Research Person Paper Mike Ilitch Sr. is definitely a person to remember. He was an entrepreneur, the owner of Little Caesars, the owner of the Detroit Tigers, and the owner of the National Hockey League team Detroit Red Wings. He loved the city of Detroit and the people, he built the city to be what it is today, and he is definitely someone that should be remembered. Mike Ilitch is one of the most famous entrepreneurs there has ever been. Ilitch was the creator and owner of the well known fast food franchise Little Caesars Pizza. Ilitch started the Little Caesars Pizza franchise in 1959 with a single store in Garden City, Michigan. From that one store he built a Little Caesars empire that is now worth 1.5 billion dollars (Forbes). By …show more content…
Mike Ilitch bought the Detroit Tigers baseball team in 1992, he owned the team for 25 years going to 2 world series while he owned the team. In 1992 Ilitch bought the Detroit tigers for 82 million dollars, the franchise is now worth 385 million dollars (Forbes). When Ilitch bought the team they weren’t very good, and in the short period of time that he owned the team he turned it around and the team went to several world series. In the year 2000 Ilitch built a new stadium for the Tigers, its name is Comerica Park. The new park can fit up to 41,297 people, and it also created many jobs for the people of Detroit. That is another reason the Mike Ilitch Sr. is someone worth that should be …show more content…
should be remembered, he owned the Detroit Red Wings. The Red Wings are one of the most famous hockey teams at the time. Before this year they had a 25 season streak of making it to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Not to mention that 4 out of those 25 season they won the Stanley Cup (league championships). Ilitch bought the Detroit Red Wings in 1982 for 8 million U.S. dollars. Since 1982 the Red Wings are now worth 625 million U.S. dollars (Detroit Free Press). Not to mention that Ilitch was in the middle of building a new arena to house the Detroit Red Wings and the NBA team Detroit Pistons. The new arena is called Little Caesars Arena, but sadly Ilitch passed away in February and didn’t get to see it finished and built. The new stadium will also employ many of the Detroit people, the arena is not only a venue for sports and concerts, but along the whole outside of the arena there are storefronts owned by the citizens of Detroit and that Mike Ilitch Sr. paid for one whole year of the rent for the businesses. This is all yet another reason that Mike Ilitch Sr. is someone that should be remembered. Those are the three reasons that Mike Ilitch Sr. should be remembered. He was the owner of the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Red Wings, and the fast food franchise Little Caesars. Not only did he do all of that but he did so much for the city of Detroit, and its people that he should definitely be remembered by not only the Detroit community, but by everyone.