Canadian firm submits winning bid of $583,000 for Silverdome

[NateDoGG]

i dunno if there is a thead for this
its kind of old news (last week)

mls club coming to detroit???

A family-owned Toronto real estate company has submitted a winning bid of $583,000 for the Pontiac Silverdome, former home of the Detroit Lions until they moved to Ford Field in 2002, and nearly 130 adjacent acres.




The winning bidder, one of four and whose identity has not yet been released, plans to use the facility for a men's Major League Soccer team and women's professional soccer teams, Fred Leeb, Pontiac’s emergency financial manager, told the Free Press in an exclusive interview.

Leeb said the successful bidder's name is not being released until final details are worked out and the sale closes, which could take up to 45 days.

The 80,300-seat stadium, which was built for $55.7 million in 1975, is costing the city about $1.5 million annually just to maintain and financially strapped Pontiac can no longer afford the cost.

[mighty_torontofc_2008]

the talked about that on the Lions game today..the stadium built for $55 million US dollars and the land surrounding it the nfl broadcasters were stunned it went so cheap.. good luck to Detroit gettinga MLS franchise...we need a derby match, and maybe this would get us away from starting future seasons in Columbus..Detroit Express?:}

[billyfly]

Already posted last week.