Preparing To Demolish The Joe

from Craig Custance of The Athletic,

Joe Louis Arena is in its final stages of being picked through and cleaned out before demolition and the results are a bit jarring. Walk down the hallway, past the dressing rooms to where the ice once was and the remaining seats are piled up, waiting to be sold.

Brennen Lubbers, operations manager for Miedema Asset Management Group, which is coordinating the sale of Joe Louis Arena remains, estimates that about 25 percent of the available seats remain for sale. They’re implementing different sales strategies to finish off the last of the sale on TheJoeSeats.com. Seats can still be picked up for $150 per seat....

“Everyone wants the troughs,” he said. “Those…