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Fans travel from far away to say bye to Joe Louis Arena

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How do you say good-bye? How do you bid an old friend farewell?

If you’re a Detroit Red Wings fan, you basically throw a party with an ear-busting soundtrack by the river. Then add a Hollywood-style, over-the-top red-carpet walk that would make a Kardashian blush. Now, for good measure, thrown in an estate sale.

This, folks, was how the Wings fans said so long to Joe Louis Arena Sunday after 37 years. It was, in the most literal sense, a carnival, a farewell to the flesh — as well as to the ice and the concrete and the steel and the smells.