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Joe Louis Arena

February 04, 2024

Joe Louis Arena was an arena in Downtown Detroit. Completed in 1979 at a cost of US$57 million as a replacement for Olympia Stadium, it sat adjacent to Cobo Center on the bank of the Detroit River and was accessible by the Joe Louis Arena station on the Detroit People Mover. The venue was named after former heavyweight champion boxer Joe Louis, who grew up in Detroit.[1]

Joe Louis Arena
The Joe[1]
Address19 Steve Yzerman Drive[2]
LocationDetroit, Michigan[2]
Coordinates42°19′31″N 83°3′5″W / 42.32528°N 83.05139°W / 42.32528; -83.05139
OwnerCity of Detroit[8]
OperatorOlympia Entertainment[9]
CapacityIce hockey:
19,275 (1979–1989)
19,875 (1989–1996)
19,983 (1996–2000)
19,995 (2000–2001)
20,058 (2001–2003)
20,066 (2003–2014)
20,027 (2014–2017)[11][12][13]
Basketball: 20,153[1]
Concerts: 21,666[1]
Construction
Broke groundMay 16, 1977[3][4]
OpenedDecember 12, 1979[1][4][5]
ClosedJuly 29, 2017[6][7]
Demolished2019–2020
Construction costUS$57 million[4]
($230 million in 2022 dollars[10])
ArchitectSmithGroupJJR[4]
General contractorBarton Malow[1]
Tenants
Detroit Red Wings (NHL) (1979–2017)
Detroit Pistons (NBA) (1985)
Detroit Drive (AFL) (1988–1993)
Detroit Turbos (MILL) (1989–1994)
Detroit Compuware Ambassadors (OHL) (1991–92)
Detroit Junior Red Wings (OHL) (1992–1995)
Detroit Rockers (NPSL) (1996–2000)
Inside Joe Louis Arena.
The retired numbers of former Detroit Red Wings players displayed at Joe Louis Arena.
Panorama of Joe Louis Arena in April 2008.
The Detroit Shock practice at Joe Louis Arena before Game 5 of the 2006 WNBA Finals.

It was the home of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League and the second oldest NHL venue after Madison Square Garden until the start of the 2017–18 NHL season.[14][15] Joe Louis Arena was owned by the city of Detroit, and operated by Olympia Entertainment, a subsidiary of team owner Ilitch Holdings.[8][9]

In April 2017, the Red Wings hosted their final game at Joe Louis Arena; the venue was succeeded by Little Caesars Arena. The arena closed in July 2017. Demolition started in early 2019 and was completed by mid-2020.[6][7][16][17] A 25-story residential tower called the Residences at Water Square is under construction at the site.[18][19]

History edit

The Red Wings had been playing at Olympia Stadium since 1927. However, by the late 1970s, the neighborhood around the Olympia had gradually deteriorated, especially after the 1967 Detroit riot.[4][20] In 1977, the Red Wings announced that they would be moving to a proposed arena in suburban Pontiac.[21] However, the city of Detroit countered with a proposal for a new riverfront arena in which they would charge the Red Wings much lower rent than what Pontiac was offering. The package also gave the team operational control of the arena, nearby Cobo Arena and parking lots. The Red Wings ultimately decided to stay in Detroit proper.[22][23]

The arena hosted its first event on December 12, 1979: a college basketball game between the University of Michigan and the University of Detroit.[5] The Red Wings played their first game at Joe Louis Arena on December 27, 1979, hosting the St. Louis Blues. The game ended in a 3–2 loss for the Red Wings.[24] The Red Wings' first win at the arena came on December 30, 1979, where they defeated the New York Islanders 4–2.[25] Later that season, it hosted the 32nd NHL All-Star Game on February 5, 1980, which was played before a then-NHL record crowd of 21,002.[26] Joe Louis Arena was the site of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft, which marked the first NHL Entry Draft to be held in the United States.[15] In 1980, the arena hosted the Republican National Convention that nominated Ronald Reagan as the Republican candidate for President of the United States.[27]

 
The electronic scoreboard at Joe Louis Arena, during a game between the Detroit Red Wings and the Los Angeles Kings on March 9, 2007

In 1990, color matrix boards were installed on the scoreboard; these were replaced by four Sony JumboTron video walls three years later, when the matrix boards were placed in the corners of the fascia. In 2006, LED video screens replaced the JumboTrons. The screens debuted November 22, 2006, when the Red Wings played the Vancouver Canucks. That same day, the arena's West Entrance was named the "Gordie Howe Entrance" in honor of the legendary Red Wing player, and a bronze statue of Howe was placed inside the entrance. Joe Louis Arena housed 86 premium suites.[28] In 2008, the arena introduced the Comerica Bank Legend's Club, a 181-person private seating location in the arena's southeast corner.[14]

