Pontiac Silverdome No Roof

The pontiac silverdome also known as simply the silverdome was a stadium in pontiac michigan.

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. The pontiac silverdome the former home of the detroit lions remains standing despite an attempt to implode by a demolition crew. Buried under tons of icy slush and whipped past the breaking point by 35 mile. The teflon coated fiberglass roof of the pontiac silverdome accomplished all that in a monumental collapse last month.

The pontiac silverdome indoor sports stadium was located in pontiac michigan. Wxyz chopper 7 was over the pontiac silverdome where video appears to show extensive damage to the roof of the facility. Silverdome implosion in detroit 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.

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. Architect don davidson a local resident of pontiac and star high school athlete came to the decision to build a sports complex in 1966. A lions spokeswoman said several. It opened in 1975 and sat on 199 acres 51 ha of land.

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.