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RIP Georgia Dome

#1 Post by silverscreenselect » Mon Nov 20, 2017 9:54 am

I'm off this week, and I wouldn't have been at work at 7:30 in any event (our offices overlook Centennial Olympic Park, with a good view of the top half of the Dome), but I did get to see it go down for the count with all the local channels covering it. Actually, four panels, two on each side of the Dome, did not go down with the rest of the building but were left standing like the remaining teeth of someone with very bad dental hygiene. The Dome was only about 80 feet away from Mercedes Benz Stadium, new home of the Falcons, so they had to do some precision work here. The expression "cloud of dust" was quite accurate, since an enormous dust cloud arose afterwards for about 15 minutes or so (I pity those in the way of that dust cloud, either for traffic or simple breathing).

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#2 Post by BackInTex » Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:41 am

And yet the Astrodome still stands, unused for 15 years, an eye-sore reminding us everyday that "yes, we built something unique". I've got postcards to help remember. I wish they'd tear it down.
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#3 Post by SpacemanSpiff » Mon Nov 20, 2017 12:40 pm

I watched the implosion this morning.

Or, more precisely, I saw the roof implode, as a MARTA bus parked in front of the camera at the key moment. (I'm not sure what your video shows, since it won't play at the office).

I hope there were other angles of the implosion that can be played later on.
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#4 Post by Vandal » Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:03 pm

That makes it the second worst collapse in Georgia sports lore during the last twelve months.
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#5 Post by Estonut » Tue Nov 21, 2017 3:53 am

BackInTex wrote:And yet the Astrodome still stands, unused for 15 years, an eye-sore reminding us everyday that "yes, we built something unique". I've got postcards to help remember. I wish they'd tear it down.
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#6 Post by lilclyde54 » Mon Nov 27, 2017 8:00 pm

Vandal wrote:That makes it the second worst collapse in Georgia sports lore during the last twelve months.
Your quote caused some of my New Orleans friends to laugh uproariously.
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#7 Post by silverscreenselect » Sun Dec 03, 2017 11:40 am

Well, at least they got most of the Georgia Dome down, unlike what just happened with the Pontiac Silverdome:



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#8 Post by BackInTex » Sun Dec 03, 2017 7:30 pm

silverscreenselect wrote:Well, at least they got most of the Georgia Dome down, unlike what just happened with the Pontiac Silverdome:


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