As Thanksgiving break approaches, the city of Pontiac, Mich., showed they were in a festive mood Monday after announcing their sale of the $55.7 million Pontiac Silverdome.

The former home of the abysmal Detroit Lions is situated neatly in a Detroit suburb and was auctioned off to a private group of Canadian real estate entrepreneurs for a shockingly low $583,000. As a potential home buyer in the next decade or so, the aggressively low auction price offered by the city of Pontiac got me thinking about what I could do with a professional sports dome at my disposal.

No. 1: Throw world’s biggest tailgate party for Apple Cup.

Every two years, Cougar football players and fans have to travel over the Cascade Mountains and play the Huskies at rickety old Husky Stadium. The Cougar section is separated from the field by a massive track, the wooden seats leave splinters and the arrogant, obnoxious Husky fans are almost too much to tolerate. How about flying to Pontiac with a wild group of Cougar fans and watching the Apple Cup from the Silverdome’s big screen instead?

No 2: Strike a deal with the Lingerie Football League to have Lingerie Bowl played in the Silverdome.

The Lingerie Football League has become increasingly popular since the death of the Arena Football League a couple years ago. Even though the league is based off the undeniable sex appeal of watching beautiful women run around in their underwear, the quality of football is actually pretty good. It’s tough to deny the entertainment value of watching the Seattle Mist take on the Los Angeles Temptation in the highest form of professional women’s underwear football.

3. Turn off the lights and play Marco Polo.

Cutting the power chords to the old, ugly dome would cut down the nearly $1.5 million annual operating cost while providing some entertainment during the repetitive commercials that run between NFL football games.

4. Use it as an underground cockfighting arena.

Admittedly, this may be taking things too far. Cockfighting is illegal in the United States and often leads to the death of innocent roosters. However, the wagers put on the cockfights can produce a lot of cash for someone struggling to maintain their 80,300-seat stadium. Plus, I hear that Michael Vick might be ready to get back into the comptitive animal fighting business. This could be his opening.

5. Capture Ryan Leaf and make him live in the Lions’ old locker room.

Despite the internal, collective plea from Cougar nation for Leaf to permanently stay out of the news after flunking out of the NFL, the former West Texas A&M quarterbacks coach was arrested this past year for breaking into a player’s home and stealing prescription drugs. Leaf faces serious charges in Texas, yet he has been hiding out in Vancouver, B.C. in an effort to escape the law. Leaf may be able to evade justice, but I’d like to see him try to embarrass his university any more while spending the winter in an unheated Silverdome locker room.

6. take up residence in the facility.

Ten years from now when my future wife agrees to this absurd idea, I’ll know it’s true love. Romantic evenings spent in the owner’s box eating catered stadium food could be followed by a private screening of “The Notebook” from Section 326. All the while, women are ripping out one another’s hair on the 40-yard line while a cockfight is occurring behind the goal posts. My ex-girlfriend always said I was a hopeless romantic.