Replacement and demolition edit

Main article: Little Caesars Arena

On July 20, 2014, following the July 2013 approval of a $650 million project to build a new sports and entertainment district in Downtown Detroit,[29][30] Christopher Ilitch unveiled designs for a new arena near Comerica Park and Ford Field which was completed in 2017 and succeeded Joe Louis Arena as the home of the Red Wings.[31] On October 16, 2014, lawyers involved in the ongoing Detroit bankruptcy case disclosed in court that after demolition, which will be paid for by the city and state, the land on which the arena stands, along with an adjacent parking lot, will be transferred to the Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (FGIC), a bond insurer with a $1 billion claim against the city.[32]

The Red Wings' final game at Joe Louis Arena was played on April 9, 2017, against the New Jersey Devils. The final game at the arena also served as then Red Wings' captain Henrik Zetterberg's 1,000th game. The Red Wings won 4–1, the final goal in the arena's history coming from Red Wings forward Riley Sheahan. It was the second of two he scored, which were also the only goals he scored at all during the 2016–17 season.[33][34] The last ticketed event held was a WWE Live event, held on July 29, 2017.[6][7] Demolition of the interior of the arena started in early 2019, while demolition on the exterior commenced in June 2019.[35][36] Due to the arena's proximity to Cobo Center, now Huntington Place, it was dismantled traditionally rather than imploded.[37][38]

Other tenants and events edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Joe Louis Arena.

In 1995, the Detroit Junior Red Wings won the Ontario Hockey League's J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the Guelph Storm.[39]

Joe Louis Arena hosted college hockey events as part of College Hockey at The Joe, the Great Lakes Invitational, and the Big Ten Conference hockey tournament in 2015 and 2017.[40]

The Detroit Pistons used the arena for Game 5 of their 1984 playoff series against the New York Knicks when the Pontiac Silverdome was unavailable due to a scheduling conflict.[5][41] In the game, Pistons star Isiah Thomas scored 16 points in the final 1:34 of regulation to send the game into overtime before the Pistons lost.[5][41] The Pistons were forced to return to Joe Louis Arena for 15 games during the 1984–85 season, after the roof of the Silverdome collapsed during a snowstorm.[5]

The Red Wings hosted the Stanley Cup Finals at the arena six times (1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2008, and 2009). Two of their four Stanley Cup championships were clinched at Joe Louis Arena in 1997 and 2002.[1][15][42] The Pittsburgh Penguins were the only visiting team to win the Stanley Cup at the Joe, taking home the trophy in 2009. It was also the only Game 7 of the Cup Finals played at the arena.[43]

Joe Louis Arena was the site of the decisive Game 5 of the 2006 WNBA Finals between the Sacramento Monarchs and Detroit Shock on September 9, due to The Palace of Auburn Hills, the Shock's usual home arena, being used for a Mariah Carey concert on the same day. The Shock won the game 80–75 to clinch the championship.[5][44]

Former Arena Football League team the Detroit Drive also had success during their time at the arena, playing in six consecutive ArenaBowls from 1988 to 1993 and winning four of them. Four of the games (ArenaBowl III, ArenaBowl IV, ArenaBowl V and ArenaBowl VII) were played at Joe Louis Arena.[44][45][46][47][48][49][50]

WWE hosted numerous shows at the arena, including the Survivor Series pay-per-view in 1991, 1999 and 2005.[51]

Joe Louis Arena hosted the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, best known for the pre-competition attack on Nancy Kerrigan by associates of Tonya Harding.[52] In addition, Joe Louis Arena was the site of the 2013 edition of the Skate America figure skating competition.[53]

On May 7, 2015, it was announced that the Horizon League men's basketball tournament would be held in Detroit beginning in 2016 under a five-year deal; the 2016 and 2017 tournaments were held at Joe Louis Arena.[54]

On December 4, 2016, Joe Louis Arena hosted its final OHL game as the Windsor Spitfires defeated the Saginaw Spirit 3–2.[55]

On February 10, 2017, Joe Louis Arena hosted its final regular season college hockey game as the Michigan Wolverines defeated the Michigan State Spartans 5–4 in a shootout.[56][57]

