Little Caesars Arena
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Exterior rendering of Little Caesars Arena.
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| Former names | Detroit Events Center (working title) |
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| Address | 2645 Woodward Avenue |
| Location | Detroit, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42°20′28.22″N 83°3′17.68″W / 42.3411722°N 83.0549111°WCoordinates: 42°20′28.22″N 83°3′17.68″W / 42.3411722°N 83.0549111°W |
| Public transit | QLine Sibley Station |
| Owner | Downtown Development Authority |
| Operator | Olympia Entertainment |
| Executive suites | 60 |
| Capacity | Ice Hockey: 20,000 Basketball: 21,000 Concerts: 15,000–22,000 |
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| Broke ground | September 25, 2014 |
| Construction cost | $732.6 million |
| Architect | HOK |
| Structural engineer | Magnusson Klemencic Associates |
| Services engineer | Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. |
| General contractor | Barton Malow/Hunt/White |
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Detroit Red Wings (NHL) (2017–) (planned) Detroit Pistons (NBA) (2017–) (planned) |
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Little Caesars Arena is a multi-purpose arena under construction in midtown Detroit. Construction began on April 24, 2015 following a formal groundbreaking ceremony on September 25, 2014. Scheduled to open in September 2017, the arena, which will cost $732.6 million to construct, will succeed both Joe Louis Arena and The Palace of Auburn Hills as the homes of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA), respectively.
The arena will feature a unique, glass-roofed concourse connecting it to offices and shops surrounding it. It will anchor a new $1.2 billion 650,000-square-foot (60,000 m2) sports and entertainment district in and around downtown Detroit that will include mixed-use neighborhoods with new residential and retail outlets located around the Cass Corridor, Ford Field and Comerica Park. With the announcement that the Pistons would also move to the arena, it will mark the first time that the Pistons have played regularly in Detroit since 1978.
Little Caesars Arena was designed by HOK, and features a unique "deconstructed" layout. Buildings housing retail outlets, the arena's box office, and the offices of the Red Wings will be built outside the arena, but a glass roof will be erected between the buildings and the arena itself. The roof will form an indoor "street" that will serve as the arena's concourse. The concourse will remain open year-round, even if an event is not occurring inside the arena, allowing it to also be used as a venue of its own. There will also be an outdoor plaza with a large video display.
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