GENERAL
Arena: Joe Louis Arena
Capacity: 22,066
Built: 1979 / $57M USD
Head office: 600 Civic Center Detroit, ML. 48226
Phone:
Fax:
Website: redwings.nhl.com
E-Mail:
Radio flagship: WXYT-AM / 97.1 The Ticket |
Local television: FSN Detroit
Corporate partners/sponsors: Molson Coors, AT&T, Kroger, Bank of America, Comerica, Motor City Casino.
Mascot: Al the Octopus
Established: 1926
Franchise ancestry:
Detroit Cougars (1926-1930)
Detroit Falcons (1930-1932)
Detroit Red Wings (1932-present) |
BUSINESS OF WINNING
ATTENDANCE
2011-2012 COMING SOON
Home Dates: 41
Home Attendance Average: N/A
Home Attendance Drawing Capacity: N/A
Home Attendance Total: N/A
Home Attendance Rank: click here
for 2010-2011 rank
Team Marketing Report:
Average Ticket Cost & Fan Cost Index: click here
2010-'11 Estimated Gate Receipts: $45M USD
DEROIT MARKET
MARKET SIZE
City Population: 883,465
Metropolitan Area Population: 4,467,592 (Detroit-Warren-Livonia)
Greater Metro Area Population: 5,456,428 (including Ann Arbor-Flint)*
City size ranking: #11 in US
Metro area size ranking: #11 in US
Greater Metro area size ranking: #8 in US
* Detroit-Windsor area: 5,700,000.
Designated Market Area (DMA): 1,926,970 TV homes / 1.684% of US
DMA ranking: #11 in US
Source: Nielsen 2008, US Census Bureau 2005 and 2007 |
FRANCHISE FINANCIALS
 OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Owner: Mike Ilitch
Acquisition date/price: 1982 / $8M USD
General Manager: Ken Holland
Head Coach: Mike Babcock
Stadium: City of Detroit
Concessions: Olympia Entertainment
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MARKET ECONOMICS
Economic Description: Inland port (automotive capital of the US; with computer and biotechnology growth in the suburbs)
State capital: No (Lansing, Michigan)
Major companies: General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, OnStar, CompuWare, EDS, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Ernst & Young, DTE Energy.
City per capita income: $14,717 USD
Metro area per capita income (ranking): $39,419 USD (#62 US)
State per capita income (ranking): $33,778 USD (#27 US)
MARKET DEMOGRAPHICS
Ethnicity (City of Detroit): Race – Black 81.6%, 12.3% White, 1.0% Asian, 5.5% Other (5.5% Hispanic of any race); origins – French, Irish, German, Scottish, Polish, Italian, Greek, Serbian, Turk, Arab, Belgian.
Language: Approximately 92% English.
Median Age: 31 years.
Political Leadership: Mayor of Detroit – Kenneth Cockrel, Jr.; Governor of Michigan – Jennifer Granholm (Democrat); U.S. Senators – Carl Levin (D), Debbie Stabenow (D); U.S. Representatives – Bart Stupak (D), Peter Hoekstra (Republican), Vern Ehlers (R), Dave Camp (R), Dale Kildee (D), Fred Upton (R), Mark Schauer (D), Mike Rogers (R), Gary Peters (D), Candice S. Miller (R), Thaddeus G. McCotter (R ), Sander Levin (D), Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D), John Conyers (D), John Dingell, Jr. (D).
Source: Team Marketing Report, ESPN.com, Forbes.com and TheSportMarket.biz
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