Silverdome Roof Collapse 2014

This collapse was the final tragic event in the history of the great stadium.

Silverdome roof collapse 2014.

In march 2014 the owners announced that they would be auctioning off the contents of the facility including seats and fixtures. Located a little under 30 miles from detroit the silverdome opened in 1975 on 127 acres of land that is now intended for redevelopment. 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. 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.

Buried under tons of icy slush and whipped past the breaking point by 35 mile. Silverdome implosion in detroit michigan. 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. 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. The teflon coated fiberglass roof of the pontiac silverdome accomplished all that in a monumental collapse last month. A lions spokeswoman said several. In december 2014 cleveland based photographer johnny joo captured the silverdome in a state of abandonment showing destruction caused by the 2013 roof collapse.