Palazzo di Bocce

Your Italian Family, Away from Home

Italian dining, indoor bocce, private events, leagues, and group entertainment in Lake Orion.

About Palazzo di Bocce

Palazzo di Bocce combines Italian dining, indoor bocce, private events, leagues, and group entertainment in a distinctive Lake Orion destination.

The experience is built around food, family, competition, hospitality, and the social energy of bocce. Guests can come for dinner, reserve bocce courts, host events, join leagues, or celebrate with friends, family, coworkers, and clients.

Palazzo continues to combine hospitality, tradition, and entertainment in one destination for dining, bocce, private events, and group gatherings.

What Palazzo Offers

Italian dining
Indoor bocce courts
Private events and catering
Bocce leagues
Group entertainment

Honoring culture and family

World Renowned

Palazzo Di Bocce combines an upscale atmosphere, fine Italian food, and the casual, social aspect of bocce to provide a truly unique, reasonably priced sports-entertainment venue.

Ideal for corporate and convention events, social gatherings, league play, and tourist entertainment. No size event is too big for Palazzo.

Bocce appeals to young professionals, friends and family, and experienced or first-time players. The ten bocce courts are finished with a premier synthetic court surface and can be played year-round.

Being in Italy?

With its Italian flair exterior, guests get the feeling of being in Italy before they even enter. Inside, the 32,000 square foot space simulates an Italian palace with attention to detail throughout.

Palazzo also includes event space with separate bocce courts, its own bar and restroom areas, and audio capabilities for corporate meetings, social events, fundraisers, and private gatherings.

Tony Battaglia built Palazzo di Bocce as an Italian oasis on M-24 in Orion Township.

Founder Story

Meet Tony Battaglia

Tony and Marcia Battaglia’s interest in bocce started with friends after work on job sites. The thrill continued in backyards and clubs around the state. As time advanced, Tony became a ranked player and won a gold medal in the US Championships.

After retiring from construction, Tony was inspired to design an indoor bocce court with his construction talents and the support of many bocce friends, ultimately creating Palazzo di Bocce.

The Oakland Press profiled Tony Battaglia and the story behind Palazzo di Bocce, including his construction background, love of bocce, Italian food, and the vision that became Palazzo di Bocce.

Palazzo di Bocce opened in June 2004 and has grown into a distinctive Lake Orion destination built around food, bocce, hospitality, and Italian tradition.

Read the Oakland Press Article Contact Palazzo

Original article by C.J. Carnacchio, published October 22, 2023 by The Oakland Press.