A Brief Introduction of Hockey Games in Joe Louis Arena - A Year's Worth of Great Detroit Events

The financial world magazine has dubbed it the most sought after franchise. The Joe Louis arena is known for its exemplary service to the game, making a mark for the Detroit red wings. Joe and Cobo arena were responsible for the running of figure skates championship broadcast all over the country.

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This hockey arena, located at 600 Civic Center Drive of Detroit cost a whopping 57 million USD to be built approximately three decades ago. It is beautifully positioned between a couple of expressways, a huge parking ramp and the magnificent Detroit River.

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There is a beautiful and exciting concourse especially festooned with hockey artwork.

In the last lap of 1979, Detroit Red Wings played their first game at the Joe Louis arena. A subsequent game was watched by a record crowd in excess of 21000.

From the southern part, you need to go north on I-75, right to the exit point of US-10. Just go on the southern run for a mile till the exit at US 10. The Joe Louis exit will take you through to the arena. The arena is decked with food stalls, souvenir and memorabilia shops. Yes, the arena lacks in a few state-of-art enterprises. It does not have a luxury box and also falls short of generating big revenue through inventive perks; all this notwithstanding, the Comerica Bank Legend's club in the south eastern fringe is still a big ticket puller.

Joe Louis arena official Website

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College Hockey at Joe

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