Little Caesars Arena
Little Caesars Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Midtown Detroit. Opened 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 2018 | |
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| Former names | Detroit Events Center (planning name) |
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| Address | 2645 Woodward Avenue |
| Location | Detroit, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42°20′28″N 83°3′18″W |
| Public transit | Sproat Street/Adelaide Street DDOT 4 SMART 461, 462 |
| Owner | Downtown Development Authority |
| Operator | 313 Presents |
| Executive suites | 62 |
| Capacity | Ice hockey: 19,515 Basketball: 20,332 Concerts: 15,000–22,000 |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | September 25, 2014 |
| Opened | September 5, 2017 |
| Construction cost | US$862.9 million ($1.07 billion in 2022 dollars) |
| Architect | HOK |
| Structural engineer | Magnusson Klemencic Associates |
| Services engineer | Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. |
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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.