buster04 Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Imploded on Saturday.For those of you who were never lucky enough to go to the Coliseum, the parking garage was ontop of the arena. It was truely a weird place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timparry Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Don't forget the last team to even play there, the very, very obscure New Haven Ninjas of af2I haven't driven by I-95 yet to see what the skyline looks like, but that monstrosity dominated it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutyfree Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 That's brutal architecture. And not in an awe-inspiring way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Well no wonder it was imploded thats an eye sore www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timparry Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Well no wonder it was imploded thats an eye soreDutyfree, excellent brutal referenceNJTank, growing up with that as the local arena, I thought that's what all arenas looked like. Keep in mind, the Hartford Civic Center was connected to The Mall at the time, the Garden you really only saw entrance photos and video of, and the Nassau Colisuem, they never showed the outside on television. Most of what you see in that photo is the parking garage. You didn't need to pop pills before a show - driving up the ramp got you loopy enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis10 Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 You can see video of the implosion on Fox 61's website.And don't forget: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timparry Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 You can see video of the implosion on Fox 61's website.And don't forget:I wish I got my lazy azz out of bed to watch it yesterday. Not every day we got to see a piece of minor league history crumble.Then again, the video is everywhere!For those non-locals, the Coliseum wasn't replaced by another venue. Technically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster04 Posted January 21, 2007 Author Share Posted January 21, 2007 I remember going to that place as a kid.The weird part is those darn winding tunnels are still up.Here is the inside:http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/.../01coliseum.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmaster C Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Maybe they had the plans upside down when they built it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whalersjets Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Theres something I like about it. It's ugly, but it isnt. The parking garage was a good idea, not executed well enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andysoccer12 Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Theres something I like about it. It's ugly, but it isnt. The parking garage was a good idea, not executed well enough.Agreed. There is something unique about it, but it just wasnt executed well...BTW, now that I saw the inside of the stadium, that looked pretty nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitllam Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Well, the building was never actually completed according to the original plans. There was supposed to be a convention center as well as street-level retail shops that were never built that would have integrated it much further into the neighborhood. I do agree, though, that putting the parking garage on top was an odd move, but a stragegic structural one since the loads per square foot on a parking garage is actually less than that of a normal building floor or roof (~20 lb/sq ft vs ~40 lb/sq ft). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timparry Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Well, the building was never actually completed according to the original plans. There was supposed to be a convention center as well as street-level retail shops that were never built that would have integrated it much further into the neighborhood. I do agree, though, that putting the parking garage on top was an odd move, but a stragegic structural one since the loads per square foot on a parking garage is actually less than that of a normal building floor or roof (~20 lb/sq ft vs ~40 lb/sq ft).Never knew it was incomplete till I read your post and saw the Wiki. But that explains the tiny parking lot across Orange Street from the arena. Definitely enough space for a small convention center and some storefronts.I covered the New Haven Ninjas for out of town newspapers (freelance work) and for ArenaFan in that magical year of 2002, and made the mistake of going from the garage to the arena via that huge-azz escalator. Scary stuff, no idea if anyone ever fell from it. The worst was you'd still have to go down 2 flights of stairs to reach the press entrance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leedsunited Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 WEIRD! I like it, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleclock Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Now where will the UFOs know where to land? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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