How Reunion Arena Fall Down, Go Boom

By Robert Wilonsky Tue., Nov. 17 2009 at 6:01 PM

Categories: News

Patrick spent the better part of the morning watching A&R Demolition crews claw at the "legs" of Reunion Arena's roof in the anticipation that the sucker would lean into a controlled drop rather than just, ya know, collapse. But, as evidenced by this video from Friend of Unfair Park "Human Being," that's not exactly how things worked out.

Update: I originally posted the KXAS-Channel 5 video, which is available here. This one's better.

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T ball, you must be from Filthydelphia. Right?
true story, my wife and i actually met at that 777 Sport Street venue, we're looking at our 20th anniversary in January, scoreboard us i'd say! ti te gusto mucho mija!
where is osha? they are really lucky no one died
shut up with all your "that's a reference to..." that kind of banter is so lame. Just because you remember lines form a movie does not make you hip, witty, snarky...ah, Dallas people, true lame-o's as always
WAS THAT A LIGHTSABER AT THE END OF THAT VIDEO?
The engineering reports actually blame years of Shawn Bradley layups for the weakened structure and sudden collapse.
Loved watching this...
Due to the current budget crunch, the steel from Reunion will be recycled and used to construct the second and third Caltraves signature bridges. We can't use it on the first bridge because the Italian welders can only weld Italian steel - it's very different you know...
I wonder if the claw operator appreciated what a precarious situation he was in? "Ok Bob, you just go hammer on that leg....and we're all going to be behind this giant berm in case you have any questions."
A mighty wind a-blowin'.
Damn, can you imagine driving east into downtown from IH 30 and seeing that roof fall. It appears there was a small miscalculation in their plans. STAY HARD REUNION!!!
I don't know the origination but I think the title is more of a reference to Tweety Bird, "The poody tat fall down and go boom". :)
gunnertec says: "knottygirl" - I submit to you that the title is a brilliantly obscure reference to the wildly entertaining "UHF" (1989) starring one "Weird Al" Yankovic. Damn...that was awesome, Robert. ****** So I'm slightly less impressed, but only because I haven't seen UHF. Thanks for the heads-up, gunnertec.
Wasn't the plan to reuse the steel girders somehow by not twisting them all up in a mess? Like how the heck THAT was ever possible if they were not going to unbolt every one of them. Another fail for Dallas.
Aren't Dallas taxpayers still paying on Reunion's bonds? Seems I recall during the vote for approval the ACC debt, the City repeatedly stated there will still be plenty of business for Reunion. How did that turn out? Can't wait for the Trinity.
"knottygirl" - I submit to you that the title is a brilliantly obscure reference to the wildly entertaining "UHF" (1989) starring one "Weird Al" Yankovic. Damn...that was awesome, Robert.
Wow, thanks for posting Robert. Didn't mean to bump NBC 5, but hey, I'll take it.
HB did a great video. put it to music.
Here's the video I shot Robert, in case you're interested. I was about 100 feet to the right of the NBC camera. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9lvvVLDqaY
Is that title a reference to Truffaut's "Argent de Poche," with the little kid who says, "Gregory go boom"? Because if it is, consider me wildly impressed.
3 days passes pretty quickly on the internets.