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As part of the five year, $279 million renovation, Cobo Center will unveil a 45,000-square-foot outdoor terrace this spring that could host events such as art exhibits, yoga classes and biergartens.
Named "Cobo Square," Cobo Center officials said the space is designed to connect Cobo center to the community and the downtown Detroit culture. It will also be available to those putting on conferences at Cobo.
“I think the most important part of the reinvention of Cobo Center was the adaptive reuse of the old arena,” Thom Connors, regional vice president of SMG and general manager of Cobo Center, said in a statement. “By cutting part of it away and creating a new atrium, it really tied the whole renovation together and gave the view from the main concourse out to the river and across to Canada. It brings people down to the newer, improved south side of the building and the majesty of the river.”
Cobo Square will face the Lodge Freeway and is on the main floor of Cobo, which has 723,000 square of exhibit space.
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