Yep, I was one of the couple thousand zombies in attendance this morning to say a last goodbye to the place, good or bad, for professional football, good or bad; the Silverdome. I was in the area and the local police were being cool and allowing people to park right along M-59 for a last look.
My last goodbye will have to wait it appears.
It went boom and then like a Calvin Johnson 'continuation of the catch' being under review, we all waited, and waited, and waited; it did not fall. And now a poor (and probably now unemployed) engineer is trying to put together what went wrong for something he/she had been planning for over a year.
And then everyone with a social media account jumped on the pile. I can't take credit for these but here goes:
- The Pontiac Silverdome did not implode this morning. I guess the building is not used to implosion on a Sunday until 1 PM.
- City of Pontiac setting up a Go Fund Me page for something stronger than Black Cats & M80s.
- The Lions are aware of the failed demolition of the Silverdome and will have no further comment at this time.
- The Silverdome has been upgraded to probable.
- According to reports, the Silverdome is now in implosion protocol. Probably out two weeks.
- Once again, angry people leave the Silverdome after a disappointing ending.
- Silverdome: 1 Explosions: 0
- They tried to implode the Pontiac Silverdome. It didn't work, like most game plans in there on Sundays.
- The Silverdome still stands after explosives went off. Most Detroit thing ever.
- The explosions went off, and the old girl just stood there, smiled and said "Really?"
- Silverdome plays host to yet another failed performance.
Trail Head
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| this picture is POST boom so these two have some guts |
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| fellow zombies waiting for something that isn't coming |
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| and some xmas cheer in the crowd |
UPDATE--> More social media piling on the following day:
