Why Was the Palace of Auburn Hills Demolished?

[George Jones]

I just saw this today:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/11/us/pistons-palace-demolished-trnd/index.html

For 15 years I lived in Canada and less than one mile from Detroit. I never went to see the Pistons play at The Palace of Auburn Hills (I did see Gretzky play the Wings at Joe Louis), but I did go with friends to see a number of concerts there, including The Eagles, Dire Straits, David Bowie, and Eric Clapton.

Good memories.

 

[Borg]

I saw The Great One skate circles around the Wings in Joe Louis Arena once. It was late in his career but was still awesome to watch.

 

[George Jones]

I saw The Great One skate circles around the Wings in Joe Louis Arena once. It was late in his career but was still awesome to watch.

I just checked the distance on Google Maps. As the crow flies, my apartment in Canada was 980 metres (0.61 miles) from Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.

 

[Borg]

I grew up about 20 miles west of there.