Who should be laughing now?

An opulent $800 million MGM Grand Hotel and Casino recently opened in downtown Detroit. While Milwaukee leaders continually like to poke fun at Detroit, when was the last time any developer thought that highly of downtown Milwaukee? The only Milwaukee project of that magnitude was the deep tunnel sewer. But that was built with taxpayer dollars. I can't think of any private sector development in Milwaukee as large as the one in Detroit. So who should be laughing at whom?