Pontiac Silverdome No Roof

Pontiac mayor deirdre waterman won a battle to force apostolopoulos s triple investment group to demolish the silverdome a process that will begin on sunday with a partial implosion of the.

Pontiac silverdome no roof.

When the stadium opened it featured a fiberglass fabric roof held up by air pressure the first use of the architectural technique in a major athletic facility. Silverdome implosion in detroit michigan. The pontiac silverdome also known as simply the silverdome was a stadium in pontiac michigan. The roof of the pontiac silverdome home of the detroit pistons and the detroit lions collapsed under the weight of heavy snow and ice monday.

Construction was completed in 1975 and the cost of this huge building came to 55 7 million. It opened in 1975 and sat on 199 acres 51 ha of land. The roof of the pontiac silverdome collapsed monday under the weight of an overnight snowfall sending three detroit lions players james jones gary danielson and eric hipple scurrying for cover. Pontiac silverdome roof collapses the pontiac silverdome roof collapsed yesterday under the weight of snow accumulated during an overnight storm forcing stadium employes and three detroit lions.

Architect don davidson a local resident of pontiac and star high school athlete came to the decision to build a sports complex in 1966. Earlier this month the huge inflatable roof was deflated. The pontiac silverdome the former home of the detroit lions remains standing despite an attempt to implode by a demolition crew. A lions spokeswoman said several.

Wxyz chopper 7 was over the pontiac silverdome where video appears to show extensive damage to the roof of the facility.