Pontiac Silverdome Auction Preview: Episode 1

[StanBennet]

What's strange is this, if this was given to me as a present, I wouldn't know what to do with it.

[sleazypig]

Ill buy that for a dollar. seriously thats all I would pay for it.

[axispedal]

400 bucks. 

[shazam1963]

Can someone tell me Silverdome's flaw that motivated Lions to abandon the facility? Yes I know they moved to Ford Field but what was it Lions and Detroit area didn't like about Silverdome as a motivation to build Ford Field?

[ceeloshady3]

@shazam1963 Probably just the fact that they want to put all sporting facilities downtown for better accessibility for the public...

[romans52345]

Vince McMahon 1987: Welcome to the Magnificant Silverdome and Welcome to WRESTLEMANIA III!! And now Ladies and Gentleman here to sing America the Beautiful The Queen of Soul Miss Aretha Franklinnnnnn!!!!!!!

[soniccrp417]

World indoor attendance record 93,173 fans at Wrestlemania 3 back on Sunday March 29, 1987 in the Pontiac Silverdome. ENOUGH SAID.

[bawalker022]

@soniccrp417 the record was broken by the nba all star 2010 game last year.

[teamjacob765]

and now their turning the place into a dump no one their even knows about the stadium.their even in court for not paying people for working their..what a shame.search the oakland county pres,detroit news and see them ruining a great building,might as well as tear it down.how sad.....

[firefd3]

This would make one hell of a house lol

[91SPARTANSROCK]

this place needs to stay up not be destroyed if it does get destroyed it will be a Hugh loss in history

[Jerseysson27]

Who won the auction bid?

[teamjacob765]

my dad is in this video (Jhon kent) and he has worked there for more than a decade.

[Filmaker25]

WOW! why didn't I buy this what a return on my money I could've had !! this would've been a good investment.

[wackymac28]

@Filmaker25 you could have a business meeting there.

[mujinnokoya]

That's all you need to say.

[carolinewilkey48]

i don't think desparate house wives is worth watching..... WATCHDESPERATEHOUSEWIVES2 ( . ) TK

[flatblackstrat]

Fuck Granholm. Stupid idiots, Im so disgraced how this was handled. We need to rise up against the corruption in Detroit and Pontiac.

[wickedfan5172]

It's nothing to do with Granholm. Ford Field's construction had been completed by the time she was even elected into her first term. Show me some kind of proof that it's all one person's fault and provide documentation.

[flatblackstrat]

It has everything to do with her. She was the one who pretty much had Leeb appointed as the emergency Finance manager and he is the guy that was supposed to be in charge of getting Pontiac out of debt. Leeb should have found the original high bidder for the Silverdome and re-negotiated the same or slightly lower price instead of wasting money on an auction and getting less than half of what a previous person was willing to pay. You Sir are a sheep.

[wickedfan5172]

Why are you making a personal attack at me? I tottally agree that the Silverdome situation is rediculous. I live in Pontiac, trust me. So she was PRETTY MUCH the one that had Leeb appointed or she actually did it all on her own? Give me a yes or a no. It's not her fault. Pontiac was already on its way down the drain before Granholm came into office. It's not her fault. You can't blame one person..but you can blame your local elected officials.

[flatblackstrat]

Because your not looking at it in a way that would make Pontiac a better place. Granholm appointed people on the board the appointed Leeb, after he was in office she passed it off.I'm not trying to personally attack you but pointing out that what you are doing is following something blindly that has done nothing good for you. I grew up down the road in Clarkston and we are the people that keep money pumped into that hell hole, by being patrons at the Piano bar and a club 7 in the downtown area.

[wickedfan5172]

I live at Perry and MLK right around the block from the SD. I see it EVERY single day and it makes me sad to see it go to waste but I do not think to myself "that bitch Jennifer Granholm" everytime. She had NOTHING to do with the sale of the Silverdome but I will admit that the state should be more hands on with the situation.

[Alexmotown]

RIP Michigan

[hoosierlooker]

$583,000 for something built in the mid 70's for $55 million??? As they say on Monday night, COME ON MAN!!!

[thivakar]

its bought buy City of Toronto, They already have a Rectractable dome wonder why they bought this

[burr1aj]

What a great video. I just want to know what they plan on doing with it! $583K is a steal!

[farlane]

We're featuring this on Absolute Michigan (dot com) today!