DETROIT – For Pistons fans on the suburban fringe or in northern Michigan – or around the world – the impact of their move downtown is confined to the 41 home games plus playoff dates they’ll occupy Little Caesars Arena every season.
For the citizens of the city that put the world on wheels, the impact will be year round.
“There’s a line, ‘You can’t save Detroit; you have to be Detroit,’ ” Pistons vice chairman Arn Tellem said at Monday’s groundbreaking ceremony for what will become the team’s new headquarters and training facility – the Henry Ford Detroit Pistons Performance Center, in partnership with Henry Ford Health System – in the New Center area.