Abandoned Palace Of Auburn Hills Walk Through

Just a quick walk through of the abandoned Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan before demolition.

[@anthonylangley8717]

How is it that the Empire State Building is still in use almost 100 years after construction, but sports arenas across America can’t stay in use for even 50 years?

[@jeffreyadams207]

Money Anthony, greed, lake placid 90 minutes from my home and home of the miracle on ice in 80, still is in full operation today, immaculate! No money being paid out to greedy players.

[@rkgsd]

The home of the infamous "Bad Boy" Pistons. The place many NBA teams feared to have to play in during the late 80's/early 90's.

[@laffograms1976]

I dont get it. Aside from the obvious demolition stuff going on, this place looks like it was still a beautiful facility. Why do these professional sports team owners always have to demand bigger and newer stadiums when the ones they have are perfectly functional?

[@carramrod8232]

Pontiac was not a great location for professional sports teams. Now all are downtown

[@ericjohn8466]

I think right before the Davidson family sold the team to Tom Gores there had been a quite expensive upgrade and facelift done to the arena.

[@kylehackman4406]

so they can get the big time super bowls, etc

[@FHTV19]

Outdated and nowhere close to the city

[@scott1564]

@@FHTV19 Specifically WHAT was "outdated?" It wasn't THAT long ago the Pistons played in the Silverdome. You can't seriously suggest that arenas have less than 30 year life spans. If that's true, then no public money should ever be spent on one. Maybe it was in a bad location; I have no idea as I don't know that area. But it wasn't built in the '20s. This location was great in 1988 and terrible now? That's just absurd, but if true, that's the fault of those that live there, not the arena itself.

[@ShowMeVegas]

Been in a lot of arenas, and this one looks as modern as almost any I’ve ever been in. Can’t believe this thing wasn’t preserved even after the Pistons left...

[@jordanking6939]

It comes down to money at the end. Pistons only chance of being a high caliber team is competing in the best arena. No matter how many they renovated Madison Square Garden for the Knicks, Barclays Center for the Nets attract new business and more events because it's newer.

[@ShowMeVegas]

@@jordanking6939 I understand why the Pistons left, that wasn't the point. I'm just surprised the arena wasn't repurposed because it looks like it was still quite nice.

[@penskepc2374]

@@jordanking6939 yep, and MSG only works because its in New York, the same thing with the Forum being kept major cities can support things mid size cities just can't.

[@malcorub]

Timberwolves are probably the next team due for a new arena...even though the arena is in a pretty good location already.

[@SamCoren]

Seems like such a waste. 1988 doesn’t seem *that* old to renovate

[@chriscaldwell4482]

Back in 89 my brother and I had season tickets but it was for the very last row. You could reach the ceiling tiles. So we wedge a candy wrapper up in one of them, last time I was at the palace in 2017 I went to look if it was still there and it was, so I left it.

[@tyuspoletti]

That is awesome

[@arandomdudeontheinternet5792]

You are the true legend, you stuck a candy wrapper on the ceiling tile when it opened, and it was still there 30 years later when it closed.

[@at2130]

Clean lol

[@kingscum605]

thats real cool

[@yacobmacias6352]

lol that’s freaking awesome

[@ReCharredSigh]

This is really sad; like ppl have said, it's a beautiful arena. IMO if sports owners want to keep tearing down perfectly functional arenas to build new ones, they should foot the entire bill. Not the taxpayers.

[@PizzaRollz1]

Professional sports teams in general shouldn't be using public money to build arenas. Unless the revenue can then be shared publicly, or a portion going back to the community beyond taxes, then they should only be built within the teams means.

[@SuperDalite]

The Palace was built with private funds and the team (Pistons) actually owned the place. The seats were comfortable and the updates of millions were just poured into it six years earlier. Like WTF. 🙄

[@Gravydog316]

There are buildings in Europe that are 400+ years old & still be used. This didn't even last 40 years. So ridiculous.

[@denverdubois5835]

Ego and greed, and sick throwaway culture. And a lot of the people who support this also whine continually about sustainable blah blah and stop wasting so many resources etc. Clueless.

