Silverdome
- Detroit Lions (NFL ) ( 1975-2001 )
- Detroit Pistons (NBA ) ( 1978-1988 )
- Michigan Panthers ( USFL ) ( 1983-1984)
- Detroit Express ( NASL ) ( 1978-1980 )
- Football World Cup 1994
- Super Bowl XVI 1982
- NBA All- Star Game in 1979
- Wrestlemania III in 1987
- U.S. Cup 1993
- Cherry Bowl 1984, 1985
- Motor City Bowl 1997-2001
- Papal Mass of John Paul II in 1987
- Concerts
The Silverdome is a structurally closed multifunctional stadium in Pontiac (Michigan ), United States, near Detroit. The indoor stadium was opened in 1975 after two years of construction.
The Silverdome was in the past, the home stadium of the NFL football team Detroit Lions from 1975-2001, the Detroit Pistons NBA basketball team from 1978-1988 and the USFL Michigan Panthers football team from 1983 to 1984. In 1982, the stadium was the venue for the final of the NFL (Super Bowl).
During the Football World Cup 1994 four games were played in the stadium. For the first and only time was moved real lawn while otherwise only artificial turf was used in the stadium. Furthermore, it was with the game USA vs. Switzerland for the first time a game of football World Cup is not held in the open air.
In addition, the stadium served as the venue for concerts and other special events such as WWE Wrestlemania III which attracted 93 173 spectators in the Silverdome and a mass by Pope John Paul II in 1987 before 90,000 faithful.
At football games, the stadium capacity was 80,311 seats. After moving to the Detroit Lions in the Ford Field in downtown and the concomitant loss of the primary user, the stadium orphaned rapidly. In March 2007 it was closed and up for sale.
In November 2009, the Dome and the 127 acre ( 51.4 hectare) plot of land was auctioned for U.S. $ 583,000 to Triple Properties Investment Group. On April 17, 2010, the Silverdome was reopened. First event was a monster truck race.