Pontiac Silverdome

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Pontiac Silverdome
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Location Pontiac, Michigan
Opened August 23, 1975
Closed February 2006
Demolished December 4, 2017-March 2018
Other Names Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium
Tenants Detroit Lions (1975-2001)
Detroit Pistons (1978-88)
Michigan Panthers (1983-84)

The Pontiac Silverdome (also known as the Silverdome) was a stadium in Pontiac, Michigan. It opened in 1975 and sat on 199 acres (51 ha) 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

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