Ugh as much as I know they need an updated building this makes my heart hurt...
I know when it's all said and done, I will certainly miss the joe ![]()
I plan to go to the last game they play there
Posted 04 February 2013 - 11:55 AM
Ugh as much as I know they need an updated building this makes my heart hurt...
I know when it's all said and done, I will certainly miss the joe ![]()
I plan to go to the last game they play there
Posted 05 February 2013 - 07:10 PM
Ugh as much as I know they need an updated building this makes my heart hurt...
Yeah our organization will lose a lot of character when The Joe goes. The prices are reasonable, so a lot of us average fans can go, which helps the atmosphere. A new rink means higher prices and more of a corporate, quiet crowd.
Posted 05 February 2013 - 08:17 PM

"I'll tell you what 'priority number one'" is!
"Mess up tomorrow, don't mess up now".
- Harry James Benson, CBE.
Posted 07 February 2013 - 05:03 AM
Will the Pistons share the arena with us?
Posted 07 February 2013 - 10:54 AM
Will the Pistons share the arena with us?
Datsyukian
Dat·syu·ki·an [dat-soo-kee-uh n]
adjective
1. When your moves are so amazing and beyond reason, the only way to describe them is "datsyukian."
Posted 07 February 2013 - 02:07 PM
Little Caesars Parthenon
DO IT!
Also, if I was a Detroit citizen, I would be glad for my tax dollars going to something proven to be profitable and worthwhile for the city. Throwing good money after good, instead of good money after bad.
Edited by RedWingsDad, 07 February 2013 - 02:08 PM.
Tim Thomas - Patriot and generally awesome human being.
Romans 10:13 - For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Posted 07 February 2013 - 02:46 PM
I'll miss the place. April games walking down the riverwalk on a nice day after a win-nothing like it.
Posted Yesterday, 02:04 PM
"Everything he does is exciting to watch.” -Holmstrom describes Datsyuk
Posted Yesterday, 02:14 PM
"...that was me with the semen thing."--Dabura
Posted Yesterday, 02:18 PM
This is huge. Don't get me wrong, I love the Joe, but I hate standing in a 20 minute mosh-pit trying to get out of there.
Connecting midtown and downtown would be wonderful.
GO WINGS.
Posted Yesterday, 02:42 PM
I don't like the reduced capacity. Although, that would make it look fuller.
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Fixed it for ya.. haha
This is huge. Don't get me wrong, I love the Joe, but I hate standing in a 20 minute mosh-pit trying to get
out of therein to the bathroom.
Posted Yesterday, 03:21 PM
The new arena needs to seat 20K.
Posted Yesterday, 03:24 PM
The new arena needs to seat 20K.
Doesn't matter if all the choice seats are still held by suits that only show up for 5 minutes, if at all, and then go home. Used to see a lot of that when I lived in the area. People would use the Joe as some kind of bar....show up for the 2nd period with some buddies, drink, and then leave before the 3rd even started. WTF
Posted Yesterday, 04:27 PM
Just my 2 cents:
Part of the necessity for a new barn is the lack of high dollar corporate suites. The new arena will have mid-level boxes (think The Palace) that will pull those "visting suits" away from ice level. Also, with proper luxury boxes and club level the bulk of the increase in ticket prices will be absorbed by the big wigs.
As far as decreased capacity goes, that's also a function of the mid-level boxes. To keep capacity at 20k fans would be a long distance from the ice.
Posted Yesterday, 04:35 PM
Again, I wouldn't mind a new arena but hope the seats are not miles away from the ice and they still let the fans be on the glass during warmups. In Chicago, they don't let you on the glass for warmups unless you have a ticket in the lower section.
Edited by Hockeymom1960, Yesterday, 04:35 PM.
Posted Yesterday, 04:40 PM
This is huge. Don't get me wrong, I love the Joe, but I hate standing in a 20 minute mosh-pit trying to get out of there.
Connecting midtown and downtown would be wonderful.
GO WINGS.
but i hope you like sitting in your car for 2 hours trying to get out of there.
can you imagine the traffic if the wings, lions and tigers are all playing on the same day? not to mention the traffic from the fox theatre. uggh!
Posted Yesterday, 04:49 PM
I never really cared for The Joe ... not very accessible ... wheelchair seating sucks ... it needs to be like Nationwide Arena where I can see the entire ice surface from above, not one side or the other ... I would love Gordie Howe Arena, but today's world makes that pretty much impossible ...
Posted Yesterday, 04:54 PM
I love the Joe but its time. When I go with my pops we have to leave before the game ends so we don't get caught in the mosh pit to get out. He doesnt walk well enough anymore to handle that.
Posted Yesterday, 05:02 PM
I am confused by the news today. We already knew most, if not all, of this. They're really just stating that it was approved by the city officially. My question is, does this mean something is designed? When are we going to see renderings?

Posted Yesterday, 05:36 PM
I am very grateful that I made the trek several times to the Joe. There is literally nothing else like it, what special place! But I can see the benefits of the new venue and jobs brought in, etc., too.
No stopping it, so I say embrace it, but never forget the magical place that was Joe Louis Arena.
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