Known more simply as “the Palace,” The Palace of Auburn Hills was the home of the NBA's Detroit Pistons from 1988-2017, the WNBA's Detroit Shock from 1998-2009, the Arena Football League's ...

Davidson wanted the Pistons to play somewhere he owned, so he ordered construction of a new building in Auburn Hills. It was only 5 miles from the Silverdome, but was 32 miles from the heart of ...