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39-521: On November 23, 1982, William H. Bereman, owner of the original Indiana Loves , announced that he had founded an expansion franchise of the same name that would begin play in TeamTennis in 1983. The new franchise expanded the size of the league to 10 teams with eight expected to return from the 1982 season and the previously announced expansion franchise in Atlanta . At the press conference announcing

78-516: A French colonist, first set foot and landed on the banks of the river in July 1701 and claimed the area for France in the name of King Louis XIV . The first convention at the facility was held in 1960 by the Florists' Telegraph Delivery (FTD). The first event was the 43rd Auto Industry Dinner on October 17, 1960, at which President Dwight D. Eisenhower was the keynote speaker. In 1989, a renovation

117-460: A ball in Chicago what the situation was. We accepted the fact we won't share in the prize money. We're looking at it as a good workout session that will stand us in good stead in any tournaments coming up. We have a compact little program. We haven't had any wins yet, but we had a super tiebreaker against Dallas. We just like spoiling everybody else's record." The Loves finished the 1983 season with

156-503: A new atrium, ballroom, and meeting spaces, constructed mainly within the former Cobo Arena building. In 2017, in the wake of the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Detroit riot , current mayor Mike Duggan proposed that Cobo Center be renamed due to modern reappraisals of Cobo's tenure as mayor. Cobo had upheld exclusionary covenants against African Americans , and was accused of responding poorly to allegations of harassment and police brutality against African American residents. In 2018,

195-718: A ninth-round TKO on October 21, 2000. The fight took place at Cobo Hall rather than Cobo Arena. The anime convention Youmacon has been held annually at Huntington Place since 2012. Cobo Arena was an arena built in 1960 with seating for 12,000 that served as the home court of the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association from 1961 to 1978 and the host of the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships from 1965 to 1981. The short-lived Michigan Stags of

234-515: A profit. But we'd have never sold season tickets in years to come." Bereman said that he had already repaid the US$ 90,000 of corporate sponsorships he raised, and refund checks would be mailed to the team's 640 season-ticket holders. Bereman said that he had lost about US$ 15,000 during the brief period he operated the Loves. In light of Bereman's decision not to field a team, TeamTennis decided before

273-497: A record of just 1 win against 6 losses. TeamTennis contracted the franchise following the season. The Indiana Loves' roster for the 1983 season was Indiana Loves (1974%E2%80%931978) The Indiana Loves were a charter franchise of World Team Tennis (WTT). The team was founded as the Detroit Loves and moved to Indianapolis for the 1975 season. Following the 1978 season, Loves president Larry Noble announced that

312-513: Is the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), which has been held at the center since 1965. Huntington Place is 2,400,000-square-foot (220,000 m ) in size and has 723,000 square feet (67,200 m ) of exhibition space, with 623,000 square feet (57,900 m ) contiguous. It previously featured an arena , Cobo Arena , which hosted various concerts, sporting events, and other events. In 2015,

351-524: Is the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). This event draws thousands of international press and suppliers during its initial five days and has a charity preview party for 11,000 guests before the public opening. Since 1976, the Charity Preview has raised an average of $ 2.4 million yearly for southeastern Michigan children's charities. After the Charity Preview party, the NAIAS is open to

390-557: The Detroit Walk to Freedom civil rights march, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the original version of his " I Have a Dream " speech at Cobo Arena to a full house. In January 1994, during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships at Joe Louis Arena, skater Nancy Kerrigan was bludgeoned in her right lower thigh by an assailant in a corridor of Cobo Arena, which was being used as a practice facility. The assault, which

429-629: The Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis for the 1975 season. Led by coach Allan Stone who was a key member of their previous season's section championship team, the Loves struggled to a record of 18 wins and 26 losses, fourth place in the Eastern Division and missed the playoffs. In 1976, the Loves featured Ann Kiyomura and Ray Ruffels who teamed up to have WTT's best game-winning percentage in mixed doubles. The overall results were not much better than

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468-691: The Lodge Freeway . The facility is located along the Detroit International Riverfront , and within walking distance of several downtown hotels. The facility and its attached arena initially cost $ 56 million. It was designed by the Detroit architectural firm Giffels & Rossetti and took four years to complete. Louis Rossetti was the chief architect. The facility is on the site where Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac ,

507-1144: The World Hockey Association and the Detroit Loves of World TeamTennis called Cobo Arena home in 1974, as did the Detroit Rockers of the National Professional Soccer League , the Detroit Mercy Titans basketball team of the NCAA , and the Motor City Mustangs of Roller Hockey International . Cobo also hosted rock concerts, by such artists as Van Halen , The Doors , J. Geils Band , Jefferson Starship , Queen , Black Sabbath , Journey , Jimi Hendrix , The Rolling Stones , Alice Cooper , Kiss , Iron Maiden (twice in 1982), David Bowie , Ted Nugent , Prince , The Tragically Hip , The Who , Judy Garland , Led Zeppelin , Bruce Springsteen , Parliament-Funkadelic , Duran Duran ,

