Little Caesars Arena, Multi-purpose sports arena in Midtown Detroit, United States
Little Caesars Arena is a multi-purpose sports facility in Midtown Detroit featuring a distinctive eight-story bowl construction with its playing surface well below street level. The venue holds more than nineteen thousand visitors for hockey games and slightly more for basketball, with seating arranged in steep tiers.
The facility opened in September 2017 and replaced two older sports venues where the city's professional teams previously played. Construction cost over eight hundred million dollars and marked the beginning of a larger urban development project in the neighborhood.
The arena carries the name of the Little Caesars pizza chain, owned by the Ilitch family, which also owns the Red Wings; the naming was announced on April 29, 2016. After Gordie Howe died on June 10, 2016, fans petitioned to rename the building Gordie Howe Arena, a campaign that did not succeed. The glass-roofed concourse stays open all year, even without an event inside.
Four main entrances at street level lead into the building, which opens ninety minutes before sports events and somewhat later for other occasions. Visitors arriving by car can find parking in the surrounding area, while public transport stops within walking distance.
A covered walkway with a transparent plastic roof connects the main building to adjacent structures and creates a sheltered passage for visitors. This corridor integrates shops and office spaces directly into the overall architectural concept of the neighborhood.
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