Pontiac Silverdome Roof Collapse 2013

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.

Pontiac silverdome roof collapse 2013.

However the next collapse of its inflatable roof in january 2013 due to a winter storm destroyed all such plans. 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. In december 2014 cleveland based photographer johnny joo captured the silverdome in a state of abandonment showing destruction caused by the 2013 roof collapse. 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.

This collapse was the final tragic event in the history of the great stadium. It will be the first monday night game at ford field and first in michigan since the pontiac silverdome hosted one in 2001. Silverdome owners on roof collapse. Oh yeah we meant to do that posted on january 23 2013 by neil demause time to check in on the pontiac silverdome onetime home of the detroit lions and more recently sold for 583 000 to a guy who says he ll maybe use it for horse racing and polo and who asked for a five year freeze on property taxes so.

Andreas began making plans to transfer the higher football league to silverdome. 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. No one was hurt but the roof collapse sent the league and both teams. With a seating capacity of 82 666 it was the largest stadium in the national.

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.