Cobo Hall
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Cobo Hall, officially Cobo Conference/Exhibition Center, is a convention center situated in downtown Detroit, Michigan, USA. It and the adjacent Cobo Arena are named for Albert E. Cobo, mayor of Detroit from 1950 to 1957. Designed by Gino Rossetti, both Cobo Hall and Cobo Arena opened in 1960. It underwent a significant expansion in 1989 and presently holds 700,000 square feet (65,030 m²) of exhibition space.
Each January, it hosts the North American International Auto Show. However, it is considered somewhat undersized for this purpose, and a variety of proposals are currently being floated for either expanding the hall's convention space (possibly by eliminating either Cobo Arena or Joe Louis Arena) or building an entirely new convention center. Critics of these proposals note that that aside from the Auto Show, Cobo Hall is rarely filled to its capacity, and they argue that expanding or replacing the facility should thus not be a high priority for the city.
Cobo Arena
Cobo Arena is a 12,191-seat indoor arena adjacent to Cobo Hall. It has been the home of the Detroit Pistons of the NBA (from 1961-1978), the Michigan Stags of the WHA (1974-1975), the Detroit Ambassadors of the Ontario Hockey League (1990-1992), the Detroit Dogs of the American Basketball Association (2000-2001), the Detroit Rockers of the National Professional Soccer League (along with Joe Louis Arena) from 1990-2001, and the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team (along with Calihan Hall). Both venues, and the adjacent Joe Louis Arena are served by the Detroit People Mover's Cobo Center station.
Cobo Arena has served as a venue for concerts for many years. Concert albums of KISS (Alive!) and Bob Seger (Live Bullet) were recorded in the arena.
The facility also hosted the 1990-1992 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournaments.
The facility also hosted the return of WWE Saturday Night's Main Event on March 18, 2006.
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