West Riverfront station
Detroit People Mover station From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
West Riverfront station (formerly Joe Louis Arena) is a Detroit People Mover station in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It is located on Steve Yzerman Drive across from the former site of the Joe Louis Arena, near the intersection of 3rd Street and Jefferson Avenue, where M-10 terminates.
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| Location | 600 Civic Center Drive Detroit, Michigan 48226 United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°19′31″N 83°03′09″W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Detroit Transportation Corporation | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | July 31, 1987 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Joe Louis Arena (1987–2022) | ||||||||||
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| 2014 | 177,618[1] | ||||||||||
| Rank | 4 out of 13 | ||||||||||
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West Riverfront is the nearest People Mover station to the Downtown campus of the Wayne County Community College District, and also serves the Detroit Riverwalk via its street entrance.
The station previously served the Joe Louis Arena, the home of the NHL's Detroit Red Wings, until the arena's closure in 2017. The station was built with a series of wide concrete ramps from street level to the platform, allowing it to handle the flow of large crowds from events at the arena, and a pedestrian bridge linking the station's concourse level directly to the arena's entrance. The arena bridge was demolished in 2019 alongside the arena itself, though two enclosed skybridges remain, connecting the station to the Riverfront Towers residential complex and the disused arena parking garage.[2]
The People Mover shut down temporarily on March 30, 2020, due to decreased ridership amid the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Following the arena's demolition, the station was renamed West Riverfront when it reopened with the system's restart on May 20, 2022.[4][5]
The platform includes a Venetian glass mosaic, Voyage, created by Gerome Kamrowski. The iridescent mosaic reflects the orange hues used in the station's tile, with designs inspired by mythological and astrological figures.[6][7]
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