Joe Louis Arena
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| Location | 600 Civic Center Drive, Detroit, Michigan 48226 |
| Coordinates | 42°19′31″N 83°3′5″W / 42.32528°N 83.05139°WCoordinates: 42°19′31″N 83°3′5″W / 42.32528°N 83.05139°W |
| Broke ground | 1977 |
| Opened | December 12, 1979 |
| Owner | City of Detroit |
| Operator | Olympia Entertainment |
| Construction cost | $57 million |
| Architect | Smith, Hinchmen and Grylls Associates |
| Capacity | Ice hockey: 20,066 Basketball: 21,800 Professional wrestling: 16,685 |
| Tenants | |
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| Detroit Red Wings (NHL) (1979–2017) Detroit Drive (AFL) (1988–1993) Detroit Compuware Ambassadors (OHL) (1991–1992) Detroit Junior Red Wings (OHL) (1992–1995) Detroit Rockers (NPSL) (1996–2001) Detroit Turbos (MILL) (1989–1994) Royal Rumble (WWE) (2009) |
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Joe Louis Arena, nicknamed The Joe and JLA is a hockey arena in Detroit, Michigan. It is the home of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League.
Joe Louis Arena also hosted the 2009 Royal Rumble.
The arena will close at the end of the 2016–17 NHL season, with the Red Wings set to open the new Little Caesars Arena a few blocks away.[1] Once the Wings move, the arena will be torn down and replaced by a combined hotel and retail development.[2]
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- ↑ "Detroit Rink City: Ilitches' grand plan to supersize the entertainment district". Crain's Detroit Business. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
- ↑ "Detroit bankruptcy deal: Joe Louis Arena site to go to creditor for hotel development". MILive.com. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
