Silverdome Roof Collapse 2013

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 roof collapse 2013.

With a seating capacity of 82 666 it was the largest stadium in the national. Silverdome owners on roof collapse. 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. Located a little under 30 miles from detroit the silverdome opened in 1975 on 127 acres of land that is now intended for redevelopment.

Andreas began making plans to transfer the higher football league to silverdome. It was the second time the roof of the 10 year old 55 7 million stadium had collapsed. This collapse was the final tragic event in the history of the great stadium. 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.

The first was in a thunderstorm in august 1976. 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. The silverdome will collapse eventually officials said. 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.

However the next collapse of its inflatable roof in january 2013 due to a winter storm destroyed all such plans. 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. The roof which is supported by air was also deflated. They also say they expected tearing to happen.

We contacted silverdome officials for comment.