Joe Louis Arena was also a concert venue. Until the Palace opened in 1988, Joe Louis Arena was Michigan's largest indoor arena for concerts.[58] The first concert to take place there occurred on February 17, 1980, in which Max Webster opened for the Canadian rock group Rush.[59] This venue was used for the Alice Cooper concert film The Nightmare Returns in 1986.[60] The last concert at the venue was Summer Jamz 20! on July 23, 2017.[61]

In popular culture edit

The arena is featured in the movie Straight Outta Compton in a scene depicting N.W.A's performance of their controversial song "Fuck tha Police".[62]

References edit

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Events and tenants
Preceded by Home of the Detroit Red Wings
1979–2017 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Host of the NHL All-Star Game
1980 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Host of the Frozen Four
1985 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Host of the Frozen Four
1987 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Host of the Frozen Four
1990 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Home of the Royal Rumble
2009 		Succeeded by

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Joe Louis Arena was an arena in Downtown Detroit Completed in 1979 at a cost of US 57 million as a replacement for Olympia Stadium it sat adjacent to Cobo Center on the bank of the Detroit River and was accessible by the Joe Louis Arena station on the Detroit People Mover The venue was named after former heavyweight champion boxer Joe Louis who grew up in Detroit 1 Joe Louis ArenaThe Joe 1 Address19 Steve Yzerman Drive 2 LocationDetroit Michigan 2 Coordinates42 19 31 N 83 3 5 W 42 32528 N 83 05139 W 42 32528 83 05139OwnerCity of Detroit 8 OperatorOlympia Entertainment 9 CapacityIce hockey 19 275 1979 1989 19 875 1989 1996 19 983 1996 2000 19 995 2000 2001 20 058 2001 2003 20 066 2003 2014 20 027 2014 2017 11 12 13 Basketball 20 153 1 Concerts 21 666 1 ConstructionBroke groundMay 16 1977 3 4 OpenedDecember 12 1979 1 4 5 ClosedJuly 29 2017 6 7 Demolished2019 2020Construction costUS 57 million 4 230 million in 2022 dollars 10 ArchitectSmithGroupJJR 4 General contractorBarton Malow 1 TenantsDetroit Red Wings NHL 1979 2017 Detroit Pistons NBA 1985 Detroit Drive AFL 1988 1993 Detroit Turbos MILL 1989 1994 Detroit Compuware Ambassadors OHL 1991 92 Detroit Junior Red Wings OHL 1992 1995 Detroit Rockers NPSL 1996 2000 Inside Joe Louis Arena The retired numbers of former Detroit Red Wings players displayed at Joe Louis Arena Panorama of Joe Louis Arena in April 2008 The Detroit Shock practice at Joe Louis Arena before Game 5 of the 2006 WNBA Finals It was the home of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League and the second oldest NHL venue after Madison Square Garden until the start of the 2017 18 NHL season 14 15 Joe Louis Arena was owned by the city of Detroit and operated by Olympia Entertainment a subsidiary of team owner Ilitch Holdings 8 9 In April 2017 the Red Wings hosted their final game at Joe Louis Arena the venue was succeeded by Little Caesars Arena The arena closed in July 2017 Demolition started in early 2019 and was completed by mid 2020 6 7 16 17 A 25 story residential tower called the Residences at Water Square is under construction at the site 18 19 Contents 1 History 1 1 Replacement and demolition 2 Other tenants and events 3 In popular culture 4 ReferencesHistory editThe Red Wings had been playing at Olympia Stadium since 1927 However by the late 1970s the neighborhood around the Olympia had gradually deteriorated especially after the 1967 Detroit riot 4 20 In 1977 the Red Wings announced that they would be moving to a proposed arena in suburban Pontiac 21 However the city of Detroit countered with a proposal for a new riverfront arena in which they would charge the Red Wings much lower rent than what Pontiac was offering The package also gave the team operational control of the arena nearby Cobo Arena and parking lots The Red Wings ultimately decided to stay in Detroit proper 22 23 The arena hosted its first event on December 12 1979 a college basketball game between the University of Michigan and the University of Detroit 5 The Red Wings played their first game at Joe Louis Arena on December 27 1979 hosting the St Louis Blues The game ended in a 3 2 loss for the Red Wings 24 The Red Wings first win at the arena came on December 30 1979 where they defeated the New York Islanders 4 2 25 Later that season it hosted the 32nd NHL All Star Game on February 5 1980 which was played before a then NHL record crowd of 21 002 26 Joe Louis Arena was the site of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft which marked the first NHL Entry Draft to be held in the United States 15 In 1980 the