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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.
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 ...
The Red Wings accepted Detroit's offer. [27] [28] On December 15, 1979, three days after the first event held at Joe Louis Arena, the Red Wings played their final home game at the Olympia, a 4–4 tie against the Quebec Nordiques. Attendance at that game was 15,609. They would move to Joe Louis Arena on December 27. [29]
The Red Wings then went on to face the Sharks in round two. After losing the first three games of the series, the Red Wings won three consecutive games to force a Game 7, becoming just the eighth team in NHL history to accomplish the feat. [192] [193] The Red Wings lost Game 7 to the Sharks by a score of 3–2 and were eliminated. [194]
The first outdoor game on record to feature an NHL team was attempted on February 2, 1954. [1] The Detroit Red Wings played an exhibition game on an outdoor ice surface, in 21 °F (−6 °C) degree weather, against the Marquette Pirates, an athletic club composed of inmates at Michigan's Marquette Branch Prison.
All four teams compete within the city of Detroit. There are three active major sports venues within the city: 41,782-seat Comerica Park (home of the Detroit Tigers), 65,000-seat Ford Field (home of the Detroit Lions), and Little Caesars Arena (home of the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Pistons). Detroit is known for its avid hockey fans.
Detroit Red Wings (Detroit Falcons) (Detroit Cougars) Joe Louis Arena: 1979–2017 20,027 1979 Detroit, Michigan [36] Olympia Stadium: 1927–1979 16,700 1927 [37] Border Cities Arena: 1926–1927 6,000 1924 Windsor, Ontario [38] Florida Panthers; Miami Arena: 1993–1998 14,703 1988 Miami, Florida [39] Montreal Canadiens; Montreal Forum: 1926 ...
[58] [59] On October 21, 2006, Comerica Park hosted the first World Series game in the history of the ballpark (Game 1 of the 2006 World Series). [60] In 2008, the Tiger statue at the main entrance of the ballpark was dressed with a Detroit Red Wings jersey as the Red Wings were playing against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Stanley Cup Finals ...