546-487: The 3,611 for their home debut would be their biggest crowd ever, and they drew just 2,213 fans per match for the entire season (their one home playoff match drew a dismal 1,622). After losing a reported $ 300,000, Brode and Greenspan sold the team to a group led by William H. Bereman and Dan Domont on November 18, 1974, who moved the franchise to Indianapolis and renaming them the Indiana Loves. The Loves moved into

585-487: The 8,000-seat Indianapolis Sports Center near Downtown Indianapolis . TeamTennis required Bereman to sign a US$ 87,500 letter of credit before the start of the season. Just days before the scheduled start of the season, TeamTennis announced that the Loves had not signed the required letter of credit and would not play any matches in Indianapolis . Instead, the league would operate the team, and it would only play on

624-576: The Cure , Phish , Sex Pistols , Madonna , Anthrax , Exodus and Helloween . Bob Seger recorded all of Live Bullet and part of Nine Tonight at Cobo Arena. Yes recorded two songs at Cobo Arena for their Yesshows album, released in 1980. Kiss recorded most of live album Alive! and video Animalize Live Uncensored at the arena and it is featured in their video for " Modern Day Delilah ". On August 4 and 5, 1980, Journey recorded most of their live album Captured at Cobo Arena. As

663-618: The DRCFA stated that it had already been considering the sale of naming rights to the facility, for the first time in its history. In June 2018, the DRCFA approved a 22-year naming rights agreement with Chemical Bank, which took effect on July 1, 2018; the following month, Chemical announced that it would relocate its headquarters to downtown Detroit. The parties agreed to delay the official announcement until February 20, 2019, after Chemical and TCF Financial Corporation announced their intent to merge. Chemical stated that it would wait until after

702-713: The Detroit City Council's resolution against the expansion of the facility. Shortly after, the facility came under ownership and operation, through a 30-year capital lease, of the Detroit Regional Convention Facility Authority (DRCFA). The five-member Authority Board consists of one representative from each of five government agencies – the City of Detroit , State of Michigan and the three Metro Detroit counties of Wayne , Oakland and Macomb . Consensus agreement from

741-542: The Female Rookie of the Year Award. The Loves committed themselves to a $ 250,000 contract over two years for Gerulaitis. While they still had a losing record, the Loves improved enough to qualify for the playoffs with a record of 21 wins and 23 losses, third place in the Eastern Division. The Loves met the defending WTT champion New York Apples in the best-of-three Eastern Division Semifinals. The Apples took

780-579: The Indiana Loves franchise: The Indiana Loves final roster for the 1978 season was Cobo Arena Huntington Place (formerly known as Cobo Hall , Cobo Center , and briefly TCF Center ) is a convention center in Downtown Detroit , owned by the Detroit Regional Convention Facility Authority (DRCFA) and operated by ASM Global . Located at 1 Washington Boulevard , the facility was originally named after former Mayor of Detroit Albert Cobo . The largest annual event held at Huntington Place

819-652: The Mixed Doubles teams split their two sets. Detroit would go on to win the Central Section championship with a record of 30 wins and 14 losses; the Pittsburgh Triangles also finished 30-14, but Detroit was awarded the section title on a tiebreaker. The first two rounds of the WTT playoffs in 1974 were held on a best-of-two, home-and-home basis, with the team with the best aggregate score over

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858-582: The authority is needed for all decisions, and it has become a model for regional cooperation in Southeast Michigan. In October 2010, the DRCFA awarded a management contract to SMG , which merged with AEG Facilities to form ASM Global in 2019. It extended the contract for three years in September 2013 and again in June 2017. In 2015, a five-year, $ 279 million renovation was completed, including

897-462: The completion of the merger to announce Coho Center's new name, but that it was expected to carry the TCF branding. In the meantime, Chemical Bank logos appeared on advertising and signage at the facility, and a ceremonial bust of Albert Cobo was removed from public display. The merger between Chemical and TCF was completed on August 1, 2019, with the combined company taking on the TCF name. Cobo Center

936-562: The facility completed a renovation that repurposed the Cobo Arena space, adding additional meeting halls, a glass atrium with a view of the Detroit riverfront, and the 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m ) Grand Riverview Ballroom. It is served by the Detroit People Mover with its own station . Huntington Place has several large, attached parking garages, as well as parking on the roof of the facility, and direct access to

975-480: The inaugural Loves team were Phil Dent , Mary-Ann Beattie and Lenny Simpson . In their franchise opener, on May 9, 1974, before 3,611 fans at Detroit's Cobo Hall, The Loves defeated the Toronto-Buffalo Royals , 28-19. Rosie Casals defeated Wendy Overton 6-2 and then Overton (retired at 4-0) and substitute Laura Rossouw , 6-0. The Loves' Phil Dent split with Tom Okker , 1-6 and then 6-3, while

1014-415: The league, because the quality of players did not live up to promises. "When it came to the end, and we had to decide to go or not go, I felt there were just not enough promotable players in the league you could sell tickets for," Bereman said. He added that if he had allowed the Loves' season to take place, it would be "stealing from the fans and the sponsors. We could have gone this year, and we'd have made

