New Detroit arena sold 240,727 tickets for September-December

Numbers don't include Red Wings and Pistons games

Venue replaced Palace of Auburns Hills and Joe Louis Arena

It was open for less than four months in 2017, but Little Caesars Arena was 83rd in the world for concert ticket sales in the arena rankings released by concert industry trade magazine Pollstar.

Little Caesars Arena opened in September with six Kid Rock concerts followed by 18 major acts including Ed Sheeran, Paul McCartney and Lady Gaga. It reported 240,727 tickets sold last year.

The venue, which seats up to 22,000 for concerts, is also home to the Detroit Red Wings and Pistons, but those game are not included in Pollstar's year-end ticket sales rankings.

The Palace of Auburn Hills, which closed when LCA opened and seated up to 24,276 for concerts, was ranked one spot ahead at 82nd for tickets sold at 241,308. In 2016, the Palace came in 53rd globally among arenas with 313,486 tickets sold, which didn't include Pistons games.

Joe Louis Arena, which seated 20,027 and also closed after LCA opened, ranked 118th for tickets sold last year with 136,154. The former home of the Red Wings was ranked 143rd in 2016 with 101,496 tickets sold.

Elsewhere in Michigan, Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids ranked 93rd globally with 206,573 tickets sold. That's down from 229,668 in 2016, which was good for 69th worldwide.

The top arena in the world for tickets sold in 2017 was The O2 in London at 1.5 million, according to Pollstar. It seats 20,000.

Little Caesars opened at a cost of $863 million, funded by public and private funding. It's operated by the billionaire Ilitch family's Olympia Entertainment and is the centerpiece of their ongoing 50-block District Detroit plan for mixed-use redevelopment in downtown Detroit.

As part of the deal to relocate the Pistons downtown, team owner Tom Gores agreed to shutter the Palace of Auburn Hills, which opened for a privately-financed $90 million in 1988 and underwent tens of millions of dollars in subsequent upgrades. Gores' Palace Sports & Entertainment, which still operates other entertainment venues in the area, formed 313 Presents with Olympia last year to jointly handle bookings at Little Caesars Arena and the theaters operated by the two companies.

City-owned Joe Louis closed in 2017 after the Red Wings moved into LCA, and the building will be razed so the riverfront land can be redeveloped. It opened in 1979 at a cost of $57 million, entirely financed by the city.