Pontiac Silverdome Roof Collapse 1985

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Pontiac silverdome roof collapse 1985.

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. Snowy roads slowed traffic to the game and caused other delays but otherwise the game was successful and a great promotion for the city of pontiac. The roof had to be restored and improved at a cost of 8 5 million. Germany and england met at the silverdome in a world cup warm up in 1993.

The upshot to the whole. A lions spokeswoman said several. Buried under tons of icy slush and whipped past the breaking point by. The 1985 repairs were necessitated by a collapse of the original 1975 roof around noon est on march 4 1985.

The roof tore open spilling tons of snow onto the playing field and erasing the familiar puffy white top from. The roof that replaced it was made of a thin fabric. The teflon coated fiberglass roof of the pontiac silverdome accomplished all that in a monumental collapse last month. 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.

I lost orientation in the low light and crashed before i could do anything to save it. 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. My electric airplane crashed onto the inflatable roof of the pontiac silverdome. The wooden basketball floor was heavily damaged.