Palace of Auburn Hills to get video/digital makeover that 'blows fans away,'

[I <3 DET]

While this article is one month old, I didn't see anything about this posted here. Good to hear about more developments being made in Metro-Detroit.

With new seats, screens, free wi-fi, new restaurants and hopefully a good pick in this years draft, attending Pistons games at The Palace will be amazing.

DETROIT, MI -- Expect more money to be pumped into the Detroit Pistons' home at the Place of Auburn Hills to make it a fan-friendly destination.

Dennis Mannion, Palace Sports & Entertainment's CEO, told Detroit radio station WDET [[101.9 FM) that the venue is expected to get an video/digital makeover.

Mannion mentioned a comprehensive look at "everything from the marquee boards on the highways to the center-hung scoreboard in the seating bowl."

And Mannion said in the interview, one that aired Monday, that visitors of Pistons games, concerts and other events won't be disappointed once the work is done.

"“We’ve put that off [[in the past) because technology is moving so rapidly, and we also wanted to make sure with [[the NBA) that we weren’t bound by any sort of creative challenges or rules," Mannion told WDET. "So we’ve done our homework and will just judiciously look at different types of systems we can put in.
"If we do it, we’re going to do it in a way that blows fans away."

A timetable for the work wasn't mentioned in the interview. There are also plans to eventually replace more than 22,000 seats in the venue with sleeker looking black colored ones.

To date, Pistons and Palace Sports & Entertainment owner Tom Gores, a Beverly Hills, Calif. billionaire, has invested more than $40 million into the Palace since he purchased the franchise and overall business in 2011.

Reporters toured last week the third and final phase of The Palace's multi-million dollar internal renovations that include a "new" Palace Grille restaurant, luxury suites and Presidents Club ViP area.

http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/d...of_aubu_1.html