The roof forms an indoor 'street' that serves as the arena's concourse. Buildings housing retail outlets, including several restaurants, the arena's box office, and the offices of the Red Wings are built outside the arena, but a glass roof is erected between the buildings and the arena itself. Little Caesars Arena was designed by HOK, and features a unique 'deconstructed' layout. It was designed to be the flagship of a new $2.1 billion 650,000-square-foot (60,000 m 2) sports and entertainment district, The District Detroit, with mixed-use neighborhoods with new residential and retail outlets located around the Cass Corridor, Ford Field, and Comerica Park. The arena features a unique, clear plastic roofed concourse connecting it to offices and shops surrounding it. Opened on September 5, 2017, the arena, which cost $862.9 million to construct, replaced Joe Louis Arena and The Palace of Auburn Hills as the home of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA), respectively.
Little Caesars Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Midtown Detroit.
