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The Pontiac Silverdome (also known as the Silverdome) was a stadium in Pontiac, Michigan.It opened in 1975 and sat on 199 acres (51 ha) of land. 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, home of Detroit Lions, was hailed for its architecture upon opening, but later had breakthroughs of its fabric roof from snow. ... with its accidentally collapsible roof ...
The 1985 repairs were necessitated by a collapse of the orignal 1975 roof around 12N EST on March 4, 1985. Heavy, wet snow accumulated on the SW corner of the Dome and depressed the fabric panels low enough so that the fabric came in contact with a steel lighting catwalk that was positioned just below the inner lip of the roof's ring beam.
The stadium had a fiberglass fabric roof that was self-supported by air pressure and was the third major sports facility to have this feature (the first two being the Pontiac Silverdome and the Carrier Dome). The Metrodome was similar in design to the former RCA Dome and to BC Place, though BC Place was reconfigured with a retractable roof in 2010.
The town of Pontiac, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, sold the 80,300-seat Silverdome on Monday, along with 127 acres of nearby land. The massive stadium complex, which once hosted the Detroit Lions ...
The Pontiac Silverdome was sold this week at auction for $583,000, or about 1% of the $55.7 million it took to build it. What a difference a year makes. Or 34 years. Take your pick. Either way, it ...
[5] [40] The Pistons were forced to return to Joe Louis Arena for 15 games during the 1984–85 season, after the roof of the Silverdome collapsed during a snowstorm. [5] The Red Wings hosted the Stanley Cup Finals at the arena six times (1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2008, and 2009). Two of their four Stanley Cup championships were clinched at Joe ...
Minnesota Vikings’ roof collapse. Heavy snow ripped a hole in the roof of the Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis on Dec. 12, 2010. At least three sizeable panels collapsed, prompting officials to ...