Detroit Olympia

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Detroit Olympia was a historic indoor arena in Detroit, Michigan, best known as the longtime home of the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings and a major venue for sports and entertainment events in the mid-20th century.

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Detroit Olympia canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former building ⓘ
indoor arena ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Olympia Stadium ⓘ
The Old Red Barn ⓘ
architect C. Howard Crane ⓘ
architecturalStyle Art Deco ⓘ
brokeGroundOn 1926 ⓘ
closedOn 1979 ⓘ
constructionCost $2.5 million ⓘ
1927 dollars ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
demolishedOn 1987 ⓘ
hostedEvent NHL All-Star Game 1950 ⓘ
NHL All-Star Game 1952 ⓘ
Stanley Cup Finals games ⓘ
hostedEventType concerts ⓘ
political rallies ⓘ
professional wrestling ⓘ
hostedPerformer Elvis Presley ⓘ
Led Zeppelin ⓘ
The Beatles ⓘ
The Rolling Stones ⓘ
hostedSport basketball ⓘ
boxing ⓘ
ice hockey ⓘ
hostedTeam Detroit Falcons (basketball) ⓘ
linked to: Detroit Falcons

Detroit Pistons (selected games) ⓘ
linked to: Detroit Pistons
locatedIn Detroit ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
Northwest Goldberg neighborhood ⓘ
notableFeature intimate sightlines for hockey ⓘ
large red brick exterior ⓘ
steep seating bowl ⓘ
openedOn October 15, 1927 ⓘ
owner Olympia Stadium Corporation ⓘ
primaryTenant Detroit Red Wings ⓘ
primaryTenantLeague National Hockey League ⓘ
replacedByVenue Joe Louis Arena ⓘ
seatingCapacityIceHockey 15000 ⓘ
16000 ⓘ
servedAsHomeArenaFrom Detroit Red Wings 1927 ⓘ
servedAsHomeArenaUntil Detroit Red Wings 1979 ⓘ
streetAddress 5920 Grand River Avenue ⓘ
successorSiteUse Detroit Police Department headquarters ⓘ
Michigan National Guard facility ⓘ
surfaceType ice ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Olympia Stadium → alsoKnownAs → Detroit Olympia ⓘ
Detroit Falcons → homeArena → Detroit Olympia ⓘ
Detroit Falcons → homeGamesPlayedAt → Detroit Olympia ⓘ
Detroit Cougars → homeArena → Detroit Olympia ⓘ