Olympia Entertainment is an American sports and entertainment company headquartered in the Fox Theatre in

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. Olympia is a division of

Ilitch Holdings Ilitch Holdings, Inc. is an American holding company established in 1999 to provide all companies owned by Mike and Marian Ilitch with professional and technical services. Its privately held businesses include Little Caesars Pizza, the National H ...

, and owned by

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. It owns or manages the

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, the

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, the Fox Theatre,

Joe Louis Arena Joe Louis Arena was an arena in Downtown Detroit. Completed in 1979 at a cost of US$57 million as a replacement for Olympia Stadium, it sat adjacent to TCF Center, Cobo Center on the bank of the Detroit River and was accessible by the Joe Lou ...

(management),

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(management),

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(management), City Theatre, Hockeytown Café, as well as the new

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, home of the Red Wings and

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. Starting on December 1, 2007 Olympia began managing the entertainment venues at the

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after the Detroit Masonic Association ousted the previous management company Halberd. Olympia Entertainment traces its roots to the 1927 opening of its namesake, the

Olympia Stadium Detroit Olympia, also known as Olympia Stadium, was a multi-purpose arena in Detroit. Nicknamed "The Old Red Barn", it was best known as the home of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL) from its opening in 1927 to 1979. Histo ...

, longtime home of the Red Wings. By the 1930s, the Norris family, owners of the Red Wings, had formed Olympia Stadium Corporation as a management company for the arena. In 1979, Olympia Stadium Corporation became the management company for the newly built Joe Louis Arena, which was owned by the city of Detroit and leased to the Red Wings.

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and Marian Ilitch bought Olympia Stadium Corporation as part of their 1982 purchase of the Red Wings, and renamed it Olympia Arenas. They bought and renovated the Fox Theatre in 1987 and moved Olympia and

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' headquarters there a year later. The current name, Olympia Entertainment, was adopted in 1996. On October 8, 2017, Olympia Entertainment and Palace Sports & Entertainment announced a joint venture known as

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, which assumed the responsibility of entertainment booking, production, media relations, and promotion of the two companies' six venues.

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Olympia Entertainment
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