Rosenblatt Stadium’s press box before it is dropped by explosives shortly before 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012. KENT SIEVERS/THE WORLD-HERALD
It took months of labor to build the press box at Rosenblatt Stadium, former home of the College World Series. It took but a heartbeat to bring it down Wednesday morning.
Twenty-five pounds of explosives, placed in 103 locations throughout the steel girders that made up the press box’s superstructure, were ignited at 6:56 a.m. about four minutes earlier than planned.
Rosenblatt Stadium’s press box is dropped by explosives on Aug. 22, 2012. KENT SIEVERS/THE WORLD-HERALD
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