Pistons floor laid down at Little Caesars Arena

The Detroit Pistons have begun laying down the floor at Little Caesars Arena in downtown Detroit in advance of the coming 2017-18 preseason.

There comes a point when major changes in life begin to seem a bit more real. For the Detroit Pistons, that point may have come with the laying down of the playing court at Little Caesars Arena in downtown Detroit.

For the first time, the Pistons’ court was installed at the arena on Tuesday morning. They’ll begin the preseason on October 4th against the Charlotte Hornets, which will be the first time the court is used for real in-game action.

The floor arrived from the Palace of Auburn Hills Monday night, and Andre Drummond was on hand to observe the unloading of the pieces as you can see below in tweets from the Pistons’ official account.

The Pistons are departing their home in suburban Detroit, the Palace of Auburn Hills. They played there for nearly 30 years, winning three NBA championships, multiple NBA Finals appearances and a stretch of six straight Eastern Conference Finals appearances.

This move means that all four pro sports teams in the city of Detroit will play within a six-block radius, joining the Detroit Lions, the Detroit Tigers and their Little Caesars Arena co-tenant, the Detroit Red Wings.

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The arena will officially open on September 12th with a series of Kid Rock concerts, and the Pistons will begin the regular season in the Little Caesars Arena era on October18th at home against the Charlotte Hornets.