Huntington Place

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Huntington Place
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Huntington Place in 2022
Huntington Place
Former namesCobo Hall (1960–2010) [1]
Cobo Center (2010–2019) [1]
TCF Center (2019–2021) [1]
Address1 Washington Boulevard
Location Detroit, Michigan
Coordinates 42°19′34″N83°2′49″W / 42.32611°N 83.04694°W / 42.32611; -83.04694
Public transit DPM icon.png Convention Center
OwnerDetroit Regional Convention Facility Authority
Operator ASM Global
Type Convention center
Construction
Opened1960;64 years ago (1960) [1]
Renovated1989, [2] 2015 [2]
Expanded2015 [2]
Architect Giffels & Rossetti [3]
Website
Official website

Huntington Place (formerly known as Cobo Hall, Cobo Center, and briefly TCF Center) is a convention center in Downtown Detroit, owned by the Detroit Regional Convention Facility Authority (DRCFA) and operated by ASM Global. Located at 1 Washington Boulevard, the facility was originally named after former Mayor of Detroit Albert Cobo.

Contents

The largest annual event held at Huntington Place is the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), which has been held at the center since 1965.

Facilities

Huntington Place is 2,400,000-square-foot (220,000 m2) in size and has 723,000 square feet (67,200 m2) of exhibition space, with 623,000 square feet (57,900 m2) contiguous. [4] It previously featured an arena, Cobo Arena, which hosted various concerts, sporting events, and other events. [2] In 2015, the facility completed a renovation that repurposed the Cobo Arena space, adding additional meeting halls, a glass atrium with a view of the Detroit riverfront, and the 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m2) Grand Riverview Ballroom. [5] [6]

It is served by the Detroit People Mover with its own station. [7] Huntington Place has several large, attached parking garages, as well as parking on the roof of the facility, and direct access to the Lodge Freeway. [8] [9] The facility is located along the Detroit International Riverfront, and within walking distance of several downtown hotels. [10]

History

Huntington Place, then Cobo Hall, in 2007, with the southern end of M-10 passing under the center 300 yards (270 m) from ending at street level (and becoming/leaving Jefferson Avenue) CoboHallDetroit.jpg
Huntington Place, then Cobo Hall, in 2007, with the southern end of M-10 passing under the center 300 yards (270 m) from ending at street level (and becoming/leaving Jefferson Avenue)

The facility and its attached arena initially cost $56 million. [2] It was designed by the Detroit architectural firm Giffels & Rossetti and took four years to complete. [2] [3] Louis Rossetti was the chief architect. [3] The facility is on the site where Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, a French colonist, first set foot and landed on the banks of the river in July 1701 and claimed the area for France in the name of King Louis XIV. [2] The first convention at the facility was held in 1960 by the Florists' Telegraph Delivery (FTD). [2] The first event was the 43rd Auto Industry Dinner on October 17, 1960, at which President Dwight D. Eisenhower was the keynote speaker. [2] In 1989, a renovation was completed to expand its size to 2,400,000 square feet (220,000 m2). [2] [4]

Joe Louis Arena, named after boxer and former heavyweight champion Joe Louis, was built adjacent to the facility. [11] It served as the home of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League from 1979 until its closure in 2017 when they moved to Little Caesars Arena. Demolition of the arena began in 2019. [12]

In 2009, Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. vetoed the Detroit City Council's resolution against the expansion of the facility. [13] [14] Shortly after, the facility came under ownership and operation, through a 30-year capital lease, of the Detroit Regional Convention Facility Authority (DRCFA). The five-member Authority Board consists of one representative from each of five government agencies – the City of Detroit, State of Michigan and the three Metro Detroit counties of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb. Consensus agreement from the authority is needed for all decisions, and it has become a model for regional cooperation in Southeast Michigan. [15]

In October 2010, the DRCFA awarded a management contract to SMG, [16] which merged with AEG Facilities to form ASM Global in 2019. [17] It extended the contract for three years in September 2013 and again in June 2017. [16] [18] In 2015, a five-year, $279 million renovation was completed, including a new atrium, ballroom, and meeting spaces, constructed mainly within the former Cobo Arena building. [5] [6]

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Huntington Place, then Cobo Center, in 2015

In 2017, in the wake of the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Detroit riot, current mayor Mike Duggan proposed that Cobo Center be renamed due to modern reappraisals of Cobo's tenure as mayor. Cobo had upheld exclusionary covenants against African Americans, and was accused of responding poorly to allegations of harassment and police brutality against African American residents. [19] [20] [21] [22] In 2018, the DRCFA stated that it had already been considering the sale of naming rights to the facility, for the first time in its history. [21]

Huntington Place was converted into a temporary hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan. Michigan National Guard - 49770211353.jpg
Huntington Place was converted into a temporary hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan.

