Mikeydbn Member Username: Mikeydbn
Post Number: 352 Registered: 04-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 6:25 pm: | |
This group is proposing to buy the Pontiac Silverdome and continue operating it as a family oriented entertainment venue. To finance the purchase, they are proposing a sale of $100 shares in the project. From their website:
quote:Buy the Silverdome? • Family entertainment center with weekly events. • Affordable, $10.00 / event, including parking! • Opportunity to become an owner by purchasing stock for $100.00/share. • One share guarantees access to at least one seat per month when Silverdome is sold out! • Guarantees Wholesale Pricing and no parking fees! • Participate in Financial Rewards of Ownership (share value increases as people come to events!) Proposed events will include but will not be limited to the following, Monster Truck Jam Snow Cross Indoor Cart Racing Super Cross Country Western Extravaganza Jazz Concerts Blues Concerts MHSAA State Football Finals Soft Rock Concerts (Bob Seger, Phil Collins, etc...)
Sounds like a pipe dream to me... what does everyone else think? |
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge
Post Number: 365 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 6:27 pm: | |
well gee, between the monster truck jam and the phil collins concert, sign me up! oh, wait. |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 3894 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 6:28 pm: | |
Somebody better call Seger and let him know he's now "Soft Rock". |
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar
Post Number: 814 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 6:39 pm: | |
MHSAA football finals?? Somebody better notify Ford Field of this schedule change!! |
401don Member Username: 401don
Post Number: 92 Registered: 11-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 7:19 pm: | |
Detroit may have the oldest and newest still-standing abandoned stadiums in the country. Coming soon - Joe Louis & Cobo Arenas! Now there's a tourist attraction. |
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge
Post Number: 366 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 7:59 pm: | |
Inspire Vision doesn't seem very legit to me...
quote:Then we want to work on improving your life skills with inspiring messages and education. We want to give you the good news that is happening all around you and tell you how to get involved! We want to focus on the positive and give you proven techniques to lose weight, get healthy, stop smoking and have fun while doing it! Yes, I said having fun is our primary objective! If you like to have fun, want to follow a program of continuous improvement in you life, then InspireVision is the right investment for you. You are investing in your future as well as purchasing a piece of the Silverdome. What? Sounds like Scientology may be behind this. |
Waz Member Username: Waz
Post Number: 236 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 8:08 pm: | |
And I thought this thread was gonna be about how they were finally going to tear down that dump and there was going to be an auction of the men's room troughs. |
Bobj Member Username: Bobj
Post Number: 3104 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 9:20 pm: | |
I would never want to own any of the Silverdome! |
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku
Post Number: 1717 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 9:35 pm: | |
make it an indoor baseball facility to rent year round |
Yaktown Member Username: Yaktown
Post Number: 268 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 9:57 pm: | |
Tear that schitt down! Why can't we have a terrorist fly an empty plane into it one night and save us the trouble of figuring out what to do with this eyesore? |
Malcovemagnesia Member Username: Malcovemagnesia
Post Number: 59 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 10:21 pm: | |
I wonder how much it costs to keep the roof inflated? The power costs alone probably aren't covered by the events that have been happening there lately. Have there been any events there lately? |
Yaktown Member Username: Yaktown
Post Number: 270 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 10:50 pm: | |
Malco, I think the last "event" held there was Snoop Dogg's Super Bowl party back in February 2006. They used to have drive-in movies in the parking lot but I didn't see that at all this year. They used to have a website (silverdome.com) but apparently it's been taken by cybersquatters. |
Thegryphon Member Username: Thegryphon
Post Number: 8 Registered: 11-2007
| Posted on Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 6:27 pm: | |
I really think the Silverdome should be torn down. It is an eyesore and those events listed would not spur growth but just steal it away from other venues (eg Cobo, Ford Field). Why not a park and/or a residential project? Anything is better than the City of Pontiac draining there already slim founds on the hopes of resurrecting that dinosaur. |
401don Member Username: 401don
Post Number: 98 Registered: 11-2007
| Posted on Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 6:42 pm: | |
Based on what I've read, the city has started the bidding process for proposals all over again. They really messed up by not aggressively marketing the site and taking the best deal available 5 or 6 years ago. The market is so bad right now they'd be better to just stop maintenance on the dome and wait until the economy picks up. There's zero chance any new developer is going to keep the dome. Where have we seen all this before? |
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 2065 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 6:48 pm: | |
Seems like a pretty innovative idea. |
Wolverine Member Username: Wolverine
Post Number: 380 Registered: 04-2004
| Posted on Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 9:40 pm: | |
Might have been willing to contribute had the selection of events not been wack. |
Mikeydbn Member Username: Mikeydbn
Post Number: 353 Registered: 04-2004
| Posted on Friday, November 30, 2007 - 7:10 am: | |
You can't stop maintenance, that would just lower the value of the facility and lead to another one of these:
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Flybydon Member Username: Flybydon
Post Number: 205 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Friday, November 30, 2007 - 8:06 am: | |
FlyBy's view of the Silverdome in 2007 http://www.aerialpics.com/G/si lverdome.html |
Sirrealone Member Username: Sirrealone
Post Number: 48 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Friday, November 30, 2007 - 9:27 am: | |
What is that a picture of? |
Burnsie Member Username: Burnsie
Post Number: 1215 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Friday, November 30, 2007 - 9:55 am: | |
Sirrealone-- If you're referring to the pic Mikeydbn posted, it's of the Silverdome after the roof collapsed during snow. |
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge
Post Number: 370 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Friday, November 30, 2007 - 10:23 am: | |
Mikeydbn, thanks for that pic. I didn't realize the collapse was that extensive, I thought it was just one side or only a few of those "sections". Cool to see. Must've been a fortune to fix. The Silverdome was known as the largest air-supported domed stadium in the world. Does it still hold that title? |
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge
Post Number: 371 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Friday, November 30, 2007 - 10:23 am: | |
PS-- tear that schitt down! |
401don Member Username: 401don
Post Number: 100 Registered: 11-2007
| Posted on Friday, November 30, 2007 - 3:53 pm: | |
Mikey, My point was this is another Tiger Stadium. They're spending tons of money on maintenance when there is zero chance it will ever be used again. Only the land has value.Pull the plug already. At least with all the parking surrounding it we should get to see a nice implosion. |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 3917 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, November 30, 2007 - 3:58 pm: | |
Tear that schitt down! Good lord there is a lot of parking around that place. Where would the SAE have their little car races without it? |
Umcs Member Username: Umcs
Post Number: 408 Registered: 06-2007
| Posted on Friday, November 30, 2007 - 4:14 pm: | |
Somehow I have a distinct feeling this plan runs afoul of securities laws. |
Rfban Member Username: Rfban
Post Number: 202 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Saturday, December 01, 2007 - 8:51 am: | |
Unbelievable, there is more impervious space around that thing in Flybydon's photo than all of the CBD! |
Rfban Member Username: Rfban
Post Number: 203 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Saturday, December 01, 2007 - 8:52 am: | |
Somebody should tap that thing and send all the water down south. |
Erikd Member Username: Erikd
Post Number: 951 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Sunday, December 02, 2007 - 3:02 am: | |
Beggars can't be choosers... LOL |