When the Pistons played at Olympia Stadium
https://www.vintagedetroit.com/when-the-pistons-played-at-olympia-stadium/ by SCOTT FERKOVICH on JANUARY 12, 2016 When Fred Zollner made the decision to move his Ft. Wayne Pistons to the Motor City in 1957 , there was a lot of head scratching among his fellow NBA owners. It wasn’t that Detroit wasn’t considered a great sports town. After all, the Tigers, despite being a second-division club for nearly a decade, continued to be a huge summertime draw. The powerhouse Lions had set attendance records at Briggs Stadium. As for the Red Wings, they had a devoted following, and played to packed houses at Olympia Stadium on a consistent basis. The problem was that the National Basketball Association was still the ugly stepchild of sports . Never highly promoted, it was considered a niche entertainment, not yet worthy of a bigger stage . Sure, there were the Knicks in New York, the Celtics in Boston, and the Warriors in Philadelphia . But the NBA was also struggling along in less-populated out