Silverdome Stadium Roof

The stadium was officially re christened as the silverdome in 1977.

Silverdome stadium roof.

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. 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. However a year after opening the roof was completed and the stadium got the nickname of silverdome which it ultimately adopted as its own name. Photographs of the silverdome in its current state are almost post apocalyptic with its teflon coated roof collapsing in january 2013 to leave the stadium bowl resembling a giant wastepaper.

With a seating capacity of 82 666 it was the largest stadium in the national. These huge steel ropes went swinging through the stadium slicing through the stands causing destruction with the force of a bomb to butterfly wings a hot knife through soft butter decimating each concrete wall like it was nothing knocking out entire sections of. As each 15 000 pound cable whipped down through seat after seat down went the massive roof of pontiac s silverdome stadium. The venue has an easily adaptable seating arrangement and can seat 4 000 for sports events.

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. Initially the silverdome was a multipurpose stadium where supercrosses jehovah s witnesses conventions and a crusade by billy graham were held. The silverdome is tasmania s largest indoor entertainment venue and is located just minutes from the launceston city centre. In 1982 it also hosted super bowl xvi when joe montana s san francisco 49ers overcame the cincinnati bengals to.

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.