Rrring-ring! "Who is this?"rnRrring-ring! "Wrong number!"rnMost entrepreneurs would be delighted to discover that a business they acquired included a phone that didn't stop ringing. For Andreas Apostolopou-los, the thrill wore off fast. On Nov. 16, 2009, Apostolopoulos bought the moth-balled Pontiac Silverdome for $583,000-about what a four-bedroom suburban house in a non-dying metropolitan area goes for-and soon after calls were flooding in from fans, well-wishers, amateur teams, vendors, promoters, and would-be concessionaires. The sports memories and dormant capitalistic aspirations of the entire Detroit region were flowing through a single line connected to the old beige phone on his desk. The voices, he says, were hungry and intense, and they got on his nerves.
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