Editing Huntington Place (section)

== Notable events ==
[[File:2018 North American International Auto Show (27382553118).jpg|thumb|right|[[Ford Motor Company]] exhibit at the 2019 North American International Auto Show]]
In 1961, the [[show car]] event [[Detroit Autorama]] moved to the facility, and has been held there annually since.<ref>{{cite book| title=Hot Rod Detroit| last=Larivee| first=Bob| publisher=DP Publishing| year=2015| isbn=978-0-692-30899-8| location=Oxford, Michigan| pages=45–46}}</ref>

Since 1965, the largest event held at Huntington Place is the [[North American International Auto Show]] (NAIAS). This event draws thousands of international press and suppliers during its initial five days and has a charity preview party for 11,000 guests before the public opening.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kovanis |first=Georgea |url=http://www.freep.com/article/20130118/BUSINESS03/130118042/2013-Detroit-auto-show-charity-preview-Want-to-get-in-on-the-glitz-and-glamour-It-s-not-too-late/ |title=2013 Detroit auto show charity preview: Want to get in on the glitz and glamour? It's not too late |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |date=January 18, 2013 |access-date=November 9, 2013 |archive-date=November 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109033832/http://www.freep.com/article/20130118/BUSINESS03/130118042/2013-Detroit-auto-show-charity-preview-Want-to-get-in-on-the-glitz-and-glamour-It-s-not-too-late/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Since 1976, the Charity Preview has raised an average of $2.4 million yearly for southeastern Michigan children's charities.<ref>{{cite news| archive-date=November 21, 2013| access-date=January 23, 2018| url=http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/viewart/20131114/THINGSTODO02/311140017/| newspaper=[[Lansing State Journal]]| date=November 14, 2013| archive-url=https://archive.today/20131121153533/http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/viewart/20131114/THINGSTODO02/311140017/| title=Sheryl Crow to play at Detroit auto show preview| agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> After the Charity Preview party, the NAIAS is open to the public for ten days, drawing, on average, 735,000 attendees.<ref name="wxyz 2013">{{cite news |title=2013 North American International Auto Show is a hit with car fans |url=https://www.wxyz.com/money/auto-news/auto-show/2013-north-american-international-auto-show-is-a-hit-with-car-fans |work=[[WXYZ-TV|WXYZ News]] |date=January 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123190432/https://www.wxyz.com/money/auto-news/auto-show/2013-north-american-international-auto-show-is-a-hit-with-car-fans |archive-date=January 23, 2018 |access-date=August 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Detroit auto show attendance highest in nearly 10 years| url=http://www.mlive.com/naias/index.ssf/2013/01/2013_detroit_auto_show_attenda_2.html| first=Michael| last=Wayland| date=January 28, 2013| newspaper=MLive| access-date=January 23, 2018| archive-date=January 23, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123190707/http://www.mlive.com/naias/index.ssf/2013/01/2013_detroit_auto_show_attenda_2.html| url-status=live}}</ref> The show was originally held in January, but was to move to June beginning in 2020.<ref>{{cite news| first=Breana| last=Noble| title=Cobo struggles to find winter replacements for auto show| url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2019/06/24/cobo-center-talks-auto-shows-winter-replacements/1503877001/| newspaper=The Detroit News| date=June 23, 2019| access-date=August 24, 2019| archive-date=June 24, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624184839/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2019/06/24/cobo-center-talks-auto-shows-winter-replacements/1503877001/| url-status=live}}</ref> On March 29, 2020, organizers announced that the 2020 NAIAS had been cancelled due to the worldwide [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/28/2020-detroit-auto-show-canceled-due-to-coronavirus.html|title=2020 Detroit auto show canceled after venue chosen for coronavirus field hospital|last=Wayland|first=Michael|date=2020-03-29 |website=[[CNBC]] |language=en |access-date=2020-03-29 |archive-date=2020-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404052813/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/28/2020-detroit-auto-show-canceled-due-to-coronavirus.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The 2021 NAIAS was also cancelled and replaced by a downsized outdoor event in [[Pontiac, Michigan]].<ref name="ClarkeKSept2020">{{cite news |last=Clarke |first=Kayla |date=September 21, 2020 |title=North American International Auto Show moves reimagined show to Sept. 28 through Oct. 9, 2021 |work=WDIV News |url=https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/09/21/north-american-international-auto-show-moves-reimagined-show-to-sept-28-through-oct-9-2021/ |access-date=November 4, 2020 |archive-date=October 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019221307/https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/09/21/north-american-international-auto-show-moves-reimagined-show-to-sept-28-through-oct-9-2021/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| last=Ewing| first=Steven| title=2021 Detroit Auto Show canceled, replaced by outdoor Motor Bella event| url=https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2021-detroit-auto-show-canceled-motor-bella/|date=January 11, 2021| access-date=January 13, 2021| website=[[CNET]]| language=en| archive-date=January 14, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114001753/https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2021-detroit-auto-show-canceled-motor-bella/| url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]] defeated [[Emanuel Augustus]], then known as Emanuel Burton, via a ninth-round TKO on October 21, 2000. The fight took place at Cobo Hall rather than Cobo Arena.<ref>{{cite news| title=Mayweather stops Burton in 9| url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2000/10/22/mayweather-stops-burton-in-9/| newspaper=[[Tampa Bay Times|St. Petersburg Times]]| date=October 22, 2000| access-date=July 1, 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701084833/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2000/10/22/mayweather-stops-burton-in-9/| archive-date=July 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| first=Anson| last=Wainwright|title=Floyd Mayweather: Just how good was the former pound-for-pound king?| url=https://www.ringtv.com/604979-floyd-mayweather-just-how-good-was-the-former-pound-for-pound-king/| magazine=[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]]| date=July 14, 2020| access-date=July 1, 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606121833/https://www.ringtv.com/604979-floyd-mayweather-just-how-good-was-the-former-pound-for-pound-king/| archive-date=June 6, 2023}}</ref>

The anime convention [[Youmacon]] has been held annually at Huntington Place since 2012.<ref>{{cite news| first=Adam| last=Graham| title=What's your con? Astronomicon kicks off crowded calendar of Metro Detroit fan fests| url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/2020/02/05/whats-your-con-astronomicon-kicks-off-crowded-calendar-metro-detroit-fan-fests/4658390002/| newspaper=The Detroit News| date=February 5, 2020| access-date=June 16, 2023|archive-date=June 16, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616121928/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/2020/02/05/whats-your-con-astronomicon-kicks-off-crowded-calendar-metro-detroit-fan-fests/4658390002/| url-status=live}}</ref>