Welcome to our site ETeamZ Equipment. Don"t forget to bookmark this page Detroit Tigers. If you found what your looking for, please remember to click an appreciation button below for this page.
Detroit Tigers

The Silverdome - sold for a plate of beans
Real estate is going for cheap these days, including sports arenas!
The Pontiac Silverdome sold for only $ 583,000 - the phrase dirt cheap doesn't do it justice. Talk about cheap real estate - that's getting a $ 100 million stadium for the price of a house. Mortgage loan modification might never enter the picture with that good a deal. The winning bidder's name hasn't been announced yet, but it's a private real estate firm based in Toronto, Canada. They had the best bid, but the sale hasn't been entirely finalized. According to an article from the Detroit Free Press, it was costing the city of Pontiac about three times that much just to maintain the place per year, and the Detroit area isn't exactly the land of milk and honey lately.
The former loud and proud home of Detroit Sports
A local college professor and high school sports star, C. Don Davidson orchestrated the entire thing. He had grown up in the Detroit area and returned to the Detroit area in 1965, surprised to see the Pontiac area having declined since his absence. He thought a new stadium and home for the Detroit Lions was a good idea. In 1966, the University of Detroit hired him to teach architecture. (He had worked on the Jacksonville International Airport's design, and held a Masters in Urban Planning and Architecture.) The sports stadium was part of an urban renewal project for the city of Pontiac. He began with talks with William Clay Ford, owner of the Lions for a move. In 1970, a stadium was approved for Pontiac, and Davidson was hired as Chief Project Designer by the design firm of O'Dell, Hewlett and Luckenbach. The stadium was compeleted by 1975 for just under $ 56 million. They left Tiger Stadium in 1975, having shared Tiger Stadium with the Detroit Tigers for some time, which was common place in those days.
Why call it the "Silverdome?"
The top of the stadium was made of fiberglass coated with Teflon, which is white to the naked eye, but silver with reflection from the sun. The roof was entirely supported by air pressure within the stadium.
From the '70s until recently
In 1978, the Detroit Pistons moved in, and shared the building with the Lions until 1988. It's still one of the largest stadiums in the USA, seating up to 80,000 for football, a capacity over 90,000, and was one of the loudest venues for visiting teams (Cowboy Stadium is the largest NFL Stadium, followed by Fed Ex Field.) In 2002, the Lions moved to their new ground, Ford Field. It sat mostly unused and collecting cobwebs, except for the parking lot being used as a drive in cinema.
The Present
The Silverdome has been host to many events, including WrestleMania III, the sporting event with the largest attendance ever (the record still stands). Huge concerts have also been put on there - Elvis was one of the first in 75. Pontiac decided it had to go, and in October of 2009, it went to the auction block. The new owners, who will have a very reasonable mortgage on a HUGE building, plan to use it to host Major League Soccer games. They may have spent more than a payday loansworth, but it was a great deal.
If you are looking for a different item here are a list of related products on ETeamZ Equipment, please check out the following:
































































































