Pontiac Silverdome No Roof

The pontiac silverdome indoor sports stadium was located in pontiac michigan.

Pontiac silverdome no roof.

Earlier this month the huge inflatable roof was deflated. Buried under tons of icy slush and whipped past the breaking point by 35 mile. It opened in 1975 and sat on 199 acres 51 ha of land. 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.

The pontiac silverdome also known as simply the silverdome was a stadium in pontiac michigan. 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. 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. Construction was completed in 1975 and the cost of this huge building came to 55 7 million.

Wxyz chopper 7 was over the pontiac silverdome where video appears to show extensive damage to the roof of the facility. 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. Architect don davidson a local resident of pontiac and star high school athlete came to the decision to build a sports complex in 1966. The teflon coated fiberglass roof of the pontiac silverdome accomplished all that in a monumental collapse last month.

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.