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The first suburban sporting wonderland in metro Detroit, the Pontiac Silverdome set attendance records, but couldn't reverse ...
PONTIAC, Mich. – Hulk Hogan, one of the icons of professional wrestling, died Thursday at the age of 71. Hogan was perhaps ...
Less than a decade after the World Cup came to Pontiac, the Silverdome would start to circle the drain. The Lions packed up and moved to downtown Detroit in 2002, leaving the stadium without a ...
The city of Pontiac had been pushing the Silverdome's owner, Triple Investment Group, to take down the 42-year-old stadium and make the site more attractive for potential redevelopment.
The Pontiac Silverdome is going out with a bang on Dec. 3. The city of Pontiac issued a permit in early November for the long-awaited demolition of the abandoned stadium, once home to the Detroit ...
Jim Passeno of RJM Auctions moves a trailer next to the Detroit Pistons scoreboard on the Pontiac Silverdome's property in Pontiac, Mich. in this May 12, 2014 photo.
In Nov. 2009, the city of Pontiac sold the 80,300-seat Silverdome, which it built in 1975 for $55.7 million, for a bargain basement price of $583,000.
Despite over 300 pounds of explosives, the Pontiac Silverdome is still standing after a planned implosion failed to bring down the defunct stadium.Rick Cuppetilli, executive vice president of the ...
Once upon a time, the Pontiac Silverdome was the home of the NFL’s Detroit Lions and the NBA’s Detroit Pistons. Built in 1975 in the midst of America’s dome frenzy era, the Silverdome was ...
The Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan, sold in November for about one percent of its 1975 construction cost, will reopen its doors with a monster truck event and a soccer tournament in April.