Talk:Pontiac Silverdome

message: The article makes no mention of why or when or if the stadium has been closed, other than the infobox saying it was closed in March 2007. I think someone who knows about this could at least add a sentence or two of explanation. aLii 11:21, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Closed?

message: I never heard the rumor that the Saints would play there and I live 15 miles from the place.  Without a citation the sentence should be deleted.
Dom316 00:24, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Orleans Saints playing there? 

message: No where in the linked article does it mention "secondary home for toronto f.c.".  Without a citation the sentence should be deleted. 199.71.183.2 (talk) 20:49, 19 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Toronto F.C. playing there? 

message: Anyone got a cite for that number?76.226.104.188 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 07:54, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pope attendance 

message: I check pages listed in :Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of :Pontiac Silverdome's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
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thread_title:  Orphaned references in [[:Pontiac Silverdome]] 

message: The 1985 repairs were necessitated by a collapse of the orignal 1975 roof around 12N EST on March 4, 1985.  Heavy, wet snow accumulated on the SW corner of the Dome and depressed the fabric panels low enough so that the fabric came in contact with a steel lighting catwalk that was positioned just below the inner lip of the roof's ring beam.  The hole caused a loss of air pressure and the Dome deflated slowly - there were no injuries.  The shift from a "dome" to "bowl" caused all the heavy, wet snow to slide down into the bowl and rupture more roof panels, collapse some precast risers in the SW upper deck, and dislodge more plastic seats "...than a Rolling Stones concert" according to Bob Haney the Dome's Operations Manager.  Crews from Owens-Corning Fiberglas, the Dome's original roof installer were on site by 1:30 PM on March 4th.  Repair operations began immediately but were interrupted for over a week due to high winds.  During the high winds event nearly all of the remaining panels in the deflated roof, 100 in all, were badly damaged.  The decision was made to replace the entire roof and incorporate some improvements to prevent a similar event from occuring in the future.  Repair cost of the roof was just under $8MM.
The repairs were completed and the Dome reinflated at noon on My 28, 1985.  It should be noted that a thunderstorm passed thrugh the Pontiac area the morning the Dome was to be re-inflated and a partial inflation, or "puff", was performed so that the scheduled inflation could occur in the presence of the many City and area politicians as well as number Corporate executives. The original-style, Teflon-coated fiberglass material was used to make the repairs - not canvas as described in the article.  There were several snow melting and water-proofing improvements that kept the Dome inflated until the present day - over 25 years.  That was one dedicated bunch of Ironworkers and Carpenters from Detroit's Union halls.
The reason I know all this is because I was there, every day, and every step of the way.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.70.27.92 (talk) 01:31, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  It's a shame that this great description was left here a year and a half ago, by someone who ostensibly worked there, but none of it has been incorporated into the article. I'm inclined to believe this, on good faith. Are people actually holding out here from a potential lack of credibility? TheDork (talk) 04:53, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know how to incorporate it into the article - sorry.  Yes, I worked there during the repair.  We arrived on scene about 2 hours after the roof deflated on March 4, 1985.  I hauled the first load of tools from our office in Toledo to the dome in my personal pickup.  It's all accurate.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.200.167.23 (talk) 01:14, 15 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  1985 Repairs Not As Described 

message: Can the title be renamed "The Silverdome"?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.54.49.59 (talk) 23:24, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It's Wikipedia's policy to leave off leading articles (a, an, the) from article titles. Look around and you'll see it's like that everywhere. __209.179.13.130 (talk) 20:17, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hi 

message: Is there any information as to whether/when the construction bonds were paid off?  This stadium may not have outlived its debt. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 21:31, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bond debt 

message: Yahoo has a set of photos of the stadium in a deplorable condition:http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/photos-of-ruined-pontiac-silverdome-are-haunting--heartbreaking-163732013.html . The accompanying text says the damage is a result of a 2012 storm.   The article gives its sources as http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2014/05/the-silverdome-54-photos-inside-the-ruined-nfl-stadium.php , which won't open on my slow computer. Kdammers (talk) 12:32, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current condition 

message: What does "deflation" mean in this context?  Unless the roof was supported by air pressure, it doesn't fit any definition in my dictionary.  Kdammers (talk) 02:59, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it was supported by air pressure, which is explained at Silverdome#Original silver-like roof. --JonRidinger (talk) 03:04, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks.  I don't know how I missed that long section!Kdammers (talk) 11:51, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deflation 

message: I changed the first sentence from "...was formerly a domed stadium..." to "...is a domed stadium...".   It's still a domed stadium.   I saw it last week. Jameywiki (talk) 19:51, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Has a new roof been installed? The most recent photos I have seen (and many others) show the remains of the roof in tatters, so the stadium is no longer domed since it is open to the elements, which is what that phrase meant. If a new covering has been installed, then of course that should be updated here. But if not, it isn't accurate to say it's a "domed stadium" if it no longer has a roof. --JonRidinger (talk) 00:45, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Was formerly a domed stadium? 

message: I have removed the parenthesis on the opening sentence only to have them replaced without explanation. When the information is easily part of the sentence, parenthesis aren't needed. If we verbally said the opening sentence, we'd say what's in the parenthesis as one complete thought, so a comma is more natural. Using parenthesis should be done sparingly and when the info in parenthesis doesn't fit the general flow of the sentence or where a comma would be confusing, such as in the case later in the lead where it says "National Basketball Association (NBA)".  See MOS:B&P --JonRidinger (talk) 04:16, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Manual of Style 

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message: How was this funded? Did taxpayers lose money on all this?Paul, in Saudi (talk) 14:02, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: It was built with public funds, but as it was home field for the Detroit Lions for 27 years, it seems likely taxpayers made money on the deal (through sales tax revenue, income tax on salaries paid by the Detroit Lions, leases and so on). Jack N. Stock (talk) 22:56, 3 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Funding?

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