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Encyclopedia > Joe Louis Arena
Joe Louis Arena
The Joe, JLA

Location 600 Civic Center Drive
Detroit, Michigan 48226
Broke ground 1977
Opened December 12, 1979
Owner City of Detroit
Operator Olympia Entertainment
Construction cost $57 million
Architect Smith, Hinchmen and

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Tenants Detroit Red Wings (NHL) (1979–present)
Detroit Drive (AFL) (1988–1993)
Detroit Compuware Ambassadors (OHL) (1991–1992)
Detroit Junior Red Wings (OHL) (1992–1995)
Detroit Rockers (NPSL) (1996–2001)
Detroit Turbos (MILL) (1989–1994)
Capacity Ice hockey: 20,066
Inside Joe Louis Arena.
Inside Joe Louis Arena.
The banners hanging at Joe Louis Arena
The banners hanging at Joe Louis Arena

Joe Louis Arena, nicknamed The Joe, and JLA, is a hockey arena located at 600 Civic Center Drive in Detroit, Michigan. It is the home of the National Hockey League franchise, the Detroit Red Wings. Completed in 1979 at a cost of $57 million, Joe Louis Arena is named after boxer and former heavyweight champion, Joe Louis, who grew up in Detroit. This makes it one of the few remaining NHL arenas without a corporate sponsorship name. The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. ... NHL redirects here. ... Year founded 1988 Year folded 1994 Prior names Detroit Drive ArenaBowl championships 4: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992 // The Detroit Drive were a professional American football team playing as an Arena Football League team from 1988-1993. ... The Arena Football League (AFL) was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. ... 2006 All-Star and Whalers captain John Vigilante celebrates after scoring a goal. ... OHL All-Star Game 2006 Opening Face Off. ... The Plymouth Whalers are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. ... OHL All-Star Game 2006 Opening Face Off. ... The Detroit Rockers were an indoor soccer team in the National Professional Soccer League from 1990 to 2001. ... The National Professional Soccer League was a professional indoor soccer league in the USA. It started out as the American Indoor Soccer Association in 1984 but changed its name to the National Professional Soccer League in 1990. ... The Detroit Turbos were a member of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1989 to 1994. ... The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is the professional league of mens indoor lacrosse in North America. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 2136 KB) Summary Joe Louis Arena, taken before the December 6, 2005 game between the New Jersey Devils and the Detroit Red Wings (home). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 2136 KB) Summary Joe Louis Arena, taken before the December 6, 2005 game between the New Jersey Devils and the Detroit Red Wings (home). ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 324 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,952 × 1,194 pixels, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 324 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,952 × 1,194 pixels, file size: 1. ... Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round disc called a puck, into the opponents net or goal, using a hockey stick. ... For other uses, see Arena (disambiguation). ... Detroit redirects here. ... NHL redirects here. ... The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... For other meanings of these words, see boxing (disambiguation) or boxer. ... For other uses, see Joe Louis (disambiguation). ...


In the arena's first season it hosted the NHL All-Star Game, which was played before a then-NHL record crowd of 21,002 and was made memorable when Gordie Howe of the Hartford Whalers was introduced on the Wales Conference line-up and received a ten-minute standing ovation. The 51-year-old Howe had played 25 years in Detroit, was the NHL's all-time leading scorer, and probably the most popular Red Wing of all time. The National Hockey League All-Star Game (French: Match des Étoiles de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey) is an exhibition ice hockey game that marks the midway point of the National Hockey Leagues regular season, with many of the star players playing against each other. ... Gordon Gordie Howe, OC (born March 31, 1928 in Floral, Saskatchewan) is a former professional ice hockey player from Canada who played for the Detroit Red Wings and Hartford Whalers of the National Hockey League, and the Houston Aeros and New England Whalers in the WHA. He is often referred... The Hartford Whalers were an American professional ice hockey team based in Hartford, Connecticut. ... The modernized NHL shield logo debuted in 2005, replacing the orange and black shield, which had been used since the leagues inception. ...


