When the Red Wings finish this season, either in April or in June - if they keep winning in the post season - Detroit will be losing an old friend: Joe Louis Arena.
The Red Wings legacy runs deep in the veins of Detroit.
During the winning years, it was the lifeblood that was so important to so many people.
The Wings are staying in Detroit, moving from The Joe to ‘The Dough’, the Little Ceasars Arena still under construction near Foxtown, and the home of the Tigers and Lions.
The Anchor Bar has been a fixture in downtown Detroit for 47 years and is packed on a Wings home game night.
It is walking distance to the Joe so the new arena will require a familiar Detroit business model: more shuttle busses.
But the owner is not worried. He keeps his parking, food and drink prices down to keep his fans loyal.
