Pontiac Silverdome Roof Collapse 2013

Silverdome implosion in detroit michigan.

Pontiac silverdome roof collapse 2013.

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. This collapse was the final tragic event in the history of the great stadium. With a seating capacity of 82 666 it was the largest stadium in the national. Andreas began making plans to transfer the higher football league to silverdome.

Afterwards in october 2015 it was announced that the silverdome would be demolished in the spring of 2016 and the area would be part of an oakland county mixed use development. 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 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. In december 2014 cleveland based photographer johnny joo captured the silverdome in a state of abandonment showing destruction caused by the 2013 roof collapse.

Silverdome owners on roof collapse. It will be the first monday night game at ford field and first in michigan since the pontiac silverdome hosted one in 2001. 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. No one was hurt but the roof collapse sent the league and both teams.

There were tentative plans to bring major league soccer to the silverdome as well as a team in the revived nasl but a further roof collapse in january 2013 proved to be the death knell for the.