Detroit's Joe Louis Arena is gone. What's there now? (Jan2023)

Joe Louis Arena was completed in 1979 primarily for use as the home ice of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings. In 2017 the Red Wings moved to a new building (Little Caesar's Area) along Woodward Avenue in Midtown Detroit.
Joe Louis Arena was demolished in 2020. The riverfront land it once occupied now hosts construction cranes giving rise to a 25-story residential tower. Because of the land's proximity to Huntington Place (formerly Cobo Convention Center) there is the expectation that the site will soon host second and third tower developments to feature mixed-use spaces to include several hundred hotel rooms aimed at supporting Detroit's growing convention business. Windsor, Canada can be seen in this short video across the Detroit River, which defines the boundary between Michigan and Ontario along this stretch of the international border.

[@brucebeamon5460]

The VIDEO , the MUSIC the WHOLE VIBE AWESOME 👌🏿

[@nickdog781]

agreed

[@leightongeoaerials4200]

Thx, Bruce!! : )

[@varner313]

Rumor has it that a twin building will soon be built on the same property..

[@radioactivecat]

I hope so…it’s a nice looking building but it seems a bit out of place …or lonely there

[@RahimsLens]

Hopefully a building but not twin.. it's a prime location and it needs to look better imo

[@nickdog781]

theres suppsoed to be like 4 biulding inclueding that one

[@markeyosef1579]

​@@radioactivecatHow is it alone?When is right next to cobo center

[@rbeck313]

I hope so!

[@redmor1516]

Downtown shows magnificent colors. Great video. Could be another video, but could you do one with one continuing shot?

[@nickdog781]

wow just subed too

[@karltonlimeback6183]

I miss joe louis arena it looks so wrong the arena not in that spot why was it torn down for this😢😢😢

[@leightongeoaerials4200]

Joe Louis Arena wasn't "torn down for this." It was torn down because the Red Wings built a new facility on the edge of Midtown and Downtown. Once Little Caesar's Arena opened there was no use whatsoever for the old arena, which was obsolete the day it opened in 1979. We all have great memories of JLA. Loads of colorful history there. But that chapter is long gone. This site will eventually be occupied by 3-4 hotel and condo towers.

[@ernokirnyan9984]

Hotels instead of Joe??? Congrats to decision makers