Former “pride” of city has a date with demolition destiny.
Detroit Lions running back Billy Sims galloped for huge gains and high-stepped in the end zone, Elvis split his jumpsuit pants before more than 60,000 on New Year’s Eve 1975 and WrestleMania in 1987 hit its apex before a frenzied crowd of 93,173 — then the largest recorded attendance for a live indoor sporting event in North America. Months later, Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass.
The Pontiac Silverdome, once the home of the Detroit Lions with its innovative inflatable roof, was for decades a destination for pop culture and special events. Now, the hulking stadium, dormant for years and once “sapping the lifeblood of the city,” will be demolished after the property failed to sell for its $30 million asking price, the property broker said Thursday.
“There are plans to begin demolition on the Silverdome in the spring of 2016,” said Kristie King, a broker with CBRE, representing property owner Triple Investment Group.
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