Volunteers gathered at the abandon Brewster-Douglass Projects Tuesday near the tennis court turned skatepark to help ESPN X Games to Detroit's effort to clear the adjacent field for Friday's 'Go Skateboard Day,' a global skateboarding day, June 18. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)

DETROIT, MI - Organizers of an effort to bring ESPN's X Games to Detroit for three years appear hard at work to make Friday's Go Skateboarding Day event at the old Brewster-Douglass Projects a success

The event starts at 3 p.m. and is tied to Go Skateboarding Day events across the world. The Brewster-Douglass Projects, abandoned for years, are located near the Chrysler Freeway, north of Ford Field.

Rocker Andrew W.K., an Ann Arbor native, is also expected to get involved in the festivities. He's scheduled to give a free show Friday night at The Majestic Theatre, 4120 Woodward Ave. Doors open at 8 p.m.

Volunteers for the ESPN X Games to Detroit effort and Go Skateboard Day event were hard at work Tuesday afternoon mowing the Brewster-Douglass Projects area for Friday's event and posted an update on the group's Facebook page.

#XG2D organizer Garret Koehler combs the field as Detroit Bus Company's founder Andy Didorosi cut the grass with a mower attachment on a bobcat. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)

A photo shows Detroit Bus Company's founder Andy Didorosi in a Bobcat machine doing saw landscaping work. The photo is accompanied by the words "Doin work #XG2D." The #XG2D message is the hash tag X Games 2 Detroit supporters encourages others to use on Twitter.

Detroit appears to have a good chance of getting the X Games based on the support its generated locally.

This X Games 2 Detroit group hosted an action-packed party last month at Campus Martius Park that included skateboard demonstrations, graffiti art and a performance from Mix Master Mike the Beastie Boys' DJ.

Buzz, support and enthusiasm for that event convinced me that Detroit deserves ESPN's three-year bid for the games; it would cover 2014-16.

Detroit is competing with three other finalists for a bid that expected to be announced in August: Chicago, Austin, Texas and Charlotte,N.C. Austin's X Games group appeared this month to take shots at Detroit's "Detroit Hustles Harder" slogan.





Volunteers gathered at the abandon Brewster-Douglass Projects Tuesday near the tennis court turned skatepark to help ESPN X Games to Detroit's effort to clear the adjacent field for Friday's 'Go Skateboard Day,' a global skateboarding day, June 18. (Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com)

An skateboarding event Friday at the Brewster Projects in Detroit is definitely outside the box.

The series of neglected structures, near the Chrysler Freeway, Mack Avenue and St. Antoine Street. is a blighted community that opened in 1938 that is expected to be razed by the city this year.

Extreme sports enthusiasts have used the area in recent months for skateboarding and a BMX racing course. There's also been Frisbee golf activity there.

Detroit has a commanding lead over the other finalists in an ESPN X Games Facebook poll.

What do you think about the XG2D effort? Let MLive Detroit know in our comments section. For more information about #XG2D, follow the group on Twitter @XGamesDetroit.