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Plans are underway for the Pontiac Silverdome site to be developed as an Amazon distribution campus,Pontiac's mayor announced Wednesday night.

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The Pontiac Silverdome was to implode at 8:30 Sunday morning. That did not happen due to a wiring issue claims the contractor on the job, Adamo. Mandi Wright, Detroit Free Press

Plans are underway for the Pontiac Silverdome site to be developed as an Amazon distribution campus,Pontiac's mayor announced Wednesday night.

The $250 million project is expected to create 1,500 jobs and would be Amazon's first site in the U.S. that will have both a fulfillment center and a delivery station.

Atlanta-based Seefried Industrial Properties would build on and own the 127-acre site with Seattle-based Amazon as its tenant.

First steps in the process were completed Wednesday night as the Pontiac Planning Commission considered granting a special exemption permit for the site, according to Pontiac Mayor Deirdre Waterman.

"The former Silverdome site is an ideal location and Pontiac is poised with a ready workforce," saidWaterman. "Landing Amazon will bolster Pontiac's continued economic success and further our pipeline of pairing industry with talent."

The Free Press reported in October 2017 that Oakland County offered up the Silverdome, among other locations, to be Amazon's second headquarters in a failed bid.

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