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October 07, 2009
Pontiac Silverdome Up for Auction: The city of Pontiac, Mich., is auctioning off the Silverdome, the 80,000-seat stadium that hosted Super Bowl XVI in 1982, the first-ever indoor World Cup match in 1994 and was home to the Detroit Lions and Detroit Pistons. When it was built 34 years ago, the Silverdome was the biggest stadium in the NFL and cost $55.7 million.
The Silverdome link listed above takes you to the Wikipedia entry, the first line of which describes the facility as a "doomed" stadium.
posted by beaverboard at 11:32 PM on October 07, 2009
Doomed is probably not a typo.
posted by mjkredliner at 10:24 AM on October 08, 2009
This makes me think of an episode of the Simpsons where Bart bought a factory for a dollar at an auction. Classic stuff.
posted by Debo270 at 11:12 AM on October 08, 2009
Dang, someone fixed the Wiki entry. Now it says domed. Still a good story.
posted by beaverboard at 11:26 AM on October 08, 2009
We'll always have the revision history, beaverboard.
posted by yerfatma at 11:59 AM on October 08, 2009
Sportsfilter bake sale to purchase it and build something to rival Telemanjaro?
posted by kokaku at 12:32 PM on October 08, 2009
We could Prob get a better team then the lions to play there too. Oven is turned on. I am baking pies for the bake sale.
posted by Debo270 at 12:35 PM on October 08, 2009
Mmmm......pie.
Let's just say we were to buy the Silverdoom. Is it possible we could relocate it? I need a place to park my RV for the winter.
posted by THX-1138 at 01:37 PM on October 08, 2009
Yer all out of luck. FEMA is taking it over by eminent domain as an emergency shelter so they can cram a mass of suffering humanity into it next time a major hurricane comes whistling through Detroit.
posted by beaverboard at 03:10 PM on October 08, 2009
I think the Silverdome would fit inside Telemanjaro.
posted by rcade at 03:14 PM on October 08, 2009
Sportsfilter bake sale to purchase it and build something to rival Telemanjaro?
Who's making the brownies with the "special" ingredient?
posted by Howard_T at 03:47 PM on October 08, 2009
Who's making the brownies with the "special" ingredient?
Sweet creamery butter? Fine imported Swiss chocolate? Pure vanilla bean extract? Or the select dried guv bud trimmings?
posted by THX-1138 at 04:19 PM on October 08, 2009
Detroit get many hurricanes? This is news to moi.
posted by billsaysthis at 09:13 PM on October 08, 2009
Detroit get many hurricanes?
No, it just looks that way.
posted by tommybiden at 10:42 PM on October 08, 2009
Bet they won't get $55.7 million.