The new ballpark enabled Detroit to successfully host the MLB All-Star Game in 2005 and also helped promote Detroit as a tourist destination when the Detroit Tigers hosted the World Series in 2006. Remembering his early years as a Minor League baseball player with the Tigers, he did everything in his power to make the fan experience at Comerica Park a memorable one. Mike displayed further commitment to the city he loved when he purchased the Detroit Tigers in 1992 and built a new state-of-the-art ballpark for the team. Currently, the headquarters campus is being expanded with an addition of a new nine-story, 234,000 square foot building next door to the Fox Theatre. Restoration of the theatre and renovation of the office building brought new life to the area. This was during a time when many businesses were fleeing the city. One year later, they moved their Little Caesars world headquarters from the suburbs into the newly renovated Fox Office Center adjacent to the restored theatre. In 1988, Mike and Marian purchased the neglected Fox Theatre and carefully restored it to its original 1928 splendor. Throughout Mike's life, he remained true to his hometown and was a zealous supporter of Detroit, working tirelessly to help it prosper and to bring pride to the city. Detroit became known as Hockeytown and brought a sense of pride to the area's hockey fans and the community as a whole.
Four Stanley Cup parades held along Woodward Avenue in Detroit attracted hundreds of thousands of people, many from the suburbs who had not been to downtown Detroit in decades. By 1997, the Red Wings won their first Stanley Cup in 42 years, and they went on to win three more. While the team was known as the Dead Wings at the time, Mike and Marian believed they were a sleeping giant and immediately took charge to turn the team around. The couple purchased the Detroit Red Wings in 1982. The growth of Little Caesars helped Mike and Marian create other leading brands in the food, sports and entertainment industries.
The success of the business was built upon the exceptional quality and value of the Little Caesars menu and Mike's marketing savvy and imaginative ideas in production. That single mom-and-pop pizza shop grew into the largest carryout pizza chain in the world, with restaurants in 23 countries and territories across the globe. He and his wife, Marian, invested their family savings in 1959 to open the first Little Caesars store in Garden City, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. Mike Ilitch was a once-in-a-generation entrepreneur and champion for Detroit.
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