[@yacobmacias6352]

It’s so depressing thinking about the thousands of moments and memories captured inside these walls just for it to look like a skeleton and get torn down

[@paul734]

The greatest arena of all time. So many memories. Blessed to say I even played on the court

[@timr1999]

Same here. Loved being on the court as a kid. Can’t believe it’s gone now…

[@Know26874]

Oakland University could have been playing there

[@brianmuff8459]

They say if you squint hard enough, you can still see Ron Artest jumping into the stands.

[@malcorub]

That's World Peace to you.

[@brianmuff8459]

@@malcorub Now he is. He was Ron Artest when he jumped into the stands.

[@ltatjsallday8709]

That was World B Free 😂

[@haywardcrawford]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Godisdareason0224]

Just got through watching malice at the palace and had to come see for myself. Didn’t even know this building was demolished.

[@sportscardsreportcards]

Place wasn’t even 30 years old and already demolishing it

[@malcorub]

Malice at the Little Ceasers Arena just doesn't sound the same.

[@anthonytrevon865]

🤣

[@Dfturcott]

It’s a cool video but super depressing to watch

[@dolansontag3731]

Sad my youth is erased 1st the silverdome then the palace of auburn hills

[@tyson1fan487]

This is sad! I remember when they opened it and it still looked great when they closed it but so many great Detroit Pistons games and concerts.

[@gillies9]

I remember Gov Jesse Ventura saying something to the effect of "you don't tear down a school or a hospital after 30 years and claim it's outdated". I believe it was his response to the Vikings & Twins desire for a new, publically-funded stadium.

[@meadster308]

This building could still be used after the Pistons left. It's sad it's just left to rot.

[@cjramseyer]

it wasn't left to rot like the Pontiac Silverdome. The arena (though sad) was used until 2017 and relatively promptly sold and demolished. And, Yes, I completely agree that the Palace could have continue to have been used, yet lack of vision for it was it's ultimate failure.

[@jeovecabalquinto]

It should be used by the Oakland university but it didn't materialize.

[@dogcowrph]

This was such a beautiful arena. Walking inside I thought I was in a fancy mall. I saw Springsteen there for a two night engagement in 1999.

[@letsgomets07]

Bruceeeee

[@UserName-ts3sp]

it looks like it could’ve held up... i mean i get moving downtown but why dispose of stadiums so quickly

[@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736]

This place was built privately. Isn't that something?

[@ScoobyDooIsDead]

Crazy, that arena looks almost brand new

[@vernelljameholtking6879]

That's because it wasn't a bandit like the way he's making you think it was only abandoned for one year after it got tore down

[@ScoobyDooIsDead]

@@vernelljameholtking6879 that’s not what I meant. For a 30 year old arena, it looked great. I’m from Sacramento, and Arco Arena was the same age as the Palace but felt and looks super outdated in comparison.

[@jeremymorris6899]

It was renovated right after the 04 championship run for the second time

[@scottbrown7497]

Arena not Stadium

[@ScoobyDooIsDead]

@@scottbrown7497 I know, just typed it out real quick and didn’t care to fix it

[@mohammedkhaleel7542]

The palace should never have met this unfortunate fate,.. the new arena is a major downgrade in every way...

[@lousanto1054]

I totally agree. To this day I will contend that the Palace had the nicest seating bowl in any arena I had ever been in. The United Center in Chicago is second. LCA is nice, but definitely not nearly as nice as it should be for a brand new arena.

[@mikewhipkey6863]

I love it.... Most of Detroit is like a war zone with massive amounts of debt but Fuck it lets build a new arena and tear down this one that is still good because we just spent $115 million in renovations!

[@ATF1985]

The palace is 45 mins from Detroit , and downtown Detroit and mid town is really nice but the Most of the neighborhoods r a total shit show

[@floridaarmyvet3613]

The local government officials have ruined that city.

[@ltatjsallday8709]

Thanks to Biden 😂🤦

[@trevorlee7945]

Hell I remember the Pistons playing at the Silverdome .

[@tacobellalugosi2527]

prolly my fav place i ever worked . worked there from 2005-2014 so many great nights working here made some good friends along the way met a girl ..didnt workout needless to say just think walking around there when it was up and running it was awesome and it never really felt like work it was not a bad place to work my best friend was a mang there on our shift so there were many place i got to go .but i will always have many good memories of the palace . RIP old friend .gone but not forgotten.

[@fay8687]

Good footage & helpful information. Appreciate there's some talking ("oops, I can't go this way"😄) but not much. Too many you tubers kill the effects with their exaggerated exclamations or profanity. Also nice how the enscripted information was at beginning, so as you went thru the building, viewers don't have to stop the video to read.

