Detroit Red Wings Tickets

An Original Six club in Hockeytown

The Detroit Red Wings play home games at Little Caesars Arena on Woodward Avenue, between downtown and Midtown Detroit, and the NHL regular season runs from early October to mid-April. Detroit plays in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division.

The franchise entered the NHL in 1926 as the Detroit Cougars, became the Falcons in 1930 and took the Red Wings name, and the winged-wheel logo, in 1932. It is one of the Original Six (the six clubs that made up the NHL from 1942 to 1967). Detroit has won 11 Stanley Cups: 1936, 1937, 1943, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2008, the most of any American NHL team.

The city calls itself Hockeytown, a name the club has held as a trademark since 1996. Nine numbers are retired, among them Gordie Howe's 9, Steve Yzerman's 19, Nicklas Lidström's 5 and, in 2026, Sergei Fedorov's 91. The classic rivals are the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Chicago Blackhawks and the Colorado Avalanche, whose late-1990s playoff wars with Detroit remain some of the most heated series in league history.

Little Caesars Arena, level by level

Little Caesars Arena opened on September 5, 2017, at 2645 Woodward Avenue, replacing Joe Louis Arena, the Red Wings' home from 1979 to 2017. It seats 19,515 for hockey and is shared with the NBA's Detroit Pistons. The building is unusual: the floor sits about 40 feet below street level, and a glass-roofed concourse connects the arena to the surrounding buildings like an indoor street.

• 100 Level: the lower bowl. Corner sections run about 25 rows, with entrances partway up and at the back.
• Club areas: the Players Club sits behind the benches in sections 121–123, with club seating across the ice around sections 108–110.
• Gondola: a level of seats suspended above the stands, a vantage point few NHL arenas offer.
• 200 Level (Mezzanine): the upper bowl, with roughly a dozen rows per section in the corners.

Seating guides note that seat 1 is on the right side of a section when you face the ice.

Choosing seats for a Red Wings game

Behind the benches and center ice

The sideline sections across from and behind the benches, 121–123 on the bench side and 108–110 opposite, carry club access and the strongest sightlines in the building. If the club tier is more than you want to spend, the 100 Level sideline sections next to them, from about row 10 up, give nearly the same view without the amenities.

The shoot-twice end

Two seating guides place the Red Wings' shoot-twice end (the net Detroit attacks in the first and third periods) at the end that includes the corner around section 112 and the end sections near 115–116. Seats there are a good value for fans who want Detroit goals in front of them. The 200 Level corner around section 231 is at the opposite end, where the visitors shoot twice.

The gondola and the upper bowl

The gondola gives a high, close, broadcast-style view that many fans like, but it changes the upper bowl beneath it. Guides note that the upper rows of 200 Level sections such as 207, 216, 222 and 231 lose part of the view to the overhang. In the Mezzanine, the front rows of a section are the better buy than the back rows.

The glass

Front-row seats on the glass put you at board level for hits and line changes, but they show little of the far end. Pick them for the experience, not for following the game.

Schedule and the hottest dates

NHL preseason games are played in late September. The 82-game regular season, 41 games at home, runs from early October to mid-April, with the playoffs from mid-April into June.

• Original Six visits: the Maple Leafs, Blackhawks, Bruins, Rangers and Canadiens bring the longest histories.
• The Avalanche: the rivalry that defined the late 1990s still draws a crowd when Colorado visits.
• Weekends and holidays: Saturday nights and the late-December stretch around the holidays.
• Ceremony nights: jersey retirements and anniversary celebrations bring out longtime fans.

Midweek games against Western Conference teams in January and February typically have the most open seats. Every order comes with free shipping.

Getting to the arena and entry rules

The QLine streetcar runs 3.3 miles along Woodward Avenue between downtown and New Center, with stops at Grand Circus Park and at Sproat Street and Adelaide Street near the arena. As of 2026 the QLine is free to ride under a state subsidy. Parking garages and surface lots surround the arena district, and many fans park downtown and walk or ride north.

As of the venue's current published policy, bags must be smaller than about 4 by 6 by 1.5 inches (a clutch or wallet size), with exceptions for diaper and medical bags, and there is no re-entry. Check the Little Caesars Arena venue policies before you go.

The surrounding District Detroit was planned as a large mixed-use neighborhood, but much of that redevelopment had not materialized as of 2026. Pregame crowds gather in the arena's own concourse, in Midtown and along Woodward, and many fans pair a game with dinner downtown.

Octopus nights and franchise history

The octopus is Detroit's oldest fan tradition. On April 15, 1952, brothers Pete and Jerry Cusimano threw one onto the ice at Olympia Stadium, its eight arms standing for the eight playoff wins then needed to win the Cup; Detroit went on to sweep both of its series. The team's unofficial mascot, a purple octopus called Al, carries on the tradition.

The Production Line of Howe, Sid Abel and Ted Lindsay powered the 1950s dynasty. The 1997 Cup, won with the group of Soviet-trained players known as the Russian Five, ended a 42-year championship drought. Detroit then made the playoffs 25 seasons in a row, from 1990–91 through 2015–16, the third-longest streak in NHL history. Through the 2025–26 season the club had not returned to the playoffs since that streak ended.

On January 1, 2014, the Red Wings and Maple Leafs played the Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor before 105,491 fans, an NHL attendance record; Toronto won 3–2 in a shootout.

Sources

• Wikipedia – Detroit Red Wings
• Wikipedia – Little Caesars Arena
• Wikipedia – Legend of the Octopus
• Wikipedia – 2014 NHL Winter Classic
• Wikipedia – QLine
• RateYourSeats – Section 112, Little Caesars Arena
• RateYourSeats – Section 231, Little Caesars Arena
• TickPick – Red Wings seating chart
• 313 Presents – Little Caesars Arena venue policies
• Wikipedia – National Hockey League
• Wikipedia – List of Stanley Cup champions