Referring to it as a Soviet era stadium only means it was more than 30 years old. I don’t think the politics of when it was built was a factor in how they decided to take it down.
Amazing that it was being held together by one piece of rebar.
Amazing that it was being held together by one piece of rebar.
More likely post-tension cables, like rebar on steroids.
Built in 1979. I think it was on some sort of international list as an engineering marvel of the era.