Real Steel filmed at Belle Isle Nature Zoo, Detroit. At this old zoo in a city park on the Detroit River, which is now closed, Atom has his opening bout with Metro. On screen it's Shaefer Zoo.
Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
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