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Sports · Half day
A beer on Broadway, Eminem's spaghetti, a photo at the Fox, basketball at Little Caesars Arena and live jazz after the final buzzer.
Got Pistons tickets? Don't just come for the game, make an afternoon of it. You start in the downtown theater district, grab a plate of legendary spaghetti, then walk or ride the QLINE up to the arena. And when the crowd heads for the parking decks, you finish the night in a historic jazz club.
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Detroit – Downtown
Start in the heart of the theater district: this half-circle park goes back to Augustus Woodward's 1807 city plan, and today the Fox Theatre and the David Whitney Building ring it. Both the QLINE and the People Mover drop you here.
A few minutes' walk to Broadway.
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Downtown / Broadway
A brewery bar on the first two floors of the historic Hartz Building since September 2003. House beer, food and sports on the screens: exactly where you get in game mode.
About a 10-minute walk north on Woodward Avenue.
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Detroit – Downtown
Eminem's walk-up spaghetti window is named for that famous Lose Yourself line and has been open since September 29, 2021. Spaghetti in a box with garlic toast, with meatballs or vegan meatballs, or the 'sghetti sandwich; upstairs, The Trailer sells merch.
A few steps up Woodward.
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Downtown
A quick photo in front of the Fox Theatre's historic Woodward facade: C. Howard Crane's 1928 movie palace hosts concerts and stage shows today. Expect extra traffic around here on game days.
About a 10-minute walk north on Woodward, or the QLINE from Montcalm Street to Adelaide / Sproat.
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Midtown
Opened in 2017, the arena is home to the Detroit Pistons and the Red Wings. Restaurants and venues of the District Detroit surround it, so get there early, look around and find your seat before the anthem.
About a 10-minute walk south to Park Avenue.
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Downtown
After the buzzer, live jazz in a historic club, with dinner and drinks. Check the show calendar and table reservations ahead, since a specific performance can have its own arrangements.
9 stops
In town for the Red Wings? Turn game night into a whole weekendSleep minutes from Little Caesars Arena, grab a pregame beer, toast on a rooftop after, then ride the People Mover and walk the river: one game, one full weekend.
9 stops
Game or concert at Little Caesars Arena? Here's how to spend the day around itGrand Circus Park, the Tigers' and Lions' stadiums, Brush Park's Victorian mansions, the Fox Theatre and Woodward's oldest church, a robata dinner, then the arena.We built these plans from our own checked place pages. Hours and prices change, so check each place’s page before you go.
