Pontiac Silverdome Roof Deflated

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 silverdome roof deflated.

So on monday that roof the largest air inflated stadium roof in the country will be retired in the name of progress and go the way of the metrodome pontiac silverdome and rca dome before it. 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 also known as simply the silverdome was a stadium in pontiac michigan it opened in 1975 and sat on 199 acres 51 ha of land. Pontiac the half moon roof of the pontiac silverdome an icon of the city for more than 30 years has been deflated as the stadium s owners begin renovations on the facility that once was.

The teflon coated fiberglass roof of the pontiac silverdome accomplished all that in a monumental. It takes a mighty big roof to fall in on the detroit pistons the detroit lions and dolly parton. Pontiac wwj ap it s not quite a dome at the moment. The decision was made to replace the entire roof and incorporate some improvements to prevent a similar event from occuring in the future.

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. Earlier this month the huge inflatable roof was deflated. Wxyz chopper 7 was over the pontiac silverdome where video appears to show extensive damage to the roof of the facility. Ap crews renovating the pontiac silverdome have deflated the roof ahead of the start of work to return the former home of the detroit lions to use.

Repair cost of the roof was just under 8mm.