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Beat Writer Likes The Joe Louis Arena

10/03/2014 at 5:38am EDT

Jason Mackey of Chipped Ice at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review with a quick look at the Joe Louis Arena...

Joe Louis Arena is a dump, I was told. Worst in the league. You’ll hate it. Just wait for the new place to open. Things will be so much better.

Have to admit, I kind of liked the Joe. Don’t know what it is.

Maybe it’s the surprisingly beautiful walk along the river from my hotel to the rink.

Or the killer music — Green Day, Weezer and more — played during games.

Or the sense that something special happened here.

The Penguins winning the Stanley Cup in 2009, sure, but there’s so much more. The rafters are packed full with banners. In the home dressing room, pictures of Red Wings legends hang above players’ lockers.

The seats and concourse level reminded me, honestly, of Mellon Arena. Your shoes stick to the cement when you walk to your seat. There are urinal troughs in the men’s restrooms.

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