1053-460: The opening match, 33–21. The Loves won the second match, 27–25, to force a deciding third match which the Apples won in dominant fashion, 31–15, to end the Loves' season. In 1978, the Loves moved into the larger Market Square Arena . The team struggled to a record of 13 wins and 31 losses, last place in the Eastern Division. On November 9, 1978, Loves principal owner Larry Noble announced that

1092-402: The previous season. The Loves finished with 19 wins and 25 losses, fourth place in the Eastern Division and missed the playoffs again. Before the 1977 season, Dan Domont sold out his interest in the Loves, and Larry Noble became the principal owner. William H. Beremen remained part of the ownership group and team president. The Loves added Vitas Gerulaitis and Sue Barker who went on to win

1131-568: The public for ten days, drawing, on average, 735,000 attendees. The show was originally held in January, but was to move to June beginning in 2020. On March 29, 2020, it was announced that the 2020 NAIAS had been cancelled due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic . The 2021 NAIAS was also cancelled and replaced by a downsized outdoor event in Pontiac, Michigan . Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated Emanuel Augustus , then known as Emanuel Burton, via

1170-533: The revival of the Loves, TeamTennis president Larry King said that there would be two more expansion franchises to be located on the East Coast announced within the next 30 days. Reflecting on Bereman's ownership of the original Loves, King said, "Indiana was a good tennis team before, and we expect that under Bill's tutelage, it will be again." The Loves were to play a 14-match regular-season schedule in July 1983. The team planned to play its seven home matches at

1209-408: The road. This was necessary in order to meet scheduling obligations. The Loves would play a seven-match schedule, visiting each of the other seven teams in the league once. The other seven teams would play seven home matches (one against each of the other teams) and six road matches, visiting each team except the Loves once. The day after the announcement by TeamTennis, Bereman said that he pulled out of

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1248-495: The season that no matter what record the Loves posted, they would be placed last among the eight teams in the standings . The players were paid a salary instead of being eligible for prize money based on their performance. However, their matches counted in the records of the other seven teams. The Loves' first match was a loss to the eventual 1983 champion Chicago Fyre on July 20. Player-coach Syd Ball said, "It's unfortunate we can't play any home matches. But we knew before we hit

1287-465: The team was folding. The Loves were founded by Seymour Brode and Marshall Greenspan as a charter franchise of WTT in 1973, and played their home matches at Cobo Arena in downtown Detroit , starting with the league's inaugural season in 1974 . The team was led by Rosie Casals , one of the top American female players at the time, and Kerry Harris and Allan Stone , who teamed up to lead WTT in game-winning percentage in mixed doubles. Other players on

1326-529: The team was folding. The following table shows regular season records, playoff results and titles won by the Indiana Loves franchise since its founding in 1974. The following table shows home courts used by the Indiana Loves franchise. Sue Barker was awarded the 1977 Female Rookie of the Year. The following players who are enshrined in the International Tennis Hall of Fame played for

1365-620: The two matches declared the winner. Detroit was set to play division rival Pittsburgh in the Eastern Division semifinals; as the higher seed, the Loves elected to meet the Triangles in the first match at home and the second on the road. Pittsburgh got their revenge on the Loves by thrashing them, 31–10 in Detroit, and 32–17 in Pittsburgh . Cobo Arena held 11,000 in its tennis configuration, and Loves management figured they needed 4,200 fans per home date to break even. They did not come close;

1404-517: The venue for Big Time Wrestling on every other Saturday night in the 1960s and 1970s, it was considered to be "The House the Sheik built." It also hosted Skate America in 1995 . WWE and WCW also hosted numerous house shows and tapings in the arena during the 1990s, but WWE would return in 2006 for the premiere of the 2006 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event . On June 23, 1963, following

1443-586: Was completed to expand its size to 2,400,000 square feet (220,000 m ). Joe Louis Arena , named after boxer and former heavyweight champion Joe Louis , was built adjacent to the facility. It served as the home of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League from 1979 until its closure in 2017 when they moved to Little Caesars Arena . Demolition of the arena began in 2019. In 2009, Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. vetoed

1482-447: Was dubbed "the whack heard 'round the world", was planned by rival Tonya Harding 's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly and co-conspirator Shawn Eckardt, in a plot to prevent Kerrigan from competing at the championships and the 1994 Winter Olympics . Cobo Arena closed in 2010 as part of a major renovation completed in 2015. The space was used to construct new facilities, including the 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m ) Grand Riverview Ballroom,

1521-418: Was officially renamed TCF Center on August 27, 2019. On December 13, 2020, Huntington Bancshares announced its intent to acquire TCF. The merger was completed in June 2021, and on December 9, 2021, TCF Center was renamed Huntington Place. In 1961, the show car event Detroit Autorama moved to the facility, and has been held there ever since. Since 1965, the largest event held at Huntington Place

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