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Is the palace still standing?

The Palace of Auburn Hills has reached the end of the road. The former home of the Detroit Pistons, countless concerts and other events, was demolished Saturday morning in a successful implosion that brought the remaining skeleton of the area to the ground.

Who owns the abandoned houses in Detroit?

The Detroit Land Bank owns nearly 30,000 residential structures in the city, and with as many as 4,300 of them occupied - it's a magnitude unlike any other place. Squatters are a tricky problem: remove them and add to the city's homeless population and its massive inventory of abandoned buildings.

In respect to this, does detroit still have abandoned houses?

According to the report, the number of vacant homes in Michigan dropped four percent to 380,719 as the population increased slightly, by . 07 percent, from 2010 to 2018. But in Detroit, vacancies increased 29.5 percent; the city now has 102,330 vacant housing units, or 28 percent of the city's total housing stock.

Why are there so many empty houses in Detroit?

People left for a variety of reasons, including factories closing, racial tensions, white flight, and the 2008 housing crisis. As employment opportunities declined, some properties went into foreclosure due to unpaid taxes or mortgages, and they were left abandoned.

Keeping this in consideration, who threw the beer at the palace?

John Green

The cup-thrower in question, the docuseries explains, was John Green, a man who has now become famous in his own right for throwing a cup that hit Pacers player Ron Artest, who has since changed his name to Metta Sandiford-Artest.

Correspondingly, what happened to the guy who threw the beer at the palace?

Though Artest and other various players were punished, Green (eventually) got his due too-he was later discovered by the former Oakland County prosecutor, David Gorcya, who sentenced him to 30 days in prison along with 2 years of probation and a lifelong ban to home Pistons games.

Then, what nba player punched a fan?

Later, a man in a Pistons jersey approached Artest on the court, shouting at him. Artest punched him in the face, knocking the man to the floor before leaving the court. Artest was pulled away, and the fan charged back. Jermaine O'Neal stepped in and punched the man.

How many seats are there in LCA?

The new Detroit Events Center, Little Caesars Arena, was constructed in midtown Detroit with a seating capacity of 19,515 for ice hockey and 20,491 for basketball. Construction began late April 2015, and concluded in June, 2017.

Where was the Olympia in Detroit?

Nicknamed the "Old Red Barn," Olympia Stadium stood at the corner of Grand River and McGraw avenues in Detroit for nearly 60 years before its demolition in 1986.

How was Little Caesars Arena paid for?

An estimated 58 percent of the cost to construct the arena was to be funded by public tax dollars, about $261 million. On , the Michigan Strategic Fund approved the DDA's request for $650 million in funding.

By Natividad Crolley