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Pontiac Silverdome sells for less than 600K
Real estate is going for cheap these days, including sports arenas!
The Pontiac Silverdome, one of the largest NFL stadiums in it's day, sold for only $ 583,000 at auction. An entire sports arena, for between the cost of two and three average homes in America - that's getting some big-time real estate on the cheap. With that low a price, mortgage loan modification may never be needed. The real estate firm that gave the winning bid is based in Toronto, Canada, but the name of the firm hasn't been released yet. The sale isn't final, but they did have the winning bid. According to an article from the Detroit Free Press, it was costing the city of Pontiac about three times that much just to maintain the place per year, and the Detroit area isn't exactly the land of milk and honey lately.
The former loud and proud home of Detroit Sports
A local college professor and high school sports star, C. Don Davidson was the figurative Howard Roark behind the whole thing. He grew up around Detroit, and returned in 1965, and was dismayed at the decline of the Pontiac area since his departure. He came up with an idea for a new home for the Detroit Lions. In 1966, the University of Detroit hired him to teach architecture. (He held a Masters in Urban Planning and Architecture, and had worked on the design of the Jacksonville International Airport.) Davidson wanted to renew the city of Pontiac, and part of that was a new sports stadium. To get the Lions interested in moving to Pontiac, he started talks with William Clay Ford. After Pontiac was approved for a stadium in 1970, the architect design firm O'Dell, Hewlett and Luckenbach hired Davidson as Chief Project Designer. The project, which cost just under $ 56 million to complete, was finished by 1975. Previously, they shard Tiger Stadium with the Detroit Tigers, as football teams sharing grounds with baseball teams was common in that era, but by fall of 75, they had Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium as a new home.
Why call it the "Silverdome?"
The top of the stadium was made of fiberglass coated with Teflon, which is white to the naked eye, but silver with reflection from the sun. Air pressure was the sole support of the roof until it was refurbished.
From the '70s until recently
In 1978, the Detroit Pistons moved in, and shared the building with the Lions until 1988. It has seating for over 90,000 in total, 80,000 for football, and until 1997 was the largest NFL stadium, and is still the third largest stadium in America (The two larger NFL stadiums are Cowboy Stadium, and Fed Ex Field the second largest.) In 2002, the Lions left the Silverdome for Ford Field. It sat mostly unused and collecting cobwebs, except for the parking lot being used as a drive in cinema.
The Present
The Silverdome has been host to many events, including WrestleMania III, the sporting event with the largest attendance ever (the record still stands). It's also been host to legions of concerts - you name the huge band, they've played there. Pontiac decided it had to go, and in October of 2009, it went to the auction block. Major League Soccer is what the new owners are said to be dedicating the stadium for. The price the Silverdome sold for is like getting a Corvette with a couple payday loans.
I bought a new fiberglass bathtub and installed. Now after 4 months I found one hole.?
Do you know what I can use to repair the hole in my white fiberglass bathtub?? Some with looks natural the same the fiberglass bathtub..... Thank you....
You may want to contact manufacturer, they may have repair kit for you.
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