[@davidroseman4917]

It's funny, when owners want a brand new arena or stadium the old one is suddenly considered out dated or not practical. Stadiums are disposable these days. We're lucky to get 30 years out of them.

[@501764727]

So true and this in cities all across America. Crazy wasteful

[@chickey333]

And Tiger Stadium was around and in use for how long...?? What a freaking waste.

[@ScoobyDooIsDead]

Shows the sad state of American culture. Everything is disposable.

[@chickey333]

@@ScoobyDooIsDead Hopefully in this case... recyclable as well. Just think of the miles of copper wiring the aluminum and steel holding up the place. I'm sure the foundations could be reused... hell just build another palace and keep it under lock and key till Little Caesars Arena wears out. Why wait...It's gotta be cheaper to build one now than 30 years later.

[@carramrod8232]

The reason they do that is because they rub shoulders with politicians and are able to get a ton of our tax money to build these palaces.

[@jerryferko8309]

tiger stadium , the silverdome , the olympia , the joe , the palace ..................YIKES !!

[@pariswatkins4841]

The Pistons played 40 miles outside of the city. If the old owner was living today, LCA wouldn't exists.

[@keegannunley5444]

America needs reform, this is basically the country in building form, good bones, good design, but becoming abandoned and demolished by divestment and illogical economic priorities and legal corruption.

[@indyracer56]

Saw RUSH there in 2015 on their final tour.

[@russhfan]

a f..king crime to tear it down

[@neneshubby]

Renovations were just done here as recently as 6 years ago. Just a ridiculous waste of money and these owners still asking fans to pay for their arenas and stadiums

[@billpetersheim1343]

Lex Luger vs Yokozua for the WWF Championship at Summerslam 93

[@dawgcanjumphigh]

What a waste of money. Build this thing, play NBA games, then tear the thing down.

[@jkarhiaho]

The disposability of American sports stadiums is truly ridiculous.

[@tonyw2136]

biggest waste of money is paying to go see an NBA game

[@derekchapel2783]

I seen the plans for the new extension they were going to add on where the loading dock area was. That tells you how well maintained and long life ahead the arena had. Just millions of dollars piled up in a scrap yard now. I spent a lot of time in every square inch of that building and I’ll miss it! I had to go watch the implosion after they gutted it. It’s been weird driving by it and it’s not there that’s for sure.

[@LB14745]

It represents the quick unnecessary changes in the NBA. Nowadays NBA teams have dozens of jersey designs every season, new sneaker designs every couple of months, silly celebrations that change every few months. And most of all, stars that change teams every couple of seasons, half of the league change teams every season, drafted guys who are the next big things and a season later get traded every year. It's all just too much of everything, nothing lasts.

[@motorcityjudy]

Watched many many games here. Refuse to go downtown I don’t care if they win 10 championships (they won’t).

[@HoosierGarage]

Isn't it amazing how teams used to be able to play in old arenas and it really wasn't a big deal until the 90s hit? Boston played in the Garden, Chicago to stadium. They turned those placed into something looked at as disposable, and its all we've had since.

[@TRJ2241987]

It was amazing the Warriors kept the Oakland Arena for so long. It was just about as old as Madison Square Garden

[@ZachAttackIsBack]

Pro sports are big business now.

[@HoosierGarage]

@@ZachAttackIsBack kinda goes without saying.

[@AR7271]

Interesting to see those Sony XDCAM pro discs at the end!

[@inobaebee]

I used to work here. Pay suck but was one experience that I will never forget. Last show there before shut down was Ariana Grande. I met her in person. I met alot celebrities here. I also got to meet Tyshaun Prince when he was rehearsing for his retirement and he gave me one or his jerseys.

[@Quakerman14]

I saw Coheed, Trivium, and Slipknot play here in 09.

[@brett9121]

I was there. Great show

[@KvnHcks]

never would’ve thought it’d be abandoned so quickly

[@kkjwdfjopwekfjopcdsxzdfsdf3967]

I dont get why make new overpriced stadiums when you can just renovate old ones, they are wasting space and money

[@andyleo8418]

Wasting taxpayer dollars building these things then waste more on tearing them and down and hauling it away.

