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Tickets to Michigan Central reopening tours reopen after website crash

Temporary pause issued Tuesday amid ‘overwhelming demand’

The Michigan Central Station is seen Monday, March 18, 2024, in Detroit. Bill Ford, executive chair of Ford Motor Co., and his wife Lisa Ford are raising $10 million to help ten Detroit nonprofit organizations that serve young people start endowments. Lisa Ford said the campaign comes alongside Ford's investment in the refurbishment of the long abandoned train station. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) (Carlos Osorio, Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

DETROIT, Mich. – Tickets for tours at Michigan Central Station in June are now available, a day after a website crash paused registration.

Tickets to Michigan Central’s “OPEN” celebration were placed on a temporary pause on Tuesday, May 21, one hour after registration was set to open to the public. Tickets are being made available for a reopening concert scheduled for June 6, as well as free tours of the station in June.

As of 9:30 a.m., it appeared concert tickets were sold out, but tour tickets were still available here.

Registration for tickets was scheduled to open to the public at noon on Tuesday, but the website appeared to crash just before then. The website was somewhat up and running about an hour later, but still appeared to be moving sluggishly.

Michigan Central Station closed in 1988 and was bought by Ford Motor Company in 2018. Ford has been restoring the old Detroit train depot for the last six years.

Now, with plans to open the building on June 6, 2024, residents will get the chance to mark the reopening with free events. The 11-day celebration includes an outdoor concert, open house hours, and more.

Michigan Central OPEN Celebration

On June 6, Michigan Central will kick off the festivities with Michigan Central OPEN Live, a 90-minute outdoor concert in front of The Station headlined by well-known Detroit musical artists. We aren’t sure who the artists will be.

The show will feature short films, appearances by local leaders, and creators telling stories of innovation and culture from around the city and the region.

From June 7-16, Michigan Central will host its OPEN House, offering a first look inside the Station’s historic ground floor through a range of exhibits, entertainment, art, and more.

Michigan Central’s art program will also bring art installations, including a new iteration of Reddymade’s me + you, a critically acclaimed interactive sculpture specifically for Michigan Central.

After its reopening event in June, The Station will begin a phased reactivation of the building over the next several months and years as restaurant, retail, and other commercial and community-focused partners take up residency. The first floor will be open to the public for tours on Fridays and Saturdays through August. Expanded hours will be announced for fall, when the first phase of commercial activations opens to the public.


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Cassidy Johncox is a senior digital news editor covering stories across the spectrum, with a special focus on politics and community issues.

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Ken Haddad has proudly been with WDIV/ClickOnDetroit since 2013. He also authors the Morning Report Newsletter and various other newsletters, and helps lead the WDIV Insider team. He's a big sports fan and is constantly sipping Lions Kool-Aid.

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