The Palace of Auburn Hills
The Palace of Auburn Hills is a arena in Michigan, United States that opened in 1988. Its recorded capacity is 22,076.
Key facts
The Palace of Auburn Hills is a arena in Michigan, United States that opened in 1988. Its recorded capacity is 22,076. It is owned by Tom Gores and Tom Gores. It is operated by Palace Sports and Entertainment and Palace Sports and Entertainment. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Detroit Pistons, Detroit Safari, Detroit Whalers, Detroit Shock, Detroit Pistons, Detroit Shock.
- Location
- Michigan, United States
- Type
- Arena
- Capacity
- 22,076
- Opened
- 1988
- Status
- Active
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Hardwood
The Palace of Auburn Hills is at latitude 42.696944, longitude -83.245556, in Michigan, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 42.696944 |
| Longitude | -83.245556 |
| City | Michigan |
| Region | Michigan |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Hardwood | Wikidata statement | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Tom Gores | 1988 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Tom Gores | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Palace Sports and Entertainment | 1988 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Palace Sports and Entertainment | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
| Tenant | Competitions | Period | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Pistons | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Detroit Safari | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Detroit Whalers | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Detroit Shock | Not mapped | Present | Current | Source |
| Detroit Pistons | Not mapped | 1988 to present | Current | Source |
| Detroit Shock | Not mapped | 1988 to present | Current | Source |
Recorded changes
21 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 2309 | 2026-10 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Detroit Vipers | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Detroit Fury | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Detroit Vipers | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 34595 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34595 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 3234 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 2807 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 2806 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372242477 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | The_Palace_of_Auburn_Hills | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 21700 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 21699 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 21698 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 21697 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 21696 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 21695 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13188 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13187 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13186 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13185 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: