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.
The silverdome roof.
This collapse was the final tragic event in the history of the great stadium.
After a storm shredded the roof in 2012 the silverdome has spent the last few years open to the elements the centerpiece of a battle between the facility s current owner and local government.
Andreas began making plans to transfer the higher football league to silverdome.
However the next collapse of its inflatable roof in january 2013 due to a winter storm destroyed all such plans.
The teflon coated inflatable roof was the stadium s most famous feature leading the way to its new name the silverdome in 1976 but also its biggest problem.
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.