Pontiac Silverdome Roof Collapse 1985

Pontiac silverdome roof collapses the pontiac silverdome roof collapsed yesterday under the weight of snow accumulated during an overnight storm forcing stadium employes and three detroit lions.

Pontiac silverdome roof collapse 1985.

The teflon coated fiberglass roof of the pontiac silverdome accomplished all that in a monumental collapse last month. The roof had to be restored and improved at a cost of 8 5 million. A lions spokeswoman said several. My electric airplane crashed onto the inflatable roof of the pontiac silverdome.

I lost orientation in the low light and crashed before i could do anything to save it. Snowy roads slowed traffic to the game and caused other delays but otherwise the game was successful and a great promotion for the city of pontiac. It s the fourth time in the building s 29 year history that the roof has collapsed. The 1985 repairs were necessitated by a collapse of the original 1975 roof around noon est on march 4 1985.

Germany and england met at the silverdome in a world cup warm up in 1993. In march 1985 the original fiberglass panel roof collapsed under a pile of snow. The roof that replaced it was made of a thin fabric. In march 1985 the famous roof of the stadium collapsed under the weight of snow after an overnight storm.

David cannon getty images while pontiac is a city in itself some 30 miles northwest of downtown detroit so. The wooden basketball floor was heavily damaged. Buried under tons of icy slush and whipped past the breaking point by. The roof of the pontiac silverdome home of the detroit pistons and the detroit lions collapsed under the weight of heavy snow and ice monday.