Howe family to open doors of Joe Louis Arena for visitation

Howe family to open doors of Joe Louis Arena for visitation | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this April 10, 2007, file photo, hockey Hall of Famer Gordie Howe stands next to a statue of himself at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. Gordie Howe, the hockey great who set scoring records that stood for decades, has died. He was 88. Son Murray Howe confirmed the death Friday, June 10, 2016, texting to The Associated Press: "Mr Hockey left peacefully, beautifully, and w no regrets." (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) A

DETROIT – Gordie Howe’s family is opening the doors of Joe Louis Arena, allowing his adoring fans of their father to pay respects.

The home of the Detroit Red Wings, the team the Hall of Famer played for during much of his career, was to open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. — in a nod to his No. 9 jersey — for a visitation. Howe’s body was expected to lie inside the arena.

Howe died Friday at the age of 88.

His four children chose to allow the public to attend his visitation and funeral.

Mark Howe, one of his sons and a fellow member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, says his father would have wanted fans to access to the memorials because of his connection with them.

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