Quote Originally Posted by eliboyer View Post
NHL and NBA seasons run from Fall to Spring. And as a bar/restaurant operator in the city, I can tell you that people most definitely "bar hop" pre- and post- games all year round, even in the dead of winter. Concerts are not in question here. If the Pistons ever make their way Downtown, The Palace will still exist as a very good concert venue.
People with jobs and people with kids aren't bar hopping. We have to work the next morning. And we're not getting wrecked with kids in the back seat. Auburn hills is a perfect location for us. Now if only they'd become a good team again so ticket prices can rise and the riff raff stop coming to games.

I can't think of one incentive for the Pistons to separate from a building they own. Do you expect them to build another arena downtown? To pay Illitch to use the wings? That's moronic.