The Palace of Auburn Hills Arena : Home of Detroit Pistons NBA Team

The Palace of Auburn Hills, often called The Palace, is a sports and entertainment venue based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Opened in 1988, it is the home of the Detroit Pistons of the NBA. It has also hosted the Detroit Shock of the WNBA since 1998. t was also home of the now-defunct Detroit Vipers of the IHL, Detroit Safari of the CISL and the Detroit Fury of the AFL. It has also hosted several concerts.

Currently, it is the largest arena in the NBA, which has helped the Pistons to record the league’s highest home attendance from 2002-2008. the Palace’s large seating capacity (22,076 for basketball; up to 23,000 for end-stage concerts and 24,276 for center-stage concerts) and suburban location have also made it very popular for large concerts and, to a slightly lesser degree, major boxing matches. The arena's basketball capacity was increased from 21,454 to 22,076 in the summer of 1997.

Built with an exorbitant number of luxury suites, the Palace has been able to lease all of the 180 suites consistently. In December 2005, it added five underground luxury suites, each containing 450 square feet of space and renting for $450000 per year. In February 2006, eight more luxury suites, located below the arena level, were also opened. They range in size from 800 to 1200 square feet and rent for $350000 annually.

Even thought the Palace is now one of the oldest arenas in the NBA, the Pistons have not shown much interest in replacing it, as it already contains the amenities that most NBA teams have sought in new arenas. It is considered to be the first of the modern-style NBA arenas and its large amount of luxury suites was a major reason for the rising boom of new NBA arenas in the 1990s.

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