The NFL ABANDONED a $360 Million Piece of American History

The Pontiac Silverdome was once the largest stadium in the NFL, home to the Detroit Lions and Detroit Pistons and the site of Super Bowl XVI, WrestleMania III, a Pope John Paul II Mass, and the 1994 World Cup. Built for $55.7 million in 1975, the air-roofed giant later sold at auction for just $583,000, had its copper wiring stripped and sold off, survived a failed implosion, and now sits beneath an Amazon fulfillment center. This is the full story of how Detroit's grandest stadium rose, collapsed under its own roof, and disappeared. SOURCES: Wikipedia – Pontiac Silverdome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac... Detroit Historical Society – Pontiac Silverdome: https://www.detroithistorical.org/lea... Detroiturbex – Pontiac Silverdome: https://detroiturbex.com/content/park... Wikipedia – Michigan Panthers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiga... Speedway & Road Race History – Silverdome events timeline: http://www.speedwayandroadracehistory... TIME – "It Was Built a Little Too Well" (failed demolition): https://time.com/5046846/pontiac-silv... CNN – Silverdome finally implodes after failed attempt: https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/03/us/det... KTLA – Silverdome implodes after initial attempt fails: https://ktla.com/2017/12/04/pontiacs-... Global News – Partial implosion of Silverdome fails: https://globalnews.ca/news/3894122/pa... NFL.com – Silverdome auction nets $500,000: https://www.nfl.com/news/pontiac-silv... ESPN – Silverdome auction, copper wiring and 25 bathrooms: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/1... Sports Illustrated – Silverdome assets to be auctioned (ruins, mold, foxes): https://www.si.com/si-wire/2014/05/19... Crain's Detroit – Amazon $250M development on Silverdome site: https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-es... Detroit News – Amazon distribution and fulfillment center at Silverdome site: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/new... DBusiness – Amazon opens robotics facility on former Silverdome site: https://www.dbusiness.com/daily-news/... #PontiacSilverdome #Silverdome #DetroitLions #DetroitPistons #Detroit #Michigan #Pontiac #SuperBowl #WrestleMania #AbandonedPlaces #UrbanExploration #Demolition #StadiumHistory #NFL #Implosion #Abandoned