Meijer Silverdome

The Meijer Silverdome is a domed stadium in Pontiac, Michigan. It opened in 1975 and sits on 199 acres (51 ha) 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. With it's original seating capacity of 82,666+, it was the largest stadium in the National Football League (NFL) until FedExField in Landover, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. expanded its capacity to over 85,000 in 2000. The 2014-16 renovation lowered the capacity to 49,053. In 2016, the venue re-opened for the second time with a new fixed roof, two-thirds of which is translucent. Currently, the stadium is owned by Silverdome Ventures, LLC, majority-owned by Armen Tavitian and with investors including former boxer Tom Gabellini, who also owns neighboring Meijer Park; both venues are operated by Pontiac Sport Venues Operations, LLC, a company majority-owned by Gabellini.