As expected, the NBA’s Board of Governors has unanimously approved the Pistons’ relocation from the suburbs of the city to downtown Detroit. Beginning in 2017/18, the Pistons will play their games at the new Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, rather than at The Palace of Auburn Hills.
The Pistons first announced back in November 2016 that they intended to move to downtown Detroit to join the NHL’s Red Wings in the Little Caesars Arena. At that point, the agreement still had to clear a few hurdles related to city and NBA approval, but the move is now official, with the Pistons poised to play the first game in their new home this fall.
The Pistons had played their home games in Auburn Hills since 1988, and haven’t played in downtown Detroit since 1978.
Should be good for the city. Maybe help Revitalize the area like so many other professional teams that move to downtown have.
Seems like the trend is to build baseball parks downtown now instead of the suburbs. Hope it works Detroit needs it and it would be great to see.