Joe Louis Arena – Motor City Muckraker

Joe Louis Arena demo, Detroit cop-involved shooting, charter revision commission: Your Thursday briefing

By Steve Neavling on October 25, 2018 Morning Briefing

The costs to taxpayers to demolish Joe Louis Arena doubled; a Detroit police officer shot a suspect; and candidates for the Detroit Charter Revision Commission gather tonight for forum.

Body found floating in Detroit River near Joe Louis Arena on Labor Day

By Steve Neavling on September 7, 2015 Crime & Fire, Featured Stories, Police

A body was found floating in the Detroit River near the Joe Louis Arena late Monday morning.

Justin Bieber tour bus busted with drugs at Ambassador Bridge

By Steve Neavling on July 30, 2013 Art & Entertainment, Culture, Featured Stories, posts

Bieber tweeted this morning, “I’m a lucky guy.”

Entertainment giant Mike Ilitch wants city tax dollars but his company fails to pay its own taxes

By Steve Neavling on December 13, 2012 Politics, posts, Red Wings, Sports, Tigers, Urban Renewal

Turns out, the billionaire’s company, Olympia Entertainment, owes Detroit nearly a million dollars in unpaid property taxes on downtown’s Cobo Arena and Joe Louis Arena dating back to 2009.