Silverdome Roof Gone

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.

Silverdome roof gone.

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. Wxyz tv which shot the above photo reports that silverdome officials say that since they let the air out the roof has been tearing because of the wind and snow. I f everything had gone according to plan the pontiac silverdome in michigan would have imploded this morning. In december 2014 cleveland based photographer johnny joo captured the silverdome in a state of abandonment showing destruction caused by the 2013 roof collapse.

The stadium that was once home to the detroit lions failed. While manchester united are facing real madrid in nearby ann arbor in front of 109 000 spectators on saturday the silverdome will stand eerie and neglected the wind whistling through the. Indeed just six months after strong winds and snow fatally damaged the silverdome s inflatable roof in january 2013 the city of detroit filed for chapter 9 bankruptcy after reported debts of. But it s still standing.

Buried under tons of icy slush and whipped past the breaking point by. 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. They also say they expected tearing to happen.