The Palace of Auburn Hills Roof Structure - Controlled Demolition, Inc.
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI) of Phoenix, Maryland, USA (acting as Explosives Subcontractor to Main Demolition Contractor, Homrich Wrecking, Inc. of Carleton, Michigan) performs the preparation for and successful explosives felling of the two-way clear span truss roof system of the Palace Arena in Auburn Hills, Michigan at 8:00 AM on Saturday, July 11, 2020.
Thirty years ago, this was one of the most modern arenas in the world. With its 180 luxury suites on the lower levels. Now it is a pile of rubble.
The Boston Red Sox play in a 110 year old stadium. I am old enough to have grown up in the era when all stadiums were old. Now if it is thirty years old it is a pile of rubble.
The Bradley Center in Milwaukee was the same way. I remember when both got introduced in the 80's. Hell, the Milwaukee Arena is still being used to this very day. The Bradley Center was imploded too.
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Actually, only the roof of the Bradley Center was imploded. The rest was torn down piece by piece as the the Bradley Center was too close to Fiserv Forum to implode. Live in the Milwaukee area and went to the Bradley Center for Bucks games. It was a concrete canyon and quite ugly, and had no abliity to modern upgrades (it was a give from the Pettit family) in the late 80s. But I'll tell you this. If you get a chance to visit Milwaukee, sometime after we get through this damn COVID pandemic. You'll be surprised how beautiful Fiserv Forum really is.
The arena sat on prime real estate. Once the Pistons decