March 26, 2000 Hard to believe that this was 20 years ago. I have so many memories in this place, including playing for the state championship game in football there in 1987. This still makes me sad. 😞
I remember watching this as a kid! I grew up on CDI documentaries, the stuff they have managed to pull off is absolutely insane. Documentaries like this don't come around often anymore but they are worth the hunt!
CDI's pretty much the chief authority when it comes to implosions. When other implosion companies say it can't be done, they'll ask when you need it done by.
I am sad that she is gone, my high school band and every other high school band in the area played for the opening of the Dome under the direction of Danny Kaye. It was pretty special. Sad to see but the ball park and football field are nice additions to the area. You did good!
Thanks for sharing this education video about construction engineering people who demo stadiums as a hubby. Lots of engineering experts and educated professionals working in construction industry. My respect for them as they work.
The distortion in this makes me feel old, I vividly remember that stadium as a kid and getting to run the bases with my little league team. Time flies!
I've had great memories being in the Dome. And some pretty bad ones. Some pretty good Sonics memories even if the atmosphere was nothing like the old Coliseum or the later Key Arena. The '95 Mariners. The NCAA Tournament. I never got to see the 'Hawks in person in the Dome, though; oh, well...there were the monster truck events and the Supercross races, not to mention the car, home and boat shows. Yet there was Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones...worst acoustics I've EVER experienced attending any concert. And quite honestly it was one FUGLY building that simply DID NOT age well, indicative of how King County and a hesitant tax base was so set on putting up a facility on the cheap. Made to function, and not much else. To me even as a teen kid when it was completed, it absolutely looked chintzy and characterless from Day One (and yes, I went to the grand opening event). The day the building went down? I had some misgivings but it was an AWESOME experience to watch it go down. And I left me wishing that we could do it again, right then and there.
Oh come now. Yoy know that no matter what, people always want new, new new, and to hell with the old no matter how well made it still is, and sports stadiums lead the pack in that insanity
I have the 300 level sign. We snuck in that night and scavenged the rubble. We got caught by security but i paid them $40 and they lets us go with our pieces. I also have a chunk of concrete from the peak of the dome.
At 20:45 The company that imploded the Kingdome almost failed, but realized just in time how well it had been constructed (badly maintained) and revised their plan and quantity of explosives.
It was literally falling apart. The costs to make a decent venue again would have cost the same as their new stadium with the drawbacks of still having an outdated stadium that wouldn't have last as long as their current stadium. Blame their original plan, they built it on the cheap.
The reason they said yes to tearing it down is because that roof was unsafe and the owners knew it was since the beginning it was created it was always going down it was a matter of when and which idiot would pay for a new stadium. My father ran one of the outfits during this project start to finish.
I remember going to a Promise Keeper's event there where it was a record crowd of 55k in the 90s. Place was packed and the field was just full of people. The engineers were worried about the crowd noise and stomping may damage pillars. Good times!
You must be referring to the WTC Twin Towers In NYC. If someone attempted make these charges they would weigh thousands of pounds each. Forklifts would be needed to get them in the buildings. The biggest available charges at that time were able to cut through a maximum of 3 inches thick. The columns at the base of the Twin Towers were 14 inches on a side. If charges big enough could be made it would hypothetically take 2 months and 75 people to remove the fireproofing off the columns, then place and wire the charges. IT JUST CAN'T BE DONE.
The guy from CDI said the Mapes hotel was not safe. Of course he’s going to say that! He needs to say that, job security. Could have had a 3rd party architecture firm come in and give their opinion
March 26, 2000
Hard to believe that this was 20 years ago. I have so many memories in this place, including playing for the state championship game in football there in 1987. This still makes me sad. 😞
I remember watching this as a kid! I grew up on CDI documentaries, the stuff they have managed to pull off is absolutely insane. Documentaries like this don't come around often anymore but they are worth the hunt!
CDI's pretty much the chief authority when it comes to implosions. When other implosion companies say it can't be done, they'll ask when you need it done by.
@@LOLMAN9538 For sure, and if for whatever reason they say "It can't be done" you take them at their word.
@@MakeItWithCalvin If they say that, I will happily do so
I am sad that she is gone, my high school band and every other high school band in the area played for the opening of the Dome under the direction of Danny Kaye. It was pretty special. Sad to see but the ball park and football field are nice additions to the area. You did good!
C.D.I. you are simply the best , better than all the rest , better then any one.
Thanks for sharing this education video about construction engineering people who demo stadiums as a hubby. Lots of engineering experts and educated professionals working in construction industry. My respect for them as they work.
I have to admit, I miss the Kingdome. I wish it were still standing and in use.
IM MAD THAT THEY DESTROYED IT😡😡
@@cbradley3058 bro its okey
I just like seeing stuff get blown up
I honestly wont miss the dim colors, or the urine smell. That stadium died after doing it's duty. Now we have two stadiums instead of one!
Me2one of My All-time Favorite Domes of all time 😢😢😢
The distortion in this makes me feel old, I vividly remember that stadium as a kid and getting to run the bases with my little league team. Time flies!
They did an incredible job. I still miss that arena though. Many very awesome memories are all that for me remains.
No one can dispute the Engineering that went into this implosion was less than miraculous. CDI rocks !
