Pontiac Silverdome

The Pontiac Silverdome was host to 4 first-round World Cup matches in 1994 including USA vs. Switzerland, the first World Cup match ever held indoors.

Built in 1975 as home to the Detroit Lions the Pontiac Silverdome was set to be demolished on December 3, 2017. The first attempt failed however a second attempt was successful.

The price tag for the iconic football franchise from Michigan is $2.4 billion dollars.

If the $250 million development is built, it would create an estimated 1,500 full time jobs

Everyone knows that the Detroit Lions have never won, or even appeared in, the Super Bowl. But the NFL's bigger-than-life title game has come to Michigan twice in its history.

There is a unique lingering piece of Pontiac Sliverdome history and the state of Michigan is putting it up for auction.

On March 29th, 1987, 93,173 people jammed their way into the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan to see if the WWF World Champion Hulk Hogan could defeat the then undefeated Andre The Giant.

The 2018 World Cup begins on June 14th and with the first game to be played next week, a look back to 1994 when the eyes of the world were on The Silverdome.

What was set to be an emotional and triumphantly important spectacle for the citizens of Oakland County and Detroit ended up being a complete dud.

I blogged earlier this week about the passing of one of Michigan's greatest landmarks, the Pontiac Silverdome. Tomorrow at around 8:30 A.M. the final detonations will take place and the former home of the Detroit Lions will be reduced to rubble.