The Detroit Pistons may be in the final stages of its talk to relocate to Little Caesars Arena in downtown Detroit at I-75 and Woodward Avenue, according to Crain’s Detroit Business. The team could be playing in the Olympia Entertainment-owned venue as soon as the 2017-18 season:
The expected timetable is unclear. Potential additional deals involving the entertainment and broadcast rights portions of their respective businesses are expected to take longer. No final agreement has been reached, and the talks could still fall through.Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores will be on hand Friday at this year’s home opener at The Palace of Auburn Hills, and it could be an opportunity for him to announce the franchise’s increasingly likely relocation to downtown Detroit.