Detroit — The City Council approved $34.5 million in taxpayer-funded bonds on Tuesday to make modifications to the Little Caesars Arena to allow the Detroit Pistons to play there this fall.
The measure was passed 7-2 with Council president Brenda Jones and council member Raquel Castaneda-Lopez voting no.
The council took up the matter after a federal judge late Monday declined to issue a preliminary injunction that would have blocked the Detroit Downtown Development Authority from capturing taxers to pay for the bonds.
Approval of the bonds have cleared the way for the NBA’s Board of Governors to vote on the team’s move from Auburn Hills to Detroit at its next quarterly meeting on July 11.