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Little Caesars Arena
Indoor arena in Detroit / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Little Caesars Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Midtown Detroit. Opening on September 5, 2017, the arena, which cost $862.9 million to construct, replaced Joe Louis Arena and The Palace of Auburn Hills as the home of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA), respectively.
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![]() Little Caesars Arena in July 2018 | |
Former names | Detroit Events Center (planning name)[4] |
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Address | 2645 Woodward Avenue[5] |
Location | Detroit, Michigan[5] |
Coordinates | 42°20′28″N 83°3′18″W |
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Owner | Downtown Development Authority[7] |
Operator | 313 Presents[5][8] |
Executive suites | 62[9] |
Capacity | Ice hockey: 19,515[10] Basketball: 20,332[9] Concerts: 15,000–22,000[4] |
Construction | |
Broke ground | September 25, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-09-25)[11] |
Opened | September 5, 2017; 6 years ago (2017-09-05)[12] |
Construction cost | US$862.9 million[13] ($1.11 billion in 2023 dollars[14]) |
Architect | HOK[15] |
Structural engineer | Magnusson Klemencic Associates[16] |
Services engineer | Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.[17] |
General contractor |
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Tenants | |
Detroit Red Wings (NHL) (2017–present) Detroit Pistons (NBA) (2017–present) |
The arena features a unique, clear plastic roofed concourse connecting it to offices and shops surrounding it. It was designed to be the flagship of a new $2.1 billion 650,000-square-foot (60,000 m2) sports and entertainment district, The District Detroit, with mixed-use neighborhoods with new residential and retail outlets located around the Cass Corridor, Ford Field, and Comerica Park. However, this has yet to materialize.