arena hosted the Republican National Convention that nominated Ronald Reagan as the Republican candidate for President of the United States 27 nbsp The electronic scoreboard at Joe Louis Arena during a game between the Detroit Red Wings and the Los Angeles Kings on March 9 2007In 1990 color matrix boards were installed on the scoreboard these were replaced by four Sony JumboTron video walls three years later when the matrix boards were placed in the corners of the fascia In 2006 LED video screens replaced the JumboTrons The screens debuted November 22 2006 when the Red Wings played the Vancouver Canucks That same day the arena s West Entrance was named the Gordie Howe Entrance in honor of the legendary Red Wing player and a bronze statue of Howe was placed inside the entrance Joe Louis Arena housed 86 premium suites 28 In 2008 the arena introduced the Comerica Bank Legend s Club a 181 person private seating location in the arena s southeast corner 14 Replacement and demolition edit Main article Little Caesars Arena On July 20 2014 following the July 2013 approval of a 650 million project to build a new sports and entertainment district in Downtown Detroit 29 30 Christopher Ilitch unveiled designs for a new arena near Comerica Park and Ford Field which was completed in 2017 and succeeded Joe Louis Arena as the home of the Red Wings 31 On October 16 2014 lawyers involved in the ongoing Detroit bankruptcy case disclosed in court that after demolition which will be paid for by the city and state the land on which the arena stands along with an adjacent parking lot will be transferred to the Financial Guaranty Insurance Company FGIC a bond insurer with a 1 billion claim against the city 32 The Red Wings final game at Joe Louis Arena was played on April 9 2017 against the New Jersey Devils The final game at the arena also served as then Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg s 1 000th game The Red Wings won 4 1 the final goal in the arena s history coming from Red Wings forward Riley Sheahan It was the second of two he scored which were also the only goals he scored at all during the 2016 17 season 33 34 The last ticketed event held was a WWE Live event held on July 29 2017 6 7 Demolition of the interior of the arena started in early 2019 while demolition on the exterior commenced in June 2019 35 36 Due to the arena s proximity to Cobo Center now Huntington Place it was dismantled traditionally rather than imploded 37 38 Other tenants and events edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Joe Louis Arena In 1995 the Detroit Junior Red Wings won the Ontario Hockey League s J Ross Robertson Cup defeating the Guelph Storm 39 Joe Louis Arena hosted college hockey events as part of College Hockey at The Joe the Great Lakes Invitational and the Big Ten Conference hockey tournament in 2015 and 2017 40 The Detroit Pistons used the arena for Game 5 of their 1984 playoff series against the New York Knicks when the Pontiac Silverdome was unavailable due to a scheduling conflict 5 41 In the game Pistons star Isiah Thomas scored 16 points in the final 1 34 of regulation to send the game into overtime before the Pistons lost 5 41 The Pistons were forced to return to Joe Louis Arena for 15 games during the 1984 85 season after the roof of the Silverdome collapsed during a snowstorm 5 The Red Wings hosted the Stanley Cup Finals at the arena six times 1995 1997 1998 2002 2008 and 2009 Two of their four Stanley Cup championships were clinched at Joe Louis Arena in 1997 and 2002 1 15 42 The Pittsburgh Penguins were the only visiting team to win the Stanley Cup at the Joe taking home the trophy in 2009 It was also the only Game 7 of the Cup Finals played at the arena 43 Joe Louis Arena was the site of the decisive Game 5 of the 2006 WNBA Finals between the Sacramento Monarchs and Detroit Shock on September 9 due to The Palace of Auburn Hills the Shock s usual home arena being used for a Mariah Carey concert on the same day The Shock won the game 80 75 to clinch the championship 5 44 Former Arena Football League team the Detroit Drive also had success during their time at the arena playing in six consecutive ArenaBowls from 1988 to 1993 and winning four of them Four of the games ArenaBowl III ArenaBowl IV ArenaBowl V and ArenaBowl VII were played at Joe Louis Arena 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 WWE hosted numerous shows at the arena including the Survivor Series pay per view in 1991 1999 and 2005 51 Joe Louis Arena hosted the 1994 U S Figure Skating Championships best known for the pre competition attack on Nancy Kerrigan by associates of Tonya Harding 52 In addition Joe Louis Arena was the site of the 2013 edition of the Skate America figure skating competition 53 On May 7 2015 it was announced that the Horizon