Joe Louis Arena is owned by the city of Detroit and operated by Olympia Entertainment, an Ilitch Holdings, Inc.-owned company. JLA replaced Olympia Stadium. It sits adjacent to Cobo Hall on the bank of the Detroit River and is accessible through its own station on the Detroit People Mover. Olympia Entertainment is sports and entertainment company located in Detroit, MI. It is a division of Ilitch Holdings, Inc. ... Ilitch Holdings, Inc. ... Olympia Stadium, better known as the Detroit Olympia and nicknamed The Old Red Barn, stood at 5920 Grand River Avenue in Detroit, Michigan from 1927 until 1986. ... Cobo Hall, officially Cobo Conference/Exhibition Center, is a convention center situated in downtown Detroit, Michigan, USA. It is named for Albert E. Cobo, mayor of Detroit from 1950 to 1957. ... Landsat satellite photo, showing Lake Saint Clair, as well as St. ... The Detroit People Mover is a 2. ...


The Red Wings have been very successful since the move to JLA, winning three Stanley Cups (with two of them, 1997 and 2002, taking place with the Cup clinching victory at JLA). Budd Lynch is the arena's public address announcer. Budd Lynch is the Detroit Red Wings public address announcer at Joe Louis Arena, a position he has held since the 1975-76 NHL season. ...


Joe Louis Arena hosts college hockey events as part of College Hockey at The Joe and Great Lakes Invitational. It also played host to the 1980 Republican National Convention. More recently, WWE held Survivor Series 2005 on November 27, 2005. College Hockey at The Joe is a series of college ice hockey events hosted at Joe Louis Arena. ... The Great Lakes Invitational is a four-team NCAA mens ice hockey tournament held annually at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit between Christmas and New Year as part of College Hockey at The Joe. ... The 1980 Republican National Convention was held in july,1980 in Detroit, Michigan ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... Survivor Series 2005 was the nineteenth annual Survivor Series pay-per-view professional wrestling event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). ... is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


The Detroit Pistons of the NBA 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. In the game, Piston star Isiah Thomas scored 16 points in the final 1:34 of regulation to send the game into overtime before the Pistons lost. 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. The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area. ... Knicks redirects here. ... A disputed record setting 93,173 fans in attendance for WrestleMania III at the Pontiac Silverdome. ... Isiah Lord Thomas III () (born April 30, 1961, in Chicago, Illinois) is a retired American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and is currently the head coach of the NBAs New York Knicks. ...


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) already being used for a Mariah Carey concert on the same day. The Shock won the game 80–75 to clinch the championship. The Womens National Basketball Association (WNBA) is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States. ... WNBA Championship Trophy The WNBA Finals is the championship series of the Womens National Basketball Association (WNBA), played under a best-of-five playoff format. ... The Sacramento Monarchs is a Womens National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Sacramento, California. ... The Detroit Shock is a Womens National Basketball Association team based in Detroit, Michigan. ... is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Palace of Auburn Hills (a. ... This article is about the singer. ...


Several plans for a replacement arena have surfaced in recent years, including proposals for the expansion of Cobo Hall that require JLA to be demolished. Currently, no firm plan for replacement or remodeling is in place.


A new television screen on the scoreboard was installed and 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 legendary Red Wing player Gordie Howe, and a bronze statue of his likeness was placed inside the entrance. is the 326th day of the year (327th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Vancouver Canucks are a professional mens ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ... Gordon Gordie Howe, OC (born March 31, 1928 in Floral, Saskatchewan) is a former professional ice hockey player from Canada who played for the Detroit Red Wings and Hartford Whalers of the National Hockey League, and the Houston Aeros and New England Whalers in the WHA. He is often referred...


The arena was featured in the episode "Grosse Point, 48230" of the television show Northern Exposure. This article is about the TV series; there is also a mix album of the same name. ...

