For fans of hockey, music and more—this week brought super news for those looking forward to the Detroit Events Center opening. The arena’s roof began to take shape with the first super truss going into place on the building’s Woodward-facing side.
Ironworkers with Detroit-based Midwest Steel first spent nearly two weeks on the ground rigging and welding together the super truss—a massive steel piece weighing close to 250,000 pounds—the first of three pieces that make up a single roof span.
That piece was carefully hoisted into place where it was connected to the arena structure on one side and a temporary shoring tower on the other.