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St. Louis Arena (known as the Checkerdome from 1977 to 1983) was an indoor arena in St. Louis, Missouri. The country's second-largest indoor entertainment venue when it opened in 1929, it was home to the St. Louis Blues and other sports franchises.
The Checkerdome) were not played on the arena's official floor. Water damage to it forced the NCAA to borrow the floor from Indiana University's Assembly Hall in Bloomington. This was the fourth and last year for a 32-team bracket; the field expanded to forty teams in 1979 and 48 in 1980, all seeded.
Implosion: Demolished for redevelopment of the tower's site. Tallest building to have been imploded in Europe. 39: Ocean Tower: South Padre Island United States: 115: 379: 30: 2008 (halted) 2009: Implosion: Demolished after cracks were found in the building's supporting columns, and various other deficiencies, were discovered during ...
A U.S. Navy analysis of acoustic data “detected an anomaly consistent with an implosion or explosion” near the Titan around the time it lost communications Sunday, a senior Navy official said.
Maritime researchers called an implosion the worst possible outcome of all the scenarios envisioned during the desperate round-the-clock search to find the missing vessel. The Coast Guard ...
Neubauer said the evidence will provide “critical insights" into the cause of the implosion. Debris from the Titan, which is believed to have imploded on June 18 as it made its descent, was ...
The Checkerdome (1977–1983) 1955–1968 (partial schedule) 20,000 1929 [79] Milwaukee Arena UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (2014–present) U.S. Cellular Arena (2000–2014) Wisconsin Center Arena (1998–2000) MECCA Arena (1974–1995) 1951–1955 10,783 1950 Milwaukee, Wisconsin [80] Wharton Field House: 1946–1951 6,000 1928 Moline ...
The firm has claimed world records for a series of 1998 projects: The June 23 demolition of the 1,201-foot-high Omega Radio Tower in Trelew, Argentina, "the tallest manmade structure ever felled with explosives"; The August 16 implosion of the 17-building Villa Panamericana and Las Orquideas public housing complex in San Juan, Puerto Rico, "the most buildings shot in a single implosion ...