Sale of
Joe
Louis
Arena
seats to
begin
Tuesday,
May 1
•
Tuesday,
May 1st
- Season
Ticket
holders
will get
first
opportunity
to
purchase
seats
•
Saturday,
May 12th
- Sales
open to
the
general
public
on at
www.thejoeseats.com
DETROIT,
MICHIGAN
–
Detroit
Red
Wings
fans now
have the
opportunity
to own a
piece of
Joe
Louis
Arena
history.
Miedema
Asset
Management
Group,
Inc. and
Robert
Levy
Associates,
LLC will
manage
the sale
of the
seats
and
other
assets
from the
Joe
Louis
Arena,
the Red
Wings’
home for
38
seasons.
The City
of
Detroit
owns the
arena.
Starting
May 1,
current
Red
Wings
full and
partial
season
ticket
holders,
suite
holders
and
sponsors
will
have the
opportunity
to
purchase
arena
seats at
www.thejoeseats.com.
The
general
public
sale of
seats
will
begin
Saturday,
May 12.
Seats
will be
sold in
minimum
sets of
2 - and
will
start at
$150 per
seat.
Additional
charges
apply to
fans
requesting
specific
seats.
Purchased
seats
will be
available
for
either
on-site
pick-up
or
shipping
at a
future
date.
Please
check
the
website
for
pricing,
availability
and
terms.
All
seats
will
include
a signed
Certificate
of
Authenticity.
“Pricing
of the
seats
was
determined
carefully
to make
owning a
piece of
the
incredible
Joe
Louis
Arena
history
affordable
to all
fans,
even
though
there
are
limited
quantities
available,”
said
Robert
Levy and
Scott
Miedema.
“Current
season
ticket
holders,
suite
holders
and
sponsors
will
have
first
priority.
All
remaining
seats
will be
sold on
a
First-Come-First
Serve
basis.”
The sale
of the
other
Joe
Louis
Arena
assets
will be
sold via
an
online
auction
at
www.orbitbid.com
and
www.rlevyinc.com/sales
this
May.
These
will
include
items
ranging
from
furniture,
lighting,
signs,
chilling
systems
and
other
basic
infrastructure,
but also
will
include
suite
wet bars
and The
Joe’s
official
scoreboard.
The sale
of the
infrastructure
items
will be
available
at
private
sale.
Interested
individuals
can find
out more
by
calling
1-800-LAST
BID
(1-800-527-8243).
The
Detroit
Red
Wings
played
at the
Joe
Louis
Arena,
from
1979
through
2017. In
addition
to being
the home
base for
four
Stanley
Cup
championships,
six
Stanley
Cup
finals,
various
sporting
events
and
concerts,
the
arena
also
hosted
the 1980
Republican
National
Convention.
The
one-time
revenue
from the
auction
will be
used to
offset
the
city’s
cost of
maintaining
the
arena,
particularly
utility
and
security
costs.
Miedema
and Levy
will be
donating
a
portion
of their
fees to
three
Detroit
Charities
including
Children’s
Hospital
of
Michigan
Foundation,
Sparky
Anderson’s
CATCH
and
Brilliant
Detroit.
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