• 290,000 Total square feet at the Ford Center.
• 127.5 Million of dollars for the design and construction of the arena.
• 0 Dollars from property taxes used to build the arena.
• 8 Camera positions to broadcast basketball games.
• 9,400 Seats available for a hockey game.
• 10,000 Seats available for a basketball game.
• 11,000 Seats available for a center-stage, maximum-capacity concert.
• 10,000 Seats available for an end-stage concert.
• 1,000+ Signatures on the beam that tops the arena.
• 23 Public restrooms.
• 20-22 Inches of width for each seat.
• 16 Number of 16-person suites.
• 1 Number of 24-person suites.
• 2 Number of 8-person mini-suites.
• 2 Escalators in the Ford Center.
• 4 Public elevators.
• 1 Freight elevator.
• 177 High definition televisions through the arena.
• 4 ATMs in the Ford Center. All concessions accept credit cards.
• 20 Feet tall the backstage tunnel stands for circus elephants.
• 1 Time the regulation NHL ice sheet will be taken off the floor this year. Except for the Hadi Shrine Circus, the ice will lie underneath a layer of insulation when not in use.
• 16 Degrees Fahrenheit the ice sheet will consistently be kept at.
• 2012 Year LEED Silver Certification (internationally recognized green building certification system by the U.S. Green Building Council) for the Ford Center will be determined.
• 1,597 Jobs created for the construction of the arena. Of those jobs, 1,275 were local workers.
• 692,862 Hours spent by construction workers on the Ford Center. In total, that’s 28,869 days.
• 135 Events expected to be held at the Ford Center every year.
• 530 Estimated jobs that will result from the opening of the Ford Center.
• 3 Dressing rooms for performers.
• 6+ Main concession stands.
• 4 Seating levels (event, main, suite, upper).
• 23 Months, time it took to build the stadium, from demolition to the issuing of the Certificate of Occupancy.