The Texas Stadium Implosion

On Sunday, April 11, 2010, the former home of the Dallas Cowboys was imploded at 7 am and it was one of the most spectacular things that I have seen.

A group of us meet at Paul and Katie's house at midnight so we could pack the cooler, blankets, and lawn chairs for this once in a lifetime event.

Before we left to go to the stadium, we had read that there were rule against alcohol being there. I am pretty sure that the Stadium Officials just put that out as a liability because once we got there, all types of alcohol were present. Some people even brought there beer pong table so that they could pass the time and get plastered at the same time.

Of course, my friends and I are all law abiding citizens, so we hid as much beer as we could into our cars. We probably put way too much thought into this process because by the time we got there, non of the officials cared if there was drinking or not.

Since we got there at 2 am and the implosion wasn't scheduled until 7 am, we had a ton of time to kill on our hands so we just walked around aimlessly for awhile to see what other people had going on at their cars.

We saw a lot of people who had big screen TVs showing movies, Wiis, and other people grilling tons of food. I wished that they had some sort of concession stand out there because when 4 am came, I was hungry like the wolf.

A couple of hours later, it was go time. Everyone got on top of their cars to watch the fireworks show and the implosion. The fireworks show lasted about 4 minutes and a couple of people made speeched about the stadium and what it meant to them.

Then at 7:04, it was showtime. The announcer started a 20 second countdown but everyone started to participate at the 10 second mark. Within a second of everyone saying zero, everyone could hear the dynamite starting to explode and the stadium quickly becoming ruble. The whole thing lasted less than a minute and it was worth the 5 hour wait.