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Hey! I had some cash laying around! I would have bought it, and we would have hosted some awesome-sauce Consumerist get-togethers in it!
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@bloggerX: ...so long as the MIB were there to flashy-thing us the next morning.
What happens in the Consumerist-Dome STAYS in the Consumerist-Dome!
I wonder if the $8000 tax credit applies?
@bornonbord: Especially with the Astroturf thats in it? Who would want to play on that stuff. They'll have to shell out some cash for that new grass-astroturf mix that some arenas use now.
The first thing the city of Detroit did is issue a fine to the Canadian company for having a blighted property and tall grass.
Thank you for the correction. I guess I have something against Detroit when my Ford stock crapped out on me.
@Blueskylaw: At least Ford is making a comeback. GM took the bailout money, filed bankruptcy anyway, and gave all the stockholders a swift kick in the rear.
@Blueskylaw: It is called the Pontiac Silverdome for a reason: It is in the City of Pontiac Michigan.
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@gStein_is missing part of his hip: Pontiac was the name of an Ottawa Chief; they named the city after him. Then came the car line.
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@TacoChuck: I was going to make some snarky comment that maybe it is named after the car model? But nothing on the page, [en.wikipedia.org] indicates it was done that way.
So, therefore, no snarky comment from.
But Google Maps has it about 30 or so miles from Detroit, so maybe Blueskylaw was thinking that Pontiac was under the jurisdiction of Detroit's Business Improvement District (we have those here in NYC).
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The Silverdome is in the heart of the most economically challenged area in the country... What did they expect?
Not taking the 20 million dollar offer to turn it into a horse racing/gambling establishment last year was a big mistake.
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While it's pennies on the dollar of the original construction cost (and micro-pennies on the dollar for replacement costs), they got exactly what the white elephant is worth in its current state.
See also the old Chicago post office building which has an estimated replacement value of $300 million, but was sold at auction first for $40 million, and then $17 million when the winning bidder defaulted on his original winning bid, and consequently won the second round of bidding.
Do you have any unused or broken stadiums lying around? Then call Cash 4 Stadiums today! We give more money for your sports arenas than the competition!
@diasdiem: The city of Pontiac should have complained about the offer, at which point the high bidder would have offered 3x the original offer. Don't they know how this works???
@docrice: Yeah, but they'd probably have mailed their offer too near the cancellation deadline for them to respond in time. Or else when the stadium would get \"lost\" in the mail when they returned it.
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I can't comment on the stadium itself, but from experience in FSAE, they desperately need to fix the parking lots!
Sports stadiums are a waste of money. Go throw your ball around outside somewhere.
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Damn Canadians, taking over America one stadium at a time.
Although their version of football involves cuddly seals wearing soooo cuuuute knitted helmets lined up on each side, hiking a herring to each other. So it's not a total loss.
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Makes sense to me, doesn't this follow the depreciation curve of the average Pontiac?
This is an excellent example of why you do not let a professional sport team with millionare owners BLACKMAIL your community into to giving them or paying for a stadium FOR THEIR BUSINESS .
If it was a municipal stadium I wonder how much rent/tax actually went back into the community .
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While the maintenance costs would be a little high, I think we could have raised the funds hre to buy the thing.
Of course, it doesn't help that Ford Field has left Pontiac a shell of its former self.