BMXer vs Silverdome

June 10, 2015 4:19 PM

Abandoned Silverdome Becomes BMX Dream Playground - Watch the final session that will shut down the abandoned stadium outside Detroit. Includes photos. (previously)
posted by Roger Dodger (8 comments total)

Trespassers.
posted by Roger Dodger at 4:41 PM on June 10, 2015

All the children say, "We don't need another hero,
We don't need to know the way home,
All we want is life beyond the silverdome."
posted by Naberius at 6:39 PM on June 10, 2015 [1 favorite]

"But no one can destroy what happened here, what was achieved here."

Jesus, it's a fucking sports stadium. Nothing was "achieved". There's nothing grandiose or heroic about sports.
posted by johnnydummkopf at 8:04 PM on June 10, 2015 [2 favorites]

Metafilter: Nothing was "achieved"
posted by oceanjesse at 9:29 PM on June 10, 2015 [5 favorites]

For some truly artistic and awe-inspiring BMX style riding, one need look no further than the inspired riding skills of Danny MacAskill
posted by Quasimike at 11:28 PM on June 10, 2015 [1 favorite]

The narration is a little bit over the top, like NFL Films or one of those Detroit-themed Chrysler commercials, and, kind of like when I play a Tony Hawk game, I'm a little bit surprised that the people who abandoned the Silverdome left so many ramps lying around.

Still, though, BMX tricks and urban decay are two things I like very much, so I also like this thing.
posted by box at 7:49 AM on June 11, 2015

For some reason I have a thirst that can only be quenched by a delicious crisp Red Bull energy drink.
posted by killdevil at 1:43 PM on June 11, 2015

I've never understood the product shot.
Surely Red Bull are so utterly synonymous with this sort of thing now they don't need that particular record scratch.
posted by fullerine at 1:41 AM on June 12, 2015