Detroit

On October 2, 1973, a press conference was held in Chicago to announce the formation of the the World Football League (WFL). It kicked off in July of 1974 as a rival to the established National Football League (NFL). At first, it seemed like...

The World Football League (WFL) kicked off in July of 1974 as a rival to the established National Football League (NFL). At first, it seemed like it would be a serious rival to the NFL. After all, league founder Gary Davidson had already formed...

Encouraged by the initial success of his American Basketball Association (ABA), which challenged the National Basketball Association (NBA), Gary Davidson and his cohorts turned their attention to hockey. On November 1, 1971, Davidson announced the formation of the World Hockey Association (WHA) to challenge...

You can't get much more Detroit than naming your indoor soccer team after a motor vehicle. The team made its debut in 1994 as the Detroit Neon in the Continental Indoor Soccer League. The name was chosen because the team was sponsored by Dodge,...

You can't get much more Detroit than naming your indoor soccer team after a motor vehicle. The team made its debut in 1994 as the Detroit Neon in the Continental Indoor Soccer League. The name was chosen because the team was sponsored by Dodge,...

Hot Sam Pretzels was a fast food??franchise that first opened in Detroit's Livonia Mall in 1966. With franchised locations also found mostly in shopping malls, it was bought by Mrs. Fields, off of cookies, in 1995 and merged with Pretzel Time. Hot Sam is...

Edgewater Park was a 20-acre amusement park at Grand River and Seven Mile Rd on Detroit's West Side that opened in 1927. For over 50 years its visitors enjoyed such attractions as the Wild Beast roller coaster, the 110-foot Ferris wheel, the Hall of...

CKLW, 800 on the AM dial, "the Big 8," was one of Detroit's most iconic rock & roll radio stations in the '60s and '70s, even though its studios and transmitter were located across the Detroit River in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The station's weekly...

Each week, starting in the late '60s and going through the '70s, listeners to Detroit's CKLW, many as far away as Cleveland, anxiously awaited to see where their favorite songs ranked on the station's Big 30 countdown.

The Detroit Drive was formed in 1988, joining the Arena Football League for that circuit's second season. The team played in the Motor City's Joe Louis Arena through the 1993 season, winning four AFL championships. The team moved to Worcester, MA in 1994 and...

The Detroit Drive was formed in 1988, joining the Arena Football League for that circuit's second season. The team played in the Motor City's Joe Louis Arena through the 1993 season, winning four AFL championships. The team moved to Worcester, MA in 1994 and...

Harmony House was founded in 1947 in Hazel Park, a suburb of Detroit, by Carl Thom. At its peak, it had 38 stores in Metro Detroit. The bursting of the CD sales bubble of the late '90s and the rise of digital music spelled...

Opened in 1988, The Palace of Auburn Hills was a multi-purpose arena that hosted concerts and other events and was home to several sports teams including the basketball's Detroit Pistons and hockey's Detroit Vipers. The Pistons left in 2017 and though the building was...

Opened in 1912 as Navin Field, Briggs Stadium was the home of the Detroit Tigers. In 1938, it was renamed Briggs Stadium, a name it kept until 1961 when it became Tiger Stadium.

Family Video was in founded in 1978 in Springfield, Illinois as the Video Movie Club. The idea came about when??Midstates Appliance and Supply Company, owned by Charles Hoogland, found itself stuck with an excess of video movies as a result of being a distributor...

Standard Oil of Ohio operated gas station's in its home state under the Sohio name. In the surrounding states of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan, the stations were called Boron.?? ??

Burger Chef was a fast-food hamburger chain that started in Indianapolis in 1958. At its peak in the mid 1970s, it was second only to McDonald's in the number of nationwide locations. The chain even made inroads into Canada. In 1982, the chain was...

Farmer Jack was a supermarket chain based in Detroit from 1924 until 2007. It's iconic radio commercials, heard on stations such as CKLW, announced the store's weekly deals as "Farmer Jack savings time." Popular throughout the second half of the 20th century, the chain...

The flag of the City of Detroit was designed in 1907 by David E. Heineman and was officially adopted as the city's flag in 1948. Its design has been slightly altered several times in the years since, most recently in 2000.

The Detroit Express played in the old North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1978 to 1980. Its home field was the Pontiac Silverdome. They also participated in the NASL indoor league during the 1979/80 and 1980/81 seasons.