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.
Pontiac dome roof collapse.
The roof had to be restored and improved at a cost of 8 5 million.
Buried under tons of icy slush and whipped past the breaking point by 35 mile.
Heavy wet snow accumulated on the southwest corner of the dome and depressed the fabric panels low enough so that the fabric came in contact with a steel lighting catwalk that was positioned just below the inner lip of the roof s ring beam.
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The 1985 repairs were necessitated by a collapse of the original 1975 roof around noon est on march 4 1985.
The teflon coated fiberglass roof of the pontiac silverdome accomplished all that in a monumental collapse last month.
The wooden basketball floor was heavily damaged.
The pontiac silverdome roof collapsed yesterday under the weight of snow accumulated during an overnight storm forcing stadium employes and three detroit lions football players to run for cover.