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Last offseason, the Pistons added a brand new, state-of-the-art scoreboard.
This offseason, they’ll begin replacing all the seats and refurbishing the floors, a $6 million dollar project.
According to Kevin Grigg, vice president of public relations for Palace Sports & Entertainment and the Detroit Pistons, this will be a three-year project.
“The first stage that you see now will be completed per the start of the preseason. That involves from the lower-level suites all the way down to the floor. We’ll have new courtside seats and new seats going into the stands up to the first-level suites,” Grigg told the Detroit Free Press.
Next summer, they’ll replace the seats from above the lower-level suites to the concourse, then the summer after that, the upper bowl.
These seats, starting in the 2016-2017 season. will be “smart seats” that allow fans to interact with the Pistons mobile app.
The concrete floors throughout the arena are being repaired and redone to give them a glossier, newer look.
These renovations make it clear the Pistons won’t be moving to Downtown Detroit anytime soon.
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