Georgia Dome imploded with nearly 5,000 pounds of explosives

fox news ^

[a fool in paradise]

Disposable taxpayer resources.

[castlegreyskull]

They are probably still paying for the recently demolished stadium.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Here in Pittsburgh we imploded Three Rivers Stadium after 30 years (and owed more money on it than we did the day that it opened).

[Don W]

Sorry to have to break this to you, but unless your washer/dryer is over 30 years old, it was designed for a 7 to 10 year lifespan.

Really. My family has been in the repair biz for 45 years. Little is designed for longevity anymore, because you don’t make money selling product that lasts.

[Rummyfan]

the falcons imploded that place years ago.

Ha ha true. But it was a perfectly acceptable facility.

[RckyRaCoCo]

Silverdome is next, by this same firm(according to wiki).

The Pontiac Silverdome...the Generalissimo Francisco Franco of abandoned stadiums.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Jesuit-bankster cronies"

I'm no fan of what the Jesuits have become, but what do they have to do with financing football stadiums?

[chrisinoc]

At least the Los Angeles area sports venues seem to last:

Memorial Coliseum (1923)
Dodger Stadium (1962)
Angel Stadium (1966)
Rose Bowl (1922)

Even the Sports Arena lasted 57 years.

[HLPhat]

Like I said - ask Governor Chickenlooper’s cronies how that gravy train runs.

[hanamizu]

Dodger Stadium is the third oldest in MLB after Wrigley and Fenway. Seems impossible to believe.

[SunkenCiv]

The NFL.

[BusterDog]

That thing collapsed faster than the Falcons did in last year’s Super Bowl.

[NativeSon]

I've always been the "Mr Fixit" in my Family and for friends & neighbors and always enjoyed it.

I ran a 'West Coast Video' store and had a side gig doing repairs - saw the shift from repairable to replaceable in real time with VCR's.

I have a higher-end oven, replaced the controller board once (issue with the triplex from the pole, blew a number of things). Few years later, baker element wouldn't heat, ID'd the issue (poor workmanship/component on the replacement board). The controller board was no longer available, anywhere.

Ended up finding a suitable relay in my "stuff that I can't get rid of because I may need it someday" pile.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Is the Silverdome still standing? The fabric roof has been gone for years. Some Canadian picked it up in a bankruptcy auction for $500K.

[IronJack]

I was only half serious. My point is, a structure built with taxpayer money should probably be expected to last longer than a spring flower.

[Hotlanta Mike]

It was just renovated a few years back as well...

[HLPhat]

Just look for the trail of BS dribbling down from the Jesuit-indoctrinated M.B.A's leading the cube-herd, Regis.

M.ore
B.s.
A.bove

[Hotlanta Mike]

Several hundred million, to be paid by Atlanta residents and visitors (hotel tax).

[HLPhat]

http://www.signatureflip.com/sf01/article.aspx/?i=3963

[Jim Noble]

What a waste of money

I presume the tax slaves are still on the hook for a lot of the original cost.