Kingdome would have been a great indoor amusement park …
I've had great memories being in the Dome. And some pretty bad ones. Some pretty good Sonics memories even if the atmosphere was nothing like the old Coliseum or the later Key Arena. The '95 Mariners. The NCAA Tournament. I never got to see the 'Hawks in person in the Dome, though; oh, well...there were the monster truck events and the Supercross races, not to mention the car, home and boat shows.
Yet there was Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones...worst acoustics I've EVER experienced attending any concert. And quite honestly it was one FUGLY building that simply DID NOT age well, indicative of how King County and a hesitant tax base was so set on putting up a facility on the cheap. Made to function, and not much else. To me even as a teen kid when it was completed, it absolutely looked chintzy and characterless from Day One (and yes, I went to the grand opening event).
The day the building went down? I had some misgivings but it was an AWESOME experience to watch it go down. And I left me wishing that we could do it again, right then and there.
Strong enough to last 1000 years. And it lasted what...25?
It almost lasted as long as his other buildings, wtc tower 1 and 2
Oh come now. Yoy know that no matter what, people always want new, new new, and to hell with the old no matter how well made it still is, and sports stadiums lead the pack in that insanity
@@robbo580 And the Georgia Dome.
i was in west seattle that sunday morning we could here it while we watched it on TV
Great documentary!
I have the 300 level sign. We snuck in that night and scavenged the rubble. We got caught by security but i paid them $40 and they lets us go with our pieces. I also have a chunk of concrete from the peak of the dome.
Really? Do you have pics of your mementos?
Lol cool. They should let people have stuff like that. I bet if they auctioned off the seats they could make some good money
What do you want for that 300 level sign?
You mean "a" 300 Level sign... there were 100's...
I remember watching the implosion on ESPN as a kid. Definitely didn't understand how much work went into it.
The Kingdome gave me great memories of Seattle teams coming of age. It was ugly but saved the M's and Super Bowl Champion Hawks.
Im 11 years old the kingdome was aready gone when i was born
1000 years yet lasted about 24 years.
@Montana Roots I'm from Seattle.
@Jew Hunter Yes, they could of made it retractable like Toronto that would of been interesting.
@@RA-VEN8 I'm also from seattle
So the Mapes in my hometown of Reno came down on January 30, 2000 and the Kingdom came down just a couple months later.
It kinda makes agitated that they destroyed the Seattle Kingdome.
At 20:45 The company that imploded the Kingdome almost failed, but realized just in time how well it had been constructed (badly maintained) and revised their plan and quantity of explosives.
Ian Mcshane narrating was a surprise to me - but it was his voice for sure- Lovejoy.
I helped place the concrete on the roof... The foreman was from Sequim where I was living at the time.
All that work was
dropped in a few
seconds.
Yeah and I placed cooper wire around the whole dome "grounded it" from lightning
They had no business taking that stadium down. It wasn’t paid off until 2015.
It was literally falling apart. The costs to make a decent venue again would have cost the same as their new stadium with the drawbacks of still having an outdated stadium that wouldn't have last as long as their current stadium. Blame their original plan, they built it on the cheap.
imagine the Astrodome having that problem as well. it would be similar i bet.
My dad went to the kingdome and saw jerry garcia play, and the show was so loud it cracked some of the concrete according to him.
How many people kept kingdome dust and bits as keepsakes like people kept mount st. Helens ash???
The reason they said yes to tearing it down is because that roof was unsafe and the owners knew it was since the beginning it was created it was always going down it was a matter of when and which idiot would pay for a new stadium. My father ran one of the outfits during this project start to finish.
I remember going to a Promise Keeper's event there where it was a record crowd of 55k in the 90s. Place was packed and the field was just full of people. The engineers were worried about the crowd noise and stomping may damage pillars. Good times!
What is this name off this billding
I was there for the opening ceremony. I was there for Seahawks n Mariners. I was there for concerts
Wow, that’s stupid. It’s the worst arena ever built. It was a failure and a waste of money.
Ian McShane on the narration.
amazing demo. shame they had to do it though, it looks way better than what replaced it
Poor Kingdome
If the Kingdome were built like the Ceasar's Superdome in New Orleans, it would still exist. 😔
They should have just flipped it over and made Northern Sea World :-)
Watch out for November 3rd
Lol the kingdome was a POS. That city council member must of never been inside 😂
Brought in the same construction company that did work on the twin towns demolition...
You must be referring to the WTC Twin Towers In NYC. If someone attempted make these charges they would weigh thousands of pounds each. Forklifts would be needed to get them in the buildings. The biggest available charges at that time were able to cut through a maximum of 3 inches thick. The columns at the base of the Twin Towers were 14 inches on a side. If charges big enough could be made it would hypothetically take 2 months and 75 people to remove the fireproofing off the columns, then place and wire the charges. IT JUST CAN'T BE DONE.
CDI didn’t become the best in the business by not learning from their mistakes.
The guy from CDI said the Mapes hotel was not safe. Of course he’s going to say that! He needs to say that, job security. Could have had a 3rd party architecture firm come in and give their opinion
Money don't buy you nothin. Allen might have been a big shot but he got what he wanted and a whole lot more. Didn't save his ass in the long run.