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DETROIT -- The Detroit Pistons are ready to move downtown -- into what is already being billed as one of the most unique sports neighborhoods in the nation.The Pistons formally announced plans Tuesday to move into Little Caesars Arena next season and share that new venue with the Detroit Red Wings, a relocation that would put all four of the citys major sports teams within a few blocks of each other. The arena is being built in the same part of downtown where the Tigers and Lions host their games at Comerica Park and Ford Field, respectively.Tuesdays news conference was held in a room at Cass Tech High School that had a view of all three of those nearby sports venues.This is the only city now with all four teams in the downtown area, Mayor Mike Duggan said. You can walk within 10 minutes to all of them. You can go around the country, and there are cities where all four teams are somewhere in the border of their city. In Denver, theyve got basketball and hockey and baseball downtown, and the Broncos play a mile outside.Duggan said after moving downtown next season, the Pistons will have their headquarters and a practice facility in the city by 2018.Duggan called the agreement for the Pistons to move preliminary and said final agreements would likely be approved early next year by Detroits Downtown Development Authority, the Michigan Strategic Fund and the Detroit City Council. The agreement calls for a contribution of $34.5 million from the DDA to cover modifications to the new arena to accommodate an NBA team.Duggan said by law, those funds can only be used for infrastructure and economic development downtown.These funds have to be spent on economic development purposes in this region, and we couldnt think of anything more important than bringing the Pistons back home, he said.Michael LaFaive of the Michigan-based Mackinac Center for Public Policy was critical of the plan, saying taxpayers shouldnt be put in a position to back business ventures of private entrepreneurs.Let entrepreneurs risk their own resources and flourish or flounder on their own accord, he said in an email.Duggan and Pistons owner Tom Gores were at the news conference, along with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Ilitch Holdings President and CEO Christopher Ilitch. The Red Wings are owned by Mike and Marian Ilitch, and Gores said the opportunity to partner with them played a big role in the decision to move.I thought this would be a great partnership, and I would tell you, if I didnt feel it, then we have a home, and we wouldve stayed there, Gores said. But theres a bigger picture here.The Red Wings are in their final season at Joe Louis Arena before the NHL team moves to Little Caesars Arena. The Pistons have played at The Palace of Auburn Hills since 1988 and were at the Pontiac Silverdome for a decade before that.The Pistons were downtown when they called Cobo Arena home from 1961-78 before heading to Pontiac and then Auburn Hills. The Palace is about 30 miles from downtown Detroit.Watching our city decline over the years has been difficult, but emotionally, the most painful experiences were when our sports franchises either left town or tried to leave town, Duggan said.The Lions also played at the Silverdome before moving to Ford Field in 2002. Now, the Pistons are eager to make the same move to downtown Detroit.Weve seen these trends of our teams moving really from suburban areas outside of urban areas, back into downtown areas, Silver said. Little Caesars Arena is just another fantastic example of that trend.The Pistons move is subject to NBA approval and is expected to be presented to the board of governors sometime after Jan. 1.The Palace was built with private funds by William Davidson, who owned the Pistons before his death in 2009. The team has won three championships in Auburn Hills, although the atmosphere slipped in recent years as the Pistons went through a rough stretch.Detroit returned to the playoffs last season for the first time since 2009.Gores bought the Pistons from Karen Davidson in 2011, and by that point, the team had become a suburban outlier, with the Lions having moved downtown to play alongside the Ilitch-owned Tigers and Red Wings.Now, Gores is joining forces with the Ilitches and moving his team into that same area.This community is getting the world-class sports and entertainment district it deserves, Christopher Ilitch said. A perfect addition to a city in the midst of an incredible and historic transformation.---Follow Noah Trister at www.Twitter.com/noahtrister Air Jordan Cheap Wholesale . Thousands of Southern California fans enveloped the Trojans to celebrate an improbable win secured by an interim coach, an inconsistent kicker and a thin defence that wouldnt break. 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He was dismissed by the team last March after the Lightning struggled in the lockout-shortened season with a 13-18-1 record. Penrith prop Reagan Campbell-Gillard admits he would make the same tackle that left him with a broken back and fearing for his NRL career.Campbell-Gillard has been rested from pre-season training this week after hip complications stemming from a tackle by Gold Coast forward Ryan James in round 25 last season.Lying in a Gold Coast hospital bed with his playing gear on for two days, he began to think the worst before scans revealed he had fractured two vertebrae and missed three months.If you hear the word broken back, that is a bit scary, Campbell-Gillard said on Tuesday.At the time that I did it, I could still walk. But when I came down from the adrenaline and cooled down, I was like, Oh no, I cant really move.They didnt want to move me so they didnt disrupt my body and one of the specialists to come in to give them the all clear. I was lying in there for two days still in my playing gear.The incident immediately drew the wrath of Panthers coach Anthony Griffin post-game, while club boss Phil Gould criticised the NRL for allowing dangerouus tackling styles.dddddddddddd.Teammates later called the tackle a cheap shot, a label Campbell-Gillard denied.Id do it as well if you saw that exposure there. I didnt think it was a bad shot, Id do it to someone and Im pretty sure other players would do it as well, he said.Campbell-Gillard, touted as a future NSW State of Origin player, resumed contact training three weeks ago but returned to the rehabilitation group this week after complaining about his hip.The 23-year-old remains confident hell re-join his teammates by the end of the week, and that the tackle wouldnt impact his football next season.If that plays in the back of your mind, youre not going to be 100 per cent going into the game. Im trying to get my strength back up, he said.Campbell-Gillard is expected to be part of a formidable Penrith forward pack next season that is set to include Trent Merrin, Bryce Cartwright and new recruit James Tamou. ' ' '