DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons and Henry Ford Health System have unveiled plans to build a training, rehabilitation and sports medicine complex in the New Center area of Detroit. The Henry Ford-Detroit Pistons Performance Center will house a new training facility and corporate headquarters for the NBA franchise; include a comprehensive sports medicine, treatment and rehabilitation facility managed by the health system; and incorporate public spaces available for community relations activation, networking receptions and team-hosted events. The facility will cost $50 million to $65 million, according to the Detroit Free Press.
The center will be built on a parcel owned by Henry Ford between Wayne State University and Henry Ford Hospital, approximately two miles north of the new Little Caesars Arena where the Pistons will begin playing games next season. Construction is expected to begin this summer. As part of the agreement, Henry Ford will become the official health care provider for the Pistons beginning with the 2017-18 NBA season, and will have naming rights for the new performance center complex. In addition to the center’s sports, training and medical facilities, the privately financed facility will include corporate offices for the Pistons and plans, specifications and estimates staff, as well as public activation spaces. Rossetti has been hired as lead architect.