League men s basketball tournament would be held in Detroit beginning in 2016 under a five year deal the 2016 and 2017 tournaments were held at Joe Louis Arena 54 On December 4 2016 Joe Louis Arena hosted its final OHL game as the Windsor Spitfires defeated the Saginaw Spirit 3 2 55 On February 10 2017 Joe Louis Arena hosted its final regular season college hockey game as the Michigan Wolverines defeated the Michigan State Spartans 5 4 in a shootout 56 57 Joe Louis Arena was also a concert venue Until the Palace opened in 1988 Joe Louis Arena was Michigan s largest indoor arena for concerts 58 The first concert to take place there occurred on February 17 1980 in which Max Webster opened for the Canadian rock group Rush 59 This venue was used for the Alice Cooper concert film The Nightmare Returns in 1986 60 The last concert at the venue was Summer Jamz 20 on July 23 2017 61 Entertainment events held at Joe Louis ArenaDate Nationalities Artists Events Supporting Acts Attendance Box Office1980February 17 Canada Rush Permanent Waves Tour Max WebsterFebruary 19May 23 United Kingdom United States Fleetwood Mac Tusk Tour Christopher CrossMay 24August 25 United States Billy Joel Glass Houses TourSeptember 6 United Kingdom Elton John 1980 World TourSeptember 19 United Kingdom Yes Drama TourSeptember 20 United Kingdom Queen The Game TourSeptember 26 United States Paul Simon One Trick Pony TourOctober 5 United Kingdom Black Sabbath Heaven amp Hell Tour1981August 11 United States Bruce Springsteen The River TourAugust 12August 21 United States The Jacksons Triumph TourNovember 6 United States United Kingdom Foreigner 4 Billy SquierDecember 4 United States Prince Controversy Tour1982May 15 United States Journey Escape TourMay 16September 19 United Kingdom United States Fleetwood Mac Mirage Tour1983April 8 United States Prince 1999 TourJune 12 United States Marvin Gaye Sexual Healing TourJuly 28 United Kingdom The Police Synchronicity TourJuly 29July 30 United Kingdom David Bowie Serious Moonlight TourJuly 311984March 6 United Kingdom Ozzy Osbourne Bark at the Moon TourApril 4 United States Billy Joel An Innocent Man TourNovember 4 United States Prince Purple Rain Tour 129 730 129 730 1 967 572November 5November 7November 8November 9November 11November 121985January 4 United Kingdom Iron Maiden World Slavery TourJanuary 12 United States Aerosmith Back In The Saddle TourFebruary 19 United Kingdom Deep Purple Perfect Strangers TourMarch 11March 19 United Kingdom Roger Waters The Pros and Cons of Hitch HikingApril 19 United States United Kingdom Foreigner Agent Provocateur GiuffriaAugust 28 United States Tina Turner Private Dancer TourSeptember 15 United States Motley Crue Theatre of Pain TourSeptember 28 United States Ratt World Infestation Tour1986April 4 United States Metallica Damage Inc TourMay 9 United States Van Halen 5150 TourMay 10May 11May 22 United States Aerosmith Done with Mirrors TourAugust 8 United States Run DMC Raising Hell Tour Beastie Boys LL Cool J Timex Social ClubSeptember 18 United Kingdom Genesis Invisible Touch TourSeptember 19September 20October 8 United States Journey Raised on Radio TourOctober 91987February 13 United States Megadeth Wake Up Dead TourMarch 18 United Kingdom Iron Maiden Somewhere on Tour WaystedMay 26 United States Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet TourMay 27May 28July 8 United States Boston Third Stage Tour 38 610 38 610 675 675July 9July 10July 11July 19 United States Motley Crue Girls Girls Girls Tour WhitesnakeJuly 20October 3 United States Lynyrd Skynyrd Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute TourOctober 17 United Kingdom United States Fleetwood Mac Shake the Cage TourDecember 5 United States Aerosmith Permanent Vacation Tour 19 409 19 409 339 6581988March 25 United States Frank Sinatra Together Again Tour Dean Martin Sammy Davis Jr 18 500 18 500 658 000March 28 United States Bruce Springsteen Tunnel of Love Express Tour 39 550 39 550 889 875March 29April 11 United States Grateful Dead Spring 88 tourJuly 2 United Kingdom Iron Maiden Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour Frehley s CometJuly 31 United States Run DMC Run s House Tour Public Enemy DJ Jazzy Jeff amp The Fresh PrinceOctober 17 United States New Edition Heartbreak Tour Bobby Brown Al B Sure October 30 United States Prince Lovesexy TourOctober 31November 2 United States Anita Baker Giving You the Best World TourDecember 18 United Kingdom Ozzy Osbourne No Rest for the Wicked Tour1989March 21 United States Bon Jovi New Jersey Syndicate Tour 17 877 19 868 357 540May 28August 6 United States LL Cool J Nitro World Tour Eazy E N W A Slick Rick De La Soul1990April 2 United States Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation World Tour 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