The Palace of Auburn Hills
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| Address | 6 Championship Drive |
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| Location | Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 42°41′49″N 83°14′44″W / 42.69694°N 83.24556°WCoordinates: 42°41′49″N 83°14′44″W / 42.69694°N 83.24556°W |
| Owner | Tom Gores |
| Operator | Palace Sports and Entertainment |
| Capacity | Basketball: 19,971 Ice hockey: 20,804 Concerts: 6,000 to 23,000 |
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| Broke ground | June 7, 1986 |
| Opened | August 13, 1988 |
| Construction cost |
$70 million ($142 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect | Rossetti Architects |
| Project manager | Frank Rewold and Sons |
| Structural engineer | McClerg & Associates Inc. |
| General contractor | R.E. Dailey & Company |
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Detroit Pistons (NBA) (1988–present) Detroit Vipers (IHL) (1994–2001) Detroit Safari (CISL) (1994–1997) Detroit Whalers (OHL) (1995–1996) Detroit Rockers (NPSL) (1997–2000) Detroit Shock (WNBA) (1998–2009) Detroit Fury (AFL) (2001–2004) |
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The Palace of Auburn Hills, commonly referred to as The Palace, is a sports and entertainment venue in the Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The arena opened in 1988 and is the home of the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). It has also served as the home of the Detroit Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), the Detroit Vipers of the International Hockey League, the Detroit Safari of the Continental Indoor Soccer League, and the Detroit Fury of the Arena Football League.
From 1957 to 1978, the Pistons competed in Detroit's Olympia Stadium, Memorial Building, and Cobo Arena. In 1978, owner Bill Davidson elected not to share the new Joe Louis Arena with the Detroit Red Wings, and instead chose to relocate the team to the Pontiac Silverdome, a venue constructed for football, where they remained for the next decade. While the Silverdome could accommodate massive crowds, it offered substandard sight lines for basketball viewing. A group led by Davidson bought vacant land in Auburn Hills from Joseph Shewach and built The Palace there for the relatively low cost of $70 million, using entirely private funding. The Davidson family held a controlling interest in the arena until Tom Gores bought it as part of his purchase of the Pistons in 2011.
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