hopefully this will be all self funded, or get help from Ilitch's business contemporaries-- the city can't afford to get involved in bankrolling a sports stadium..

Re: Pistons, on a pure fantasy level I wouldn't mind a shared stadium in Detroit, but I figure Gores is happy with keeping the status quo in Auburn Hills [[and I'm sure L. Brooks will bend over backwards to keep it that way).. unless there's a several-year stretch of abysmal attendance, I don't see any kind of moves toward divesting from the Palace.. though who knows, maybe there could be a one-shot, pre-season exhibition game in the new Wings stadium whenever that is completed [[2014?)..