Pistons owner to sell to Ilitch?

The Tigers, Wings and Pistons by the same guy with shitty pizza...

No link yet, Freep's got a bulletin up with no copy...

 

http://www.freep.com/article/20101005/SPORTS03/101005025/1321/Pistons-tap-Ilitch-to-buy-the-team-

 

Hey, we live on five-buck pizza at our shop. It's considered official betting currency.

If this goes through, it will be a good move for all involved. Pistons stay put in metro Detroit, and Ilitch gets a place to put the Red Wings for awhile if he can't get an arena built downtown to replace the 30-year-old Joe.

 

Not good for my god damn taxes. No way does Ilitch use his own money to build his new super arena for the Wings/Pistons.

 

Awesome, of course the municipalities of southeastern Michigan just have $400-$500 million of free tax money sitting around to build a brand-new state of the art arena for a billionaire. (More accurately, his darling children, since Ilitch is 81.)

 

This guy has all the leads on free government money.

 

Is he wearing a suit with question marks on it?

 

You haven't heard of Matthew Lesko? This isn't his only question mark suit.

 

Didn't realize Ilitch was that old.

 

He's got a family line of succession in place - something very good for someone that old.

Like Mustang, I would be very opposed to my tax dollars being used for a new Wings/Pistons stadium, though the idea of bringing the Pistons back downtown is interesting. If the new stadium is built, all three venues/four teams will be within walking distance of each other. Still, The Palace is in great shape and the Joe isn't that old (hey, I was in high school when it hosted the 1980 Republican convention).