[@RobGilmore69]

Letting places fall into abandonment. A Detroit area tradition!!

[@frankbj1152]

They tore it down it's no longer there

[@zforce32]

Covered the Chicago Rush and the Detroit Fury in the Palace back in the day

[@Gravydog316]

Summerslam 93 @ the Palace was my parents first date lol

[@talljono]

For awhile, they'd let high school teams play before Pistons games and give players/families tix to the Pistons game afterward. This was me playing at The Palace back in 1994. Scottie Pippen was watching us finish up the game in the final minutes. So many amazing times there! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZ66i32AbpuImtE

[@AR7271]

Let me know if you ever want to have that tape transferred professionally to Bluray or DVD...assuming you haven't done it already.

[@thunderpantz]

They won 3 world titles in that building.

[@kravitz1999]

What a waste, that place looked brand new.. (before the demo)

[@TheGolsongirls]

I remember sitting in those seats as a kid watching pistons games

[@roln7s463]

Lots and lots of good memories! Great place to watch a basketball game or a concert.

[@Starwarsdude8221991]

Ouch, now if I want to see a game I have to go to Detroit fun

[@MetalHeadAZ]

I saw the Cure, Tool, Def Leppard, Queensryche etc and MANY Piston games at the Palace , SO many memories !

[@darrengray1239]

I saw Iron Maiden here just a few years ago. I remember how much I liked the building. Seem so modern to me. Hard to believe it is gone

[@hamburg1306]

What a waste. Perfectly good arena abandoned then torn down.

[@rl3722]

Damn it looks like something that would be opened now

[@carramrod8232]

I used to work at Big Buck Brewery in college right down the road off Opdyke. Between Lions games and Pistons at Palace i made great money for a college boy

[@bcaliber7028]

So many great memories of that arena. My first concert was @ the Palace: Black Sabbath, PanterA and the Deftones, Feb. 1999. The last concert I saw there was Roger Waters in 2017. I also went to more Pistons games than I can count there, my first game was '92, my last game was 2017. RIP Palace

[@mbpsg]

Damm you saw Deftones in 1999. That's bad ass for real..

[@lennywilliams2300]

It was built next to a landfill!.... So that didn't help either, the smell would unbearable at times!.....

[@ninerbug]

This is still up to date maybe even modern it kind of reminds me that new Giants stadium that they just built like five years ago

[@wishbone20t]

I saw Pink Floyd there on the second night the Palace was open back in 88' Bill Cosby was the opening act the evening before

[@letsgomets07]

Not gonna lie, didn’t know the pistons didn’t still play there, wild stuff they don’t

[@mr.mycity313]

Not gonna lie, when i saw all the dvds my heart skipped a beat!

[@a-love-supremist]

Bad Boys era game tapes? Prime MJ? I'm sure those would fetch for a lot.

[@ZachAttackIsBack]

2012 and 2013 footage. Definitely not the Bad Boys era stuff.

[@thesupervisor3270]

I would love to see a walkthrough in the Trump plaza where they had WrestleMania 5 at.

[@thesupervisor3270]

Wow I literally just read they demolished the building TODAY (February 17, 2021)

[@chris.fitzgerald]

@@thesupervisor3270 Actually it was held at Boardwalk Hall, the former Convention Center where Miss America was also held for years. Whenever a big fight was held in AC, one of the hotels, Trump, Caesars, etc would get advertisement through ads on the canvas and banners, but the event itself were not held at the hotels.

[@jareddavidmanifold313]

Deeetroit basketball!!!!

[@GoLions67]

Vipers season tickets for years. Tons of pistons games.

[@ifheavenwashuman]

I would've brought my basketball

[@WolverineDevotee]

I graduated high school here in 2014. Utica High School

[@briandrum1]

Saw Phish there way back in 1995! It definitely was a cool arena

[@davidjsouth231]

Wow!! I could build. a house and a pole barn with everything left behind

[@karlc2869]

They should have repurposed The Palace of Auburn Hills as a grocery/shopping center of sorts just like Toronto did with the Maple Leaf Gardens.

[@Knightmessenger]

Forward thinking in all its designs... Except for where it was located.

[@atribecalledjudah5436]

They should have kept it, DT Detroit is trash.

[@damnearcrazy]

That's where Jordan. Was created @

[@drumflip1253]

Reminds me of a post apocalyptic video game I want to play.

