AC Milan to play Panathinaikos FC in August at Silverdome By GEORGE SIPPLE FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER Soccer fans in metro Detroit have more reason to watch the World Cup now. Seventeen players competing in the tournament are expected to be part of an exhibition Aug. 6 at the Silverdome, pitting AC Milan against Panathinaikos FC. Game time is 8 p.m. AC Milan is a powerhouse Italian club that has won seven UEFA Champions League titles and five European Cups. Among the club’s top players are Ronaldinho and Alexandre Pato. Ronaldinho is a two-time FIFA world player of the year. Pato was the Italian Serie A young player of the year last year. Panathinaikos FC plays in the Super League Greece and has won 20 Greek championship titles and 17 Greek Cups. The teams have players competing for Brazil, France, Ghana, Greece, Holland, Hungary, Italy and the United States at the World Cup. Steve Apostolopoulos, director of the sports division of Triple Sports & Entertainment, which operates the Silverdome, said it has been a goal to bring "top-level international soccer back to Metro Detroit." "This game will be a celebration of the revival of the Silverdome as a world-class sports and entertainment venue," Apostolopoulos said in a released statement. Andreas Apostolopoulos, who runs a commercial property firm in Toronto with his three sons, purchased the Silverdome for $583,000 at an auction in November. The Silverdome was the home to the Detroit Express of the now-defunct North American Soccer League in 1979-80 and hosted group-stage matches in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
Here's the thing: you don't have to. The game isn't in the city of Detroit. It's in Pontiac, about 25 miles north of downtown, and 14 miles north of the city limits.
THat was funny oh dang on another note here is the first ad I have seen posted on facebook. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVNemZn2tQk"]YouTube- Match of the Titans TV spot 1[/ame] http://www.facebook.com/Silverdome
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Gotta love International soccer!!!! Can't wait for Aug 6, it can't come fast enough I hear these Greek guys are recruiting some big name players I've seen them in Champions league play they are all right...should be a good game Gonna be in Windsor for Work on friday so this played out great for me I have family in Detroit, need to build a soccer Rivalry to get me to go there more maybe the MLS will think about a team there after a good showing. Only reason I am going
I asked in the other thread and got no replies. Does anyone know at which hotel the club will be staying at?
From what I remember from the press conference (which seems like forever ago), they will be staying at the Marriott Centerpoint in Pontiac (they have a partnership with the Silverdome). Although I could be wrong.
Thats a safe assumption I think they will be arriving at The airport at 4ish on the 4th still trying to get the info.
Thanks. I will call them tomorrow and ask them straight up and pretend I am a sports journalist for a Grand Rapids paper lol
Anybody know what hotel they are staying at? And also other info on how to see the practice etc? Traveling about 4 hours to see this game, would like to see as much as I can.
Call the box office 248-338-2500. I think if you bought a VIP ticket the practice is included for free.