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Detroit Amps Coming Home for First-Ever Home Game!Detroit To Welcome BIG3 Basketball summer tour and its legendary lineup at Little Caesars Arena on Sunday, July 20!
Detroit Amps official apparel line has launched and offering FREE game tickets with purchase now through July 18!
The Detroit Amplifiers (“Amps”), Motor City’s official BIG3 basketball franchise, will take center court at Little Caesars Arena on Sunday, July 20, marking the team’s highly anticipated first-ever home game. The Amplifiers will host an electrifying afternoon of 3-on-3 pro basketball as part of the BIG3’s Summer in the City tour.
The home team, Detroit Amps,
led by Hall of Famer and Head Coach George “The Iceman” Gervin, the Amps feature a star-studded roster including dynamic guard Jeremy Pargo, and NCAA champion Darnell Jackson. The Amps will face off against Stephen Jackson’s DMV Trilogy in the third game of the event. Fans can expect four 50-minute, fast-paced and competitive 3-on-3 basketball games, halftime performances from top musical artists—including a possible appearance by BIG3 co-founder Ice Cube himself—and face time with legends of the game like Dwight Howard, Nancy Lieberman, Nick Young, Dr. J, Michael Beasley, and other hall-of-fame caliber players and coaches. The games will showcase elite competition, four-point shots, high-energy entertainment, and an unforgettable fan experience. Tickets are available at AmpsTickets.com
For a limited time, the Detroit Amps are offering fans two (2) FREE, standard tickets to the home opening game on July 20th, with a $30 apparel purchase. The officially licensed Detroit Amps apparel line has just launched and includes hats, t-shirts, hoodies, tanks and sweatpants for men and women, featuring the Amps logo and exclusive designs. The new Amps line is available exclusively at Born IN Detroit’s downtown store located at Woodward and Grand River and online at www.BornInDetroit.Store Purchases must be made by Friday, July 18 to receive FREE game tickets. Customers must submit their name, email, phone number and address upon purchase, and will receive tickets via email on July 19.
WHEN:
Sunday, July 20, 2025
2:00pm – Doors open at LCA
3:00pm – Games begin
5:00pm – Detroit Amps tip-off
Game 1 – LA Riot vs. Chicago Triplets
Game 2 – Dallas Power vs. Miami 305
Game 3 – DMV Trilogy vs. Detroit Amps
Game 4 – Houston Rig Hands vs. Boston Ball Hogs
WHERE:
Little Caesars Arena
2645 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI
The full BIG3 schedule is available HERE and the team bios are available HERE
Tickets are available at AmpsTickets.com
About the Detroit Amplifiers
The Detroit Amplifiers are Detroit’s official franchise in the BIG3’s new city-based era. Owned by GameAbove Sports, a global investor in thoughtfully chosen sports teams and academies, serving as a strategic partner focused on promoting the future of sports excellence.
About BIG3
On January 11, 2017, the BIG3 was born. The first-ever professional FIREBALL3 league is the brainchild of producer, actor, and music legend Ice Cube and entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz, who shared a vision of a player-centric league focused on entertainment and innovation. The BIG3 is a league with no garbage minutes, where trash talk is allowed, defense is emphasized, fast-paced action, and where every point –whether it’s a 4-point or 3-point shot – counts. Any given BIG3 team has hall of famers, icons and trailblazers, and the next best 3-on-3 player.
The league has led the sports industry in diversity and opportunity, becoming the first professional sports league to implement a mental health policy, favor CBD as a pain management alternative to opioids, enlist female coaches of men, and appoint a black Commissioner in Hall of Famer Clyde Drexler, who is also professional sports first former player serving as Commissioner. The inaugural CEO was the legendary, incomparable Raider executive Amy Trask. This January 2024, BIG3 co-founder Ice Cube was honored at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, where he received the inaugural Ice Cube Impact Award, acknowledging individuals making substantial contributions to their community, the first non-player to be recognized. Founders Ice Cube and Jeffrey Kwatinetz are missioned to better society as BIG3 pursues business success while also helping to break down stereotypes, promote diversity in sports, create opportunities for black, brown, and female athletes beyond the court, and support the black, youth and basketball communities overall