starter job for lots of locals with few other skills.
I don’t love any city and I realize that Detroit is a favorite FR whipping boy but only a moron wants to keep a boot on the throat of any free market idea that might actually improve things.
You make some good points.
I would question, however, if this gets up and running, how many people will venture into bad neighborhoods to visit this theme park. Detroit’s reputation, so far gone as it is, is going to scare off a certain number of people from going there. And if the youth gangs start preying on visitors, this “good idea on paper” will kill off the whole thing anyway.