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The Pontiac Silverdome refuses to die, as the former home of the Detroit Lions remains standing even after a series of explosives were set off inside the stadium early Sunday morning.
Not exactly shocking, as even Hulk Hogan body slamming Andre The Giant in that bad boy didn't make it crumble.
The Michigan-based infrastructure was supposed to crumble into a heaping pile of debris, but failed to implode, thanks to some faulty wiring that caused some explosives failing to detonate.
Per JC Reindl and Allie Gross of the Detroit Free Press.
Roughly 10% of the explosive charges did not detonate due to a wiring issue, said Rick Cuppetilli, executive vice president with Adamo. These unexploded charges were set up in eight key locations around the Silverdome. The precise cause of the wiring issue remained unclear early Sunday afternoon.
Planned demolition of the Pontiac Silverdome's upper ring (apparently) unsuccessful as charges go off but the metal beams do not come down. Details @WWJ950 pic.twitter.com/B8Vsn8Vuq5
— Jon Hewett (@JonHewettWWJ) December 3, 2017
The stadium opened in 1975 and remained in use until 2013. It serves as the Lions’ home field from 1975 to the 2001 season. Moreover, the Pontiac Silverdome also hosted several huge sporting spectacles, including WrestleMania III, the 1979 NBA All-Star Game, Super Bowl XVI won by the San Francisco 49ers against the Cincinnati Bengals back in 1982,
As to when exactly the stadium will come completely crashing to the ground, officials don’t have a definite timetable, per Time.
The Silverdome will collapse eventually, officials said. But there’s no telling when.
Speaking of collapse, the Silverdome’s former tenants, the Lions, are on the brink of collapse this season as they are now 6-6 following Sunday’s 44-20 loss to the Baltimore Ravens.