[@ryansaunders65]

I'm sure this was built in part with taxpayer money. So why couldn't it be converted into condos with low to no down payment for veterans and or working families? Or affordable housing, not public housing?

[@Knightmessenger]

Actually the Palace was privately funded.

[@VFAFOOTY]

Very Sad to see it go lots of history and so many memories and great games in that place.....Tell me you borrowed them discs. :) of NBA Games did you find any games prior to 2013 ? Great video

[@calebstewart7358]

Every time I see this arena I think of the Malice at the Palace

[@Monaayy29]

Lex Luger winning the WCW title over Hogan on Nitro happened there.

[@UrbexUS]

Awesome!

[@Steve_643]

The Palace was still a very nice arena I guess The Pistons are back in the Detroit where they belong!!!!!

[@Nastyfinger1444]

Welcome to America.

[@allisonthomas1366]

If left to the future archaeologist would think this was a Roman Coliseum were basketball warriors fought to the death.

[@mandymayne8759]

Not from Michigan and never lived there. But once when I was visiting I went to a hockey 🏒 game at the Palace. It was a game of the Detroit Vipers of the (now defunct) International Hockey League. I don’t remember who they played.

[@paulj6756]

I also saw the Vipers here once It was in 2001 right before the franchise folded.

[@CardShark_Chris]

Tom Gores dropping a ton of money into that arena and left it. The move downtown will hunt this organization for decades.

[@robertkelly2420]

I thought the Pistons were still playing in the palace. It looked like it was well kept in good condition.

[@willchristie2650]

Why is there always countless millions to build a new stadium every 30 years while the rest of our nation's structures (except for banks and corporations) suffer?

[@ettnollbajen9945]

Let’s go Pistons!

[@SharlaWilber]

TOM GORE please bring back palace of Auburn Hills Low incomes Need more jobs.

[@yorinov2001]

blame the team owners for extorting taxpayers for new arenas and stadiums, -- "build us a new arena/stadium or we will leave". city's response should be, "don't let the door hit ya on the ass on your way out of town" that is one reason why I no longer watch sports

[@comericachris7521]

I heard a rumor that the Pistons allowed all kinds of memorabilia to remain in the stadium as it was demolished. Things like game used basketballs, players shoes, jerseys, and other things. Any truth to that?

[@davidsine1222]

Pretty basic walk through why didn't you try and show the locker room?

[@UrbexUS]

Because

[@davidsine1222]

Great answer.....🙄

[@jerodowhipple8115]

What was really the purpose of spending all of those millions of dollars upgrading it when the Pistons got a new Arena built in Detroit a few years later. Then they tore might as well say immediately after only a few years a free the Pistons left. They didn't even try let the building sit for a while

[@Golfing422]

Shame they couldn’t have come out with an Oakland County pro sports team that horde of people living out that way could follow.

[@kingscum605]

that arena is bettet than ours

[@jeffbogue3718]

I saw a lot of cool shows there the very 1st one I saw was Pink Floyd in 1988 when they 1st opened up

[@wjatube]

I've been there plenty of times and while the fan suites got all the media attention the truth is the club and restaurant sections were dated by the 2000's. The ceiling heights were very low. Many new arenas were being built for better fan experience without feeling claustrophobic in a shoe box. Also upper tier seats were NOT a great option as unlike many other newer stadiums and arenas you really felt disconnected from the floor action. The Palace served its purpose and no one really wants to drive up to the Auburn Hills/Pontiac area especially if you lived in points West of the city (the growing burbs of Plymouth and others) were a bit of a hike. I used to drive from Ann Arbor and it was never worth the hike to see a Tuesday night game.

[@scott1564]

Then why was it built in Auburn Hills to begin with? Did people just stop wanting to drive up there in the last 10-15 years? I mean, even if the area changed, the distance didn't. Perhaps the commute time did, but still. I know Detroit has changed but going from AA to AH CAN NOT have been much different in 1988 as it is today.

[@Knightmessenger]

@@scott1564 distance may not have changed, but gas prices sure did.

[@scott1564]

@@Knightmessenger not in real terms it hasn't. Do a search for inflation adjusted gas prices. If anything, they've gone down.

[@vensonj]

It literally looks like the malice at the palace now

[@malcorub]

Malice at the Little Ceasers Arena just doesn't sound the same.