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In August 2019, Cobo Center station was renamed Convention Center after TCF Bank bought the naming rights for Cobo Center itself and renamed it TCF Center. On December 23 and 26, 2019, the People Mover temporarily reverted back to its original counter-clockwise operation as a test. After this test was successful, additional counter-clockwise tests were conducted on each weekend in February 2020, with the exception of the weekend of February 22-23 during the Nation of Islam Saviours’ Day Convention. Effective March 1, 2020, the People Mover permanently reverted back to counter-clockwise operation, though after only three weeks, the People Mover would shut down for over two years as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. | In August 2019, Cobo Center station was renamed Convention Center after TCF Bank bought the naming rights for Cobo Center itself and renamed it TCF Center. On December 23 and 26, 2019, the People Mover temporarily reverted back to its original counter-clockwise operation as a test. After this test was successful, additional counter-clockwise tests were conducted on each weekend in February 2020, with the exception of the weekend of February 22-23 during the Nation of Islam Saviours’ Day Convention. Effective March 1, 2020, the People Mover permanently reverted back to counter-clockwise operation, though after only three weeks, the People Mover would shut down for over two years as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||
The People Mover would reopen in May 2022 with service to a limited amount of stations, including Convention Center, which was renamed again to Huntington Place (along with the complex itself) following Huntington Bank's acquisition of TCF Bank the previous year, and Joe Louis Arena, which was renamed to West Riverfront to better reflect its location on the downtown Detroit riverfront and its proximity to the Riverfront Towers after Joe Louis Arena itself was closed in 2017 and demolished in 2020. Additional stations would reopen in the year ahead, | The People Mover would reopen in May 2022 with service to a limited amount of stations, including Convention Center, which was renamed again to Huntington Place (along with the complex itself) following Huntington Bank's acquisition of TCF Bank the previous year, and Joe Louis Arena, which was renamed to West Riverfront to better reflect its location on the downtown Detroit riverfront and its proximity to the Riverfront Towers after Joe Louis Arena itself was closed in 2017 and demolished in 2020. Additional stations would reopen in the year ahead, with the last station, Times Square, reopening on June 26, 2023. | ||
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