Detroit's fallen stadiums: What happened to Cobo Arena?

Detroit's fallen stadiums: What happened to Cobo Arena?

Built at a time of great changes (for better and worse) for Detroit, Cobo Arena was a major-league arena for less than two decades.

An ode to the ‘fallen’ Joe

The Free Press has been chronicling the tales of Detroit’s “fallen stadiums” over the course of this week, and Matthew Auchinloss has posted a column about Joe Louis Arena’s history this morning: Joe Louis Arena’s significance to Detroit sports history cannot be overstated, which is remarkable given how poorly it was received when it first opened in December 1979 . Featuring old, gray concrete with fluorescent lighting poorly installed, a lack …