In June 2018, the DRCFA approved a 22-year naming rights agreement with Chemical Bank (acquired by TCF Financial Corporation in 2019), which took effect on July 1, 2018; the following month, Chemical announced that it would relocate its headquarters to downtown Detroit. The deal was not publicly announced until February 20, 2019; the parties agreed to delay the official announcement until Chemical finalized its merger with TCF Financial Corporation. [23] A new name for Cobo Center was not formally announced at this time, as the bank wanted to wait until after the completion of the merger. In the meantime, Chemical Bank logos appeared on advertising and signage at the facility, and a ceremonial bust of Albert Cobo was removed from public display. [23] [24] [25] The merger between Chemical and TCF Financial Corporation was completed on August 1, 2019. [26] Cobo Center was officially renamed TCF Center on August 27, 2019. [21]

On December 13, 2020, Huntington Bancshares announced the acquisition of TCF. [27] The merger was completed in June 2021, [28] and on December 9, 2021, TCF Center was renamed Huntington Place. [29] [30]

Notable events

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Ford Motor Company exhibit at the 2019 North American International Auto Show

In 1961, the show car event Detroit Autorama moved to the facility, and has been held there ever since. [31]

Since 1965, the largest event held at Huntington Place is the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). This event draws thousands of international press and suppliers during its initial five days and has a charity preview party for 11,000 guests before the public opening. [32] Since 1976, the Charity Preview has raised an average of $2.4 million yearly for southeastern Michigan children's charities. [33] After the Charity Preview party, the NAIAS is open to the public for ten days, drawing, on average, 735,000 attendees. [16] [34] The show was originally held in January, but was to move to June beginning in 2020. [35] On March 29, 2020, it was announced that the 2020 NAIAS had been cancelled due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. [36] The 2021 NAIAS was also cancelled and replaced by a downsized outdoor event in Pontiac, Michigan. [37] [38]

Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated Emanuel Augustus, then known as Emanuel Burton, via a ninth-round TKO on October 21, 2000. The fight took place at Cobo Hall rather than Cobo Arena. [39] [40]

The anime convention Youmacon has been held annually at Huntington Place and the Renaissance Center since 2012. [41]

Cobo Arena

Cobo Arena
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Huntington Place
Capacity 12,000
Construction
Built1960
Closed2010
Demolished2010–2015
Tenants
Detroit Pistons (NBA) (1961–1978)
NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships (NCAA) (1965–1981)
Detroit Loves (WTT) (1974)
Michigan Stags (WHA) (1974–1975)
Detroit Mercy Titans (NCAA) (1989–1994; 1997–1999)
Detroit Ambassadors (OHL) (1990–1992)
Detroit Rockers (NPSL) (1990–2001)
Motor City Mustangs (RHI) (1995)
Detroit Dogs (ABA) (2000–2001)

Cobo Arena was an arena built in 1960 with seating for 12,000 that served as the home court of the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association from 1961 to 1978 and the host of the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships from 1965 to 1981. [2] [42] The short-lived Michigan Stags of the World Hockey Association and the Detroit Loves of World TeamTennis called Cobo Arena home in 1974, as did the Detroit Rockers of the National Professional Soccer League, the Detroit Mercy Titans basketball team of the NCAA, and the Motor City Mustangs of Roller Hockey International. [43] [44] [45] [46]

Cobo also hosted rock concerts, by such artists as Van Halen, The Doors, J. Geils Band, Jefferson Starship, Queen, Black Sabbath, Journey, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Iron Maiden (twice in 1982), David Bowie, Ted Nugent, Prince, The Tragically Hip, The Who, Judy Garland, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen, Parliament-Funkadelic, Duran Duran, the Cure, Phish, Sex Pistols, Madonna, Anthrax, Exodus and Helloween. [47] [48] [49] Bob Seger recorded all of Live Bullet and part of Nine Tonight at Cobo Arena. [50] [51] Yes recorded two songs at Cobo Arena for their Yesshows album, released in 1980. Kiss recorded most of live album Alive! and video Animalize Live Uncensored at the arena and it is featured in their video for "Modern Day Delilah". [47]

On August 4 and 5, 1980, Journey recorded most of their live album Captured at Cobo Arena. [52]

As the venue for Big Time Wrestling on every other Saturday night in the 1960s and 1970s, it was considered to be "The House the Sheik built." [53] It also hosted Skate America in 1995. [54]

WWE and WCW also hosted numerous house shows and tapings in the arena during the 1990s, but WWE would return in 2006 for the premiere of the 2006 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event.

On June 23, 1963, following the Detroit Walk to Freedom civil rights march, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the original version of his "I Have a Dream" speech at Cobo Arena to a full house. [47] [55] [56]

In January 1994, during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships at Joe Louis Arena, skater Nancy Kerrigan was bludgeoned in her right lower thigh by an assailant in a corridor of Cobo Arena, which was being used as a practice facility. The assault, which was dubbed "the whack heard 'round the world", [57] was planned by rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly and co-conspirator Shawn Eckardt, in a plot to prevent Kerrigan from competing at the championships and the 1994 Winter Olympics. [58] [59]

Cobo Arena closed in 2010 as part of a major renovation completed in 2015. The space was used to construct new facilities, including the 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m2) Grand Riverview Ballroom, a new atrium area, 21 additional meeting rooms, and an outdoor terrace. [60] [61]

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1961–1978		Succeeded by
Preceded by Ultimate Fighting Championship venue
UFC 9 		Succeeded by
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