John Gallagher

Detroit Free Press

With the opening of the new Little Caesars Arena now less than a year away, construction workers continued this month to make progress. On Thursday, Olympia Development, the construction arm of the Ilitch family's business network, released several more photos of construction work in progress.



Several hundred construction workers are on the site each week. Olympia Development said that more than $320 million in contracts have been awarded to Detroit-based businesses to construct Little Caesars Arena, representing nearly 60 percent of total contracts, and more than $512 million, or 90 percent of contracts, have been awarded to Michigan businesses.

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