Amway Arena implosion (video)

Last week we spoke of a big implosion happening over the weekend in Orlando, Florida. The building was the Amway Arena, otherwise known as the 18,000 seat Orlando Arena and TD Waterhouse Centre.

The implosion went ahead and can be seen in the video above. It looks like the job went without a hitch and the four pillars were left standing as expected.

Stadium blowdown happening March 25th in Orlando

This coming Sunday there's set to be a large implosion taking place in Orlando, Florida. The building is the Amway Arena, also known as the Orlando Arena and TD Waterhouse Centre.

It has been closed since September, 2010, and demolition started in December last year. However, the outer structure is being taken down with explosives after everything that could be recycled from the interior has been removed.

The O-Rena is no small structure, and regularly seated 15-18,000 people for sporting events including basketball, football, ice hockey, and concerts. Now it will be removed to make way for a new "urban development."

The level of dust the implosion will create is high, but things are helped by the fact the arena is surrounded by large car parks. Even so, nearby residence are being asked to keep all windows closed for a couple of hours from 7am this Sunday. Unusually, the blowdown will take down the structure, but leaves the four corner pillars standing. The reason for this is unclear.

For most of us the blowdown will mean one thing: lots of implosion footage to watch early next week. If it gets uploaded to the Internet, we'll be sure to feature it on the site.

Source: Bright House Sports Network