Pontiac Silverdome
The Pontiac Silverdome was a multi-purpose stadium in Pontiac, Michigan, United States. It opened in 1975 and sat on 199 acres of land. When the stadium opened, it featured a fiberglass fabric roof held up by air pressure, the first use of the architectural technique in a major athletic facility.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: former stadium in Pontiac, Michigan
- Also known as: “Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium” and “Silverdome”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oak Hill Cemetery and Pontiac High School.
Oak Hill Cemetery
Cemetery
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The Oak Hill Cemetery is a cemetery located at 216 University Drive in Pontiac, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Oak Hill Cemetery is situated 1½ miles west of Pontiac Silverdome.
Pontiac High School
School
Pontiac High School is a public high school in Pontiac, Michigan, United States. It was formed and reestablished in 2009 from the consolidation of Pontiac Central High School and Pontiac Northern High School. Pontiac High School is situated 1½ miles north of Pontiac Silverdome.
Pontiac Transportation Center
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The Pontiac Transportation Center is an intermodal terminal station located in Pontiac, Michigan that is served by Amtrak's Michigan Services Wolverine. Pontiac Transportation Center is situated 2 miles southwest of Pontiac Silverdome.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Auburn Hills and Bloomfield Hills.
Auburn Hills
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Auburn Hills is a city in Oakland County in the state of Michigan. A suburb of Detroit, it is home to automaker Chrysler.
Bloomfield Hills
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Bloomfield Hills is a suburban city in Oakland County, Michigan. It is almost completely surrounded by Bloomfield Township.
Sylvan Lake
Village
Sylvan Lake is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A northern suburb of Detroit, Sylvan Lake is located roughly 26 miles from downtown Detroit, and borders Pontiac to the east. Sylvan Lake is situated 4½ miles southwest of Pontiac Silverdome.
Pontiac Silverdome
- Category: stadium
- Location: Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Pontiac Silverdome” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ملعب سيلفردوم”
- Asturian: “Pontiac Silverdome”
- Balinese: “Silverdome”
- Catalan: “Pontiac Silverdome”
- Chinese: “龐蒂亞克銀蛋球場”
- Chinese: “銀蛋”
- Dutch: “Silverdome (stadion)”
- Dutch: “Silverdome”
- French: “Silverdome”
- German: “Pontiac Silverdome”
- German: “Silverdome”
- Hebrew: “פונטיאק סילברדום”
- Hungarian: “Pontiac Silverdome”
- Indonesian: “Silverdome”
- Italian: “Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium”
- Italian: “Pontiac Silverdome”
- Italian: “Silverdome”
- Japanese: “シルヴァードーム”
- Japanese: “シルバードーム”
- Japanese: “ポンティアック・シルヴァードーム”
- Japanese: “ポンティアック・シルバードーム”
- Japanese: “ポンティアック・メトロポリタン・スタジアム”
- Japanese: “ポンティアックシルヴァードーム”
- Japanese: “ポンティアックシルバードーム”
- Korean: “실버돔”
- Korean: “폰티액 실버돔”
- Lithuanian: “Silverdome stadionas”
- Persian: “پونتیاک سیلوردوم”
- Polish: “Pontiac Silverdome”
- Polish: “Silverdome”
- Portuguese: “Pontiac Silverdome”
- Russian: “Pontiac Silverdome”
- Russian: “Silverdome”
- Russian: “Понтиак Сильвердом”
- Russian: “Понтиак Сильвердоум”
- Russian: “Сильвердом”
- Russian: “Сильвердоум”
- Spanish: “Pontiac Silverdome”
- Swedish: “Pontiac Silverdome”
- Turkish: “Pontiac Silverdome (Stadyum)”
- Urdu: “پونٹیئک سلورڈوم”
Localities in the Area
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