AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The 50th season since the Pistons relocated to Detroit will be celebrated throughout the year in a variety of ways, but here's an especially appealing bit of nostalgia: throwback prices.

The Pistons are making available a package of eight regular-season games, plus an attractive preseason game, to fans for $159 - less than $20 a game - as part of the 50th Season Economy Plan.

"It's a great way for fans who haven't had the chance to get to The Palace very often to get their foot in the door, literally, as season-ticket holders and experience the thrill of watching a championship-caliber team build over the course of the season and make a run at the playoffs," said John Ciszewski, executive vice president for corporate sales at Palace Sports & Entertainment. "The gameday experience at The Palace is always held up as one of the best in all of sports. The 50th Season Economy Plan makes that experience more accessible to all Pistons fans - from those who've supported us throughout our 50 years in Detroit to those just getting hooked on NBA basketball."

Among the 50th Season Plan’s highlights is the Oct. 8 preseason opener against Shaquille O’Neal, Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat. It will be the first look for Pistons fans at the team’s many new additions, including No. 1 draft choices Rodney Stuckey and Arron Afflalo, fellow rookie Sammy Mejia, 7-foot Senegalese center Cheick Samb, and free-agent acquisition Jarvis Hayes.

The first regular-season game under the 50th Season Plan comes Dec. 2 when Jason Kidd, Vince Carter and Richard Jefferson lead the New Jersey Nets into The Palace. The Nets got off to a slow start last season and lost emerging center Nenad Krstic to a season-ending knee injury before the midway point, but still made the playoffs and enter the season among the favorites in the vastly improved Atlantic Division.

Three Eastern Conference teams intent on crashing the playoff field are lined up next - Atlanta on Dec. 14, Milwaukee on Dec. 31 and Charlotte on Feb. 10, all of them carrying legitimate hope for a turnaround into the season.

2007-08 Economy Plan
	Sunday, Dec. 2	New Jersey
	Friday, Dec. 14	Atlanta
	Monday, Dec. 31	Milwaukee
	Sunday, Feb. 10	Charlotte
	Wednesday, Feb. 13	Indiana
	Tuesday, Feb. 19	Orlando
	Wednesday, March 12	Philadelphia
	Tuesday, March 18	Denver
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The Hawks plugged two big holes in their lineup by drafting bruising Al Horford from two-time defending national champion Florida and point guard Acie Law of Texas A&M in June's lottery. Milwaukee gets Michael Redd back healthy and adds Chinese 7-footer Yi Jianlian, the No. 6 pick in June's draft, to a team that qualified for the 2006 playoffs. Charlotte addressed its critical scoring need by swinging a draft-night trade that imported ex-Michigan State star Jason Richardson from Golden State.

Old rival Indiana comes to town on Feb. 13 and the Pacers rank as the Eastern Conference's premier darkhorse. The Pacers were just hitting stride last winter following their major trade with Golden State that netted Mike Dunleavy and Troy Murphy when a knee injury to Jermaine O'Neal undermined their playoff bid.

Orlando, which lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Pistons last spring, fortified itself over the summer by making the NBA's biggest splash in the free-agent pool, reeling in scoring machine Rashard Lewis from Seattle to pair with dynamic young big man Dwight Howard on a suddenly imposing front line. The Magic come to The Palace for a Feb. 19 game as part of the 50th Season Economy Plan.

Philadelphia played .500 basketball over the second half of last season once the 76ers distanced themselves from the fallout of the Allen Iverson trade. With Andre Igoudala emerging as the franchise's cornerstone and the addition of first-round picks Thaddeus Young and 7-footer Jason Smith, Philly could be a tough win for the Pistons by the time their March 12 meeting rolls around.

Maybe the most anticipated game of the 50th Anniversary Plan will be saved for last when Denver and its overwhelming 1-2 scoring punch of Carmelo Anthony and Iverson descend on The Palace. The Nuggets, who added ex-Piston favorite Chucky Atkins as a free agent this summer, visit on March 18 when playoff implications will be rounding into focus - a great finale for a partial season-ticket package that turns back the clock on prices.