PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) -A judge has cleared the way for Pontiac, Mich., to sell the stadium that was once home to the NFL’s Detroit Lions to a Canadian company for $583,000.
The Lions abandoned the 80,300-seat Silverdome in 2002, when they moved to Detroit’s Ford Field. Pontiac has been spending $1.5 million a year to maintain the largely unused stadium.
Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Edward Sosnick refused Monday to grant a preliminary injunction to Silver Stallion Corp., which made a $20 million offer for the Silverdome last year.
That deal fell through in a dispute over environmental cleanup costs.
Pontiac officials say the Canadian company, Triple Properties Inc. of Toronto, will take ownership within 45 days.
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