The abandoned Pontiac Silverdome

[CGI_Ram]

Perhaps you might have known this, but the Pontiac Silverdome was basically abandoned and not maintained. Once a thriving stadium, now destroyed.


View: http://youtu.be/vAKCNK5TAiE

It's for sale:

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/...r-sale-with-asking-price-of-30-million-061215

PONTIAC, Mich. -- The Pontiac Silverdome is up for sale again, with an asking price of about $30 million.

The former home of the Detroit Lions was sold for $583,000 six years ago. Real estate broker Robert Mihelich says the stadium and its property went back on the market recently and has already gotten offers.

Michelich tells The Oakland Press and Detroit Free Press that the Silverdome would likely be razed for redevelopment. The stadium has fallen into disrepair, with its roof damaged in a 2013 winter storm. Many items from the stadium were auctioned off last year.

Katherine Holmes, a spokeswoman for the current owner, says they're looking for sale, lease or partnership development opportunities.

The Lions last played at the Silverdome in 2002 before moving to Ford Field in Detroit.

 

[RamzFanz]

Very cool.

This is also a lesson in how not to edit a video.

 

[lordbannon]

So someone honestly thinks it has increased in value SIXTYFOLD in six years? Did Detroit get fixed while I wasnt looking? Did someone renovate a defunct stadium? Am I just bad at math?

 

[Rabid Ram]

So someone honestly thinks it has increased in value SIXTYFOLD in six years? Did Detroit get fixed while I wasnt looking? Did someone renovate a defunct stadium? Am I just bad at math?

Add to that that the Roof Completely Collapsed since the last sell as well.

 

[Ramhusker]

I've seen the Rams play there a couple of times and I saw the Lakers and Pistons play there in the NBA finals. I used to drive past it everyday on the way to work for a couple of years. What a shame the urban decay of the Detroit area has become.

 

[Leuzer]

Why can't they demolish this piece of junk?

 

[FRO]

Sad to see it and a lot of Detroit deteriorate like that.

 

[Stranger]

I've seen the Rams play there a couple of times and I saw the Lakers and Pistons play there in the NBA finals. I used to drive past it everyday on the way to work for a couple of years. What a shame the urban decay of the Detroit area has become.

Yup, been in there for a game as well. Such a shame. Shouldn't the NFL bear some of the cost of it's maintenance or redevelopment. I mean, they got significant benefit from this infrastructure.

If the GATT Agreemetn doesn't get approved, then Detroit is still a thriving city. Well worth watching tihs 1994 interview... it will get you boiling mad:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwmOkaKh3-s