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8.825 February 15, 1979 Miscellaneous Resolution -
Walter . Moire,
County Commissioner, District /7
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Mat J Dunaskiss,
County Commissioner, District #3
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Paul E. Kasper;
County Commissi
Hubert Price, Jr.,
County Commissioner, District /8
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BY: Walter L. Moore, Commissioner - District /7, Ilubert Price, Jr., Commissioner - District /8
Mat J. Dunaskiss, Commissioner - District /3, Paul E. Kasper, Commissioner - District /23
IN RE: ENDORSEMENT OF PONTIAC SILVERDOME STADIUM AS SUPERBOWL SITE
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIOPFIERS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, bids will be made to the National Football League in New York City in
March of 1979 by several cities desiring to attract a futuie Superbowl game; and
WHEREAS, representatives from Pontiac and greater-metropolitan Detroit area and the
state will support Pontiac Silverdome's effort to secure the Superbowl game; and
WHEREAS, the great County of Oakland, MichIgan, offers many advantages such as
the greatest concentration of pro-football fans in the country in a radius of 600 miles, many
Fine hotels and winter sports, recreation and entertainment experiences which in the 16-mile
radius of Pontiac can match any other city; and
WHEREAS, the County of Oakland, Michigan, urges the National Football League
owners to consider holding the event in the Pontiac Silverdome which contains more than 80,000
seats, and is the largest covered stadium in the country and possesses all the inducements for the
top pro-football event.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners,
does hereby proclaim that the Pontiac Silverdome is supeilor 'adequate, and is the logical
location for a Superbowl game sponsored by the Nationall Football League.
r. Chairman, we the undersigned move the adipption of the.foregoing resolution.
O'ER:01AM •VE THE
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#88 25 February 15, 1979
Moved by Moore supported by Kasper the rules be suspended for immediate
consideration of the resolution.
AYES: Fortino, Gabler, Gorsline, Hobart, Hoot, Kasper, Kelly, Lewand,
McConnell, McDonald, Moffitt, Montante, Moore, Moxley, Murphy, Page, Patterson,
Perinoff, Pernick, Peterson, Price, Aaron, DiGiovanni, Doyon, Dunaskiss. (25)
NAYS: None.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the motion carried.
Vote on resolution:
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was unanimously
adopted.
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and
having .a seal, do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of
•.C9TTi55 1.4rIVA . at .their meet ing, jield on . February 1,)72
with the original record thereof now remaining in my
office, and that it is a true and correct transcript
therefrom, and of the whole thereof.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan
this 15th day of February 19 79
Lynn D. Allen Clerk
By Deputy Clerk