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Silverdome Sold
Written by Bob Biscigliano   
Monday, 16 November 2009 16:23
silverdome

The building that once held 80,300 screaming (and often crying) Lions fans is officially off the market.  Some Canadian company won the auction for $583,000.

It sold for nearly 1/4 of what was spent marketing and advertising the Silverdome's auction and the 'dome cost over a million in housekeeping each year before the city finally said it could no longer afford it.

They really turned that bag over, didn't they?  And to think they almost sold the property for $20 million a year ago:
According to the News, the city agreed last year to sell the property for $20 million to Bloomfield Hills attorney H. Wallace Parker, who considered creating a $175-million family entertainment complex on the site. However, the deal fell through after Parker failed to close on the deal by a deadline of Nov. 1, 2008.
Apparently, the Canadian company wants to use it for soccer, which gives people all the more reason to stay away from the Silverdome.

Will someone explain to me how that thing is still standing, but the city of Detroit was in such a hurry to demolish the historic Tiger Stadium?

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written by ice_for_dyess, November 16, 2009
How about the fact that it could have been sold back in 1978 for around $41 million to a guy named Harold (Sonny) Van Arnem?
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written by Bobby B, November 16, 2009
Do you know what he wanted to do with it?
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written by Bobby B, November 16, 2009
Nevermind, just saw the Freep article about it. That could have been exciting...
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written by mike567, November 16, 2009
An MLB stadium really needs to emulate the roof from Tigers Stadium. Whenever I'd watch Sportscenter as a kid, I always hoped to see Fielder knock one on it.
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written by ice_for_dyess, November 16, 2009
my bad I forgot to link that article... so here it is for all to see. http://www.freep.com/article/2...Silverdome

I happened upon it in class today while looking for a business article. haha

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