Pontiac Silverdome Pistons

The Pontiac Silverdome was a stadium in Pontiac, Michigan. It opened in 1975 and sat on 199 acres of land. When the stadium opened, it featured a fiberglass fabric roof held up by air pressure, the first use of the architectural technique in a major athletic facility. With a seating capacity of 82,600+, it was the largest stadium in the National Football Leagu…
The Pontiac Silverdome was a stadium in Pontiac, Michigan. It opened in 1975 and sat on 199 acres of land. When the stadium opened, it featured a fiberglass fabric roof held up by air pressure, the first use of the architectural technique in a major athletic facility. With a seating capacity of 82,600+, it was the largest stadium in the National Football League until FedExField in Landover, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. expanded its capacity to over 85,000 in 2000.
  • Location: Pontiac, Michigan
  • Owner: Andreas Apostolopoulos · Triple Investment Group
  • Capacity: 82,000+ · 80,311 (American football, soccer)
  • Opened: August 23, 1975 · April 17, 2010
  • Former names: Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium (1975–1976) · Pontiac Silverdome (1976–2013)
  • Architect: O'Dell/Hewlett & Luckenbach · C. Don Davidson
  • Address: 1200 Featherstone Road

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