2025 Detroit Auto Show: Electric vehicles and Lions impact

DETROIT (FOX 2) - The 2025 Detroit Auto Show is almost here as crews have started piercing and installing booths along the Huntington Place atrium. 

On Friday, automakers will fill the showroom with their best for visitors to see and experience. 

Here is what you can expect:

The 2025 auto show will focus on behind-the-wheel experiences, especially with electric vehicles.

Sam Klement is the co-executive director of the 2025 Detroit Auto Show. He expects the event to pump several hundred million dollars into Detroit’s economy.

"You’ll see the newest models, the 2025s, the 2026s, but then it’s very experiential," said Klement. "We have four different ride and drive tracks. More than 40 different vehicles that people can actually get in and ride. They could see the technology on the dashboard."

The second weekend of the show will get an added boost because the Detroit Lions will host a playoff game at nearby Ford Field.

How will the auto show impact business in Detroit?

Some of the businesses that will feel the immediate impact of the auto show are the hotels across the street. FOX 2 spoke with the Fort Pontchartrain, who said the rooms are going quickly this weekend and the following weekend for the auto show and Detroit Lions home playoff game.

Prices of the available rooms range from $300 to $700 for hotels in the area.

Glenn Stevens is the executive director of MichAuto, who says the auto show has generated billions of dollars for the region.

"The eyes are on Detroit. People say what’s going on there? I want to be here. I might want to move my startup there; my business here," said Stevens. "So, it’s good for us."

These next two weeks are a prime opportunity to keep Detroit in the forefront of the national and international conversation.

The auto show will open to the public on Saturday.