DLS Alumni Tour Detroit's Historic Fox Theatre

Members of the Pilot Construction Association, along with family and friends, toured the historic Fox Theatre in downtown Detroit on October 2, 2024. 

The Construction Association, one of four professional alumni groups at De La Salle Collegiate, toured the former JL Hudson’s site in the Fall of 2023. 

Director of Alumni Relations Vito Chirco, Class of 2011, set the tour up through the Ilitch Sports and Entertainment group. 

The tour included not only a tour of the iconic theatre built in 1928 with over 5,000 seats, but the guide also shared information about the building’s history. The Theatre closed in the '70s, but in 1984 the Illitch Family purchased the site, including its ten-story office building, and spent over $11 million on its restoration.

“This was a great tour, and what an eye-opener,” Chirco said. 
 
The Pilot Construction Association was established in 2023 after alumni Jim Muer, Class of 1985, and Andrew Devich, Class of 2010, met at a construction site representing their respective companies.   Link for assoc on website: 
https://www.delasallehs.com/alumni/professional-networking/pilot-construction-association

The group is always looking for prominent buildings to tour in the Metro Detroit area. 

Contact Chirco at vchirco@delasallehs.com or call 586.541.6211 to be added to the mailing list.

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