New Haven Coliseum Implosion 1/20/07

• #30 Reply
  Posted by FrankZappa on 12 Jan, 2007 11:27
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  The implosion will take place Saturday, January 20, at 7:30a.m. Note that by 5:30p.m. the night before all cars parked in the Ninth Square George Street Garage and George Street surface lots must be moved.
  
  January 20th no cars will be allowed within the safety perimeter bound by the Temple Street Garage, Union Avenue, Crown Street, and South Frontage Road after 6a.m. and no pedestrians will be allowed after 6:30a.m.
  
  The viewing area will be the top levels of the Temple Street Garage and there will be free parking. Berms will be built to capture dust and the area will be watered down. About two hours after the implosion streets will be re-opened. Cleaning activities will continue through the day.
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• #31 Reply
  Posted by SkyePrizm on 12 Jan, 2007 13:11
• I\'m so glad i dont live downtown anymore (my car was always parked in the george st. garage and my building was on the corner of orange, crown, and george) ....cause my ass would have gotten kicked out of bed quite early.  
  
  I want to see this...but 7:30 am on a saturday is pushing it....
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• #32 Reply
  Posted by FreeSpirit on 13 Jan, 2007 10:16
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   I want to see this...but 7:30 am on a saturday is pushing it....

  
  
  easy solution = don\'t go to bed Fri. night!
  
  I\'m gonna do my best to be there Sat. morning - the Coliseum has been a New Haven legend since I was a kid :awwyeah:
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• #33 Reply
  Posted by SkyePrizm on 13 Jan, 2007 11:22
• Quote from: FreeSpirit;130884

  easy solution = don\'t go to bed Fri. night!
  
  I\'m gonna do my best to be there Sat. morning - the Coliseum has been a New Haven legend since I was a kid :awwyeah:

  
  You\'re right, thats probably the best way!  
  That place was thee place......going to see New Haven Nighthawks games with my Pops will always be a sweet memory....
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• #34 Reply
  Posted by SkyePrizm on 14 Jan, 2007 12:18
• If anyone is interested, today\'s NH Register has a whole big front page article on the Coliseum.
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• #35 Reply
  Posted by davepeck on 20 Jan, 2007 12:45
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  i drank too much robitussin last night and had a **** of a time sleeping.. actually woke up at 7:29 this morning and turned the tv on.. the implosion didn\'t happen until 7:50, but it was something else.. we actually heard the implosion outside from our bedroom. it was LOUD!
  
  check out the pics/video/stories on these pages:
  
  http://wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=5965312
  
  http://www.nbc30.com/news/10800908/detail.html?dl=mainclick
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• #36 Reply
  Posted by freddiewaht on 20 Jan, 2007 13:14
• http://www.wtnh.com/
  
  the montage is ser
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• #37 Reply
  Posted by SkyePrizm on 20 Jan, 2007 13:30
• I slept in till 9 am.  I was mad....i had the alarm set for 6:30.....
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• #38 Reply
  Posted by obsession600 on 20 Jan, 2007 13:37
• looked like the kids jumped the gun on the plunger
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• #39 Reply
  Posted by Me! on 20 Jan, 2007 13:47
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  looked like the kids jumped the gun on the plunger

  
  I think the countdown was just off, it started expolding on 6 and then they pushed the plunger thingy
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• #40 Reply
  Posted by davepeck on 20 Jan, 2007 14:49
• plunger = just a prop.
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• #41 Reply
  Posted by Me! on 20 Jan, 2007 14:54
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  plunger = just a prop.

  
  duh
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• #42 Reply
  Posted by antbach on 20 Jan, 2007 19:07
• I got the watch it go down from the non-moving Q-bridge. Was a pretty cool thing to see that close. Didn\'t realize how loud it was cos I had my radio on, but as Dave said, he heard it from his house as did my parents. It definitely shook the bridge which was a little sketchy.
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• #43 Reply
  Posted by jocelyn on 21 Jan, 2007 20:40
• The photos Jackie has of the implosion are incredible. Better than any from the papers that I have seen.
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