LGRW

Preface: this is long winded and sappy. And totally 150% personal...I've been inactive this season due to my father's death, that's consumed my whole life. But I'm starting to feel like myself again and that's thanks to hockey. You don't have to read but I had to post. Joe Louis Arena. The Joe. JLA. Whatever you want to call it...you can't say it's anything less than amazing, at least I can't. I have been through a lot in the year and I've had amazing friends to get me through. But when they couldn't think of anything else to cheer me up there was always a Wings game at the Joe. We'd change in our cars, blast the WANGS playlist while sitting in traffic, wait forever for warmups, talk to Ed the usher, our Miller Lite man, and watch hockey with 20,066 of our closest friends. No matter what happens outside the doors; inside everyone felt the same joy, sadness, and excitement as me. I was never alone in this building. I was always me here. I've celebrated birthdays in this building, I've laughed in this building, I've cried in this building, I've sang in this building, and tonight I say goodbye to this building. I may be coming here in a month for a concert...but it won't be the same. Nothing compares to a hockey game at the Joe. My friends and I will never be able to thank the Joe enough (as strange as that sounds) and I wish I could do more than this tattoo. But we are saying #FarewellToTheJoe and looking forward to a new arena to earn the title of my favorite place in the world. But I'll always love 19 Steve Yzerman Way Detroit, Michigan 48226 also known as 42.3252° N, 83.0514° W ❤🐙

Even the dude that runs social media is done