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Panorama of Joe Louis Arena in April 2008
Panorama of Joe Louis Arena in April 2008

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OHL All-Star Game 2006 Opening Face Off. ... The Plymouth Whalers are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. ... OHL All-Star Game 2006 Opening Face Off. ... Categories: Defunct American football teams | American football stubs ... The Arena Football League (AFL) was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. ... The Detroit Turbos were a member of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1989 to 1994. ... The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is the professional league of mens indoor lacrosse in North America. ... The Detroit Shock is a Womens National Basketball Association team based in Detroit, Michigan. ... The Womens National Basketball Association (WNBA) is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States. ... The Palace of Auburn Hills (a. ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... This article is about the sport. ... The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (U of M, U-M, UM or simply Michigan) is a coeducational public research university in the state of Michigan. ... University of Detroit Mercy is the largest and most comprehensive Catholic University in Michigan. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (362nd in leap years). ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... The St. ... The 1980 Republican National Convention was held in july,1980 in Detroit, Michigan ... The Frozen Four is the trademarked name of the final two rounds of the NCAA Division I championship of ice hockey in the USA. Schools advance in a single-elimination tournament from four regional sites to a single site, where the national semifinals and final game are played. ... This article is about the sport. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... 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Survivor Series 2005 was the nineteenth annual Survivor Series pay-per-view professional wrestling event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). ... WWE RAW is the Monday night professional wrestling show for World Wrestling Entertainment. ... WWE SmackDown! is a professional wrestling show that airs in the USA on UPN and in Canada on The Score Network. ... ECW logo from 1994-2001. ... WWE RAW is the Monday night professional wrestling show for World Wrestling Entertainment. ... is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Australian professional wrestling promotion, see World Championship Wrestling (Australia). ... Halloween Havoc was an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Championship Wrestling from 1989 through 2000. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... The Great Lakes Invitational is a four-team NCAA mens ice hockey tournament held annually at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit between Christmas and New Year as part of College Hockey at The Joe. ... The Central Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates mostly in Michigan and Ohio, although it also has members in Alaska, Indiana, and Nebraska. ...

Recent additions

Joe Louis Arena currently houses 86 premium suites. [1] In 2008, the arena introduced the Comerica Bank Legend's Club, a 181-person private seating location in the southeast corner of the arena [2]. The Legend's Club is also the site of a pilot program called the SkyBOX. St. Louis-based Vivid Sky introduced the SkyBOX into the Legend's Club in January of 2008. The SkyBOX gives Champion's Club patrons the ability to view instant replays and statistical information via a wireless device.


References

  1. ^ Joe Louis Arena
  2. ^ Detroit Red Wings - News: Red Wings combining suites for new private club - 09/10/2007

External links

  • Joe Louis Arena website
  • Video review of Joe Louis Arena
  • Joe Louis Arena Information from Ballparks.com
  • Press Release regarding Legend's Club
Preceded by
Olympia Stadium
Home of the
Detroit Red Wings

1979 – present
Succeeded by
current
Preceded by
Kemper Arena
Host of the
Republican National Convention

1980
Succeeded by
Reunion Arena

Coordinates: 42°19′30.54″N, 83°3′5.14″W There are several Olympic Stadiums around the world: Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands Olympic Stadium, Antwerp, Belgium Olympic Stadium, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece Olympic Stadium, Barcelona, Spain Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany Olympic Stadium, Guangdong, Peoples Republic of China Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadyumu, Istanbul, Turkey Stade... The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. ... Kemper Arena American Royal Center is an 19,500 seat indoor arena in Kansas City, Missouri that has hosted NCAA Final Four basketball games, professional basketball and hockey teams, the 1976 Republican Convention, and is the ongoing host of the American Royal livestock show. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The 1980 Republican National Convention was held in july,1980 in Detroit, Michigan ... Reunion Arena is an indoor arena in the Reunion district of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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