DETROIT -- Little Caesars Arena is set for its college basketball debut, starting with Michigan facing Detroit Mercy followed by Michigan State playing Oakland on Dec. 16.
The doubleheader in downtown Detroit, at the new home of the Red Wings and Pistons, was announced Tuesday.
And, it might become an annual event.
"Our hope is that we can do this again, and again and again," Olympia Entertainment president Tom Wilson said, standing in a construction zone just outside of the arena. "One of the reasons we're out here is this building is literally 129 days away from being complete.