The story
The massive domed stadium where the Pope celebrated Mass for 93,000 faithful.
Everything that was here
- 1975–2013
Pontiac SilverdomeStadium
The massive domed stadium where the Pope celebrated Mass for 93,000 faithful.
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Connected places
White Eagle Events & Convention Center
Niles, IL
Pope John Paul II
Ford Field
Detroit, MI
Detroit Lions
Little Caesars Arena
Detroit, MI
Detroit Pistons
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Nearby history
Chrysler World Headquarters and Technology Center
1000 Chrysler Drive · 1.9 km away
One of the largest office buildings in America rose out of 504 acres of Auburn Hills farmland, crowned by a 15-story tow
Aaron Webster's Mills (Auburn settlement)
Auburn Road & Squirrel Road · 3.0 km away
Before the Stellantis towers and the outlet mall, this corner was a dam, a millpond, and one man's bet that the Clinton
Church's Lumber Yards
107 S Squirrel Road · 3.0 km away
A lumber yard that started hauling boards by horse and wagon in 1890 is still selling lumber on the same downtown corner
Flagstar Strand Theatre for the Performing Arts
12 N Saginaw Street · 3.2 km away
Six movie palaces once lined downtown Pontiac's theater district. The Strand is the one that came back from the dead.
Eagle Theater
15 S Saginaw Street · 3.3 km away
A Gothic-tiled movie house with vaudeville apartments hidden on its top floor -- now it's a nightclub on South Saginaw.
Pontiac Motor Division
220 E Columbia Avenue · 4.0 km away
The car was named after the city. The city was named after an 18th-century Odawa war leader. For 84 years the place and
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