Football Pontiac Silverdome sells for $583,000 - Page 4

**Saulbadguy** · 11-17-2009, 07:59 PM

Sorry if repost:

http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/17/news...uyer/index.htm

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- An unidentified Canadian real estate company was the winning bidder for the Silverdome, snatching it up for a mere fraction of its original value.

A Toronto-based family-owned company bid $583,000 for the under-used stadium on Monday, which is currently owned by the City of Pontiac, Mich., according to auctioneer Williams & Williams.

The company plans to refurbish the Silverdome into a stadium for men's Major League Soccer and women's professional soccer teams, said the auctioneer. While the stadium was the former home of the National Foodball League's Detroit Lions, it also played host to the World Cup in 1994, when Brazil beat Italy in a knuckle-biter that ended in a penalty shootout.

The auctioneer Williams & Williams, based in Tulsa, Okla., said it will not identify the buyer "until the final details are worked out and the sale closes."

"The Silverdome will now be in the hands of professionals who can devote their time to transform this high-profile property into a vital asset instead of enabling it to continue to languish as an empty facility," said Fred Leeb, the emergency financial planner for Pontiac, in a press release.

Titty Meat · 05-02-2014, 10:16 AM

If the Silverdome were in a KC suburb it would be turned into a wal mart.

Discuss Thrower · 05-02-2014, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

That's a one bedroom condo in my neighborhood.

GentrificationPlanet

**BigMeatballDave** · 05-02-2014, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Chocolate Hog

If the Silverdome were in a KC suburb it would be turned into a wal mart.

You could say that for just about any city in the US.

**Bugeater** · 05-02-2014, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Chief Roundup

Well since the sell happened a couple of years ago I have to ask, what does it currently look like?

Post #29, I bumped this thread with a recent video of the place. Doesn't appear that the buyer has done anything at all with it.

**gblowfish** · 05-02-2014, 11:29 AM

Current Story on this in Huffpo:
http://tinyurl.com/pxcnsxa

**Bugeater** · 05-02-2014, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by gblowfish

Current Story on this in Huffpo:
http://tinyurl.com/pxcnsxa

WTF is this?

Titty Meat · 05-02-2014, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by BCD

You could say that for just about any city in the US.

Im not familiar with other cities but here they tore down a mall and said they were going to build an aquarium now its a walmart instead.

htismaqe · 05-02-2014, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Bugeater

WTF is this?

No shit. Where did all that sand come from? Was there there a beach in one of the luxury suites?

**Rain Man** · 05-02-2014, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

No shit. Where did all that sand come from? Was there there a beach in one of the luxury suites?

I wonder if it's either very fine grain dirt that's blown in over the years, or perhaps it's particulate that came from the atmosphere due to sanding winter roads. That seem like too much to have blown in over ten or so years, but I'm not sure of any other explanation.

suzzer99 · 05-02-2014, 03:08 PM

Probably particulate and dirt carried in by the air then pushed down into one lump by heavy rains. Somehow after heavy rains I have streaked dirt all over my windows. I figure it must blow onto the roof or above the window or something, then the rain washes it down. It's way to high up to be splashing up from the ground.

htismaqe · 05-02-2014, 03:19 PM

Except that that ain't dirt. It's definitely sand.

**Rain Man** · 05-02-2014, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

Except that that ain't dirt. It's definitely sand.

(Thoughtful pose.) I bet there was a base of sand under the field at some point. Maybe that's blowing around.

htismaqe · 05-02-2014, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

(Thoughtful pose.) I bet there was a base of sand under the field at some point. Maybe that's blowing around.

Could be.

I still think the Fords had a beach in their suite or something...

Discuss Thrower · 05-02-2014, 03:50 PM

It's left over shit from a monster truck rally, isn't it?

Aries Walker · 05-02-2014, 04:15 PM

I think that's the answer. The last event there was a monster truck rally in 2006. They leave it on the field, winds blow it around.

11-17-2009, 07:59 PM
Saulbadguy When a nightmare becomes real Join Date: Nov 2003 Casino cash: $2106966	Pontiac Silverdome sells for $583,000 Sorry if repost: http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/17/news...uyer/index.htm NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- An unidentified Canadian real estate company was the winning bidder for the Silverdome, snatching it up for a mere fraction of its original value. A Toronto-based family-owned company bid $583,000 for the under-used stadium on Monday, which is currently owned by the City of Pontiac, Mich., according to auctioneer Williams & Williams. The company plans to refurbish the Silverdome into a stadium for men's Major League Soccer and women's professional soccer teams, said the auctioneer. While the stadium was the former home of the National Foodball League's Detroit Lions, it also played host to the World Cup in 1994, when Brazil beat Italy in a knuckle-biter that ended in a penalty shootout. The auctioneer Williams & Williams, based in Tulsa, Okla., said it will not identify the buyer "until the final details are worked out and the sale closes." "The Silverdome will now be in the hands of professionals who can devote their time to transform this high-profile property into a vital asset instead of enabling it to continue to languish as an empty facility," said Fred Leeb, the emergency financial planner for Pontiac, in a press release.
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