Then the route system was expanded to include Chicago and Detroit.
The Western Conference includes Colorado, the defending champion, and top-seeded Detroit.
But in the last decade, Wayne County, which includes Detroit, has lost more than 124,000 manufacturing jobs, most of them for unskilled labor.
But the dream never included Detroit.
Other cities on the tour include Philadelphia, Miami, Detroit and Chicago.
Other significant markets for marijuana include Atlanta, Denver, and Detroit.
Mr. Walker said the tour included Washington, Chicago and Detroit.
The agency said it had lifted its ratings on Wayne County, Mich., which includes Detroit.
Wayne County, Mich., which includes Detroit, lost 19,000 people since 2005, or about 1 percent of its population.
The earlier charges were in neighboring Wayne County, which includes Detroit.
