Former names | Detroit Events Center (planning name)[1] |
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Address | 2645 Woodward Avenue[2] |
Location | Detroit, Michigan[2] |
Coordinates | 42°20′28″N 83°3′18″W / 42.34111°N 83.05500°W |
Public transit | Sproat Street/Adelaide Street[14] |
Owner | Downtown Development Authority[5] |
Operator | 313 Presents[2][6] |
Executive suites | 62[13] |
Capacity | Ice hockey: 19,515[12] Basketball: 20,332[13] Concerts: 15,000–22,000[1] |
Construction | |
Started | September 25, 2014[3] |
Opened | September 5, 2017[4] |
Construction cost | US$862.9 million[7] ($988 million in 2021 dollars[8]) |
Architect | HOK[9] |
Structural engineer | Magnusson Klemencic Associates[10] |
Services engineer | Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.[11] |
General contractor |
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Tenants | |
Detroit Red Wings (NHL) (2017–present) Detroit Pistons (NBA) (2017–present) |
Little Caesars Arena is an arena in Detroit, Michigan. Construction began on April 24, 2015. It opened on September 5, 2017. It replaced the 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).