Botched Detonation Leaves Silverdome Standing in Detroit
  • 6 years ago
The planned demolition of the Silverdome, the former home stadium of the Detroit Lions, failed to go as planned on December 3.In this footage, explosive charges detonate, clouds of smoke rise, but the 400,000 square foot building did not collapse.An official with the demolition effort told a local news station the charges on the building’s main supporting columns did not go off, and an investigation into what happened is ongoing. Credit: YouTube/Tim Donaven via Storyful