>> The Silverdome Auction: A sign of things to come?

The Pontiac Silverdome stadium which has hosted some of the world's biggest names - from Elvis to Pink Floyd to the Pope, and at its peak has hosted 93,173 people was built in 1975 at a cost of $55.7 million. ( Read more about the Pontiac Silvedome at wikipedia here )

The silverdome was auctioned recently (auction info: http://www.williamsauction.com/silverdome/ ) - sold for a cost of $583,000. Yes, you read that right - it was auctioned for 1% of its cost to build it in 1975! ( Reference: http://www.detnews.com/article/20091116/METRO03/911160405/1409/METRO/Canadian-company-s-$583-000-bid-wins-auction-for-Silverdome )

Is this a sign of things come?