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Historical · NBA
The Palace of Auburn Hills
Former home of the Detroit Pistons
Auburn Hills, MI
Still to visit
Teams
Detroit Pistons
NBA · basketball
1988–2017
Also known as The Palace
Stadium facts
Timeline
1988
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August 13, 1988
Sting plays the first concert
The Palace opened in 1988, and on August 13 Sting was the first musician to perform there, on the Nothing Like the Sun tour. It cost $90 million. The page calls it the first of the modern NBA arenas, and its luxury suites were copied widely.
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