The Big Arena - Week of Feb. 23rd

"The things that make me different are the things that make me." ~Piglet (A.A. Milne)

Monday was the most exciting day of the week.  Cam was invited, along with the FHN Unified Basketball Team, to play at the same setting as the NBA Detroit Pistons.  Since it was a school event, he was excused from being in the high school building. Chris and Jane took the day off of work to bring their son to the big event.  Our destination was the Little Caesars Arena.

Little Caesars Arena (LCA) in Detroit, opened in September 2017 for $862.9 million and is the home of the NHL's Red Wings and NBA's Pistons, anchoring the 50-block "The District Detroit" entertainment area. Designed by HOK and Barton Malow, it replaced Joe Louis Arena and The Palace of Auburn Hills, featuring a unique, deconstructed design with an underground practice rink.
The 816,000-square-foot venue features a "deconstructed" layout, placing the concourse, restaurants, and retail shops in separate buildings connected by a roof. It includes a 5,100-square-foot scoreboard and a below-ground practice ice rink. It was designed to anchor a new downtown district, connecting Midtown with the central business district.

We arrived at the exact same time as the other players.  We learned that the professional basketball games usually see about 18,000 fans while the pro hockey team, the Red Wings typically host 20,000.  Chris talked to one of the security guards and he told him that the Detroit Piston courtside seats go for $2800 per chair!

Our Grand Rapids Team played against a Detroit-based team.  It was exciting for us all to be in the arena where our state's professional basketball team plays!  We were super proud of Cam for participating and being a part of it all.  The final score was 38-33 with our team victorious.

We ate a late lunch with Brody and his family in the District Market, a food court inside that offered 4 different restaurants in one area. Late that afternoon, we drove back to Grand Rapids, arriving home by dinnertime.  We were all in agreement that the day away was a unique experience we were excited to be a part of!

Camology Quotes:

The AI agents continue to provide an endless array of jokes between father and son.  As we were getting ready to leave for Detroit, Chris said to Cam, "There's only one problem...how can I leave my agents alone for an entire day?!" To which Cam smartly replied:

"Ha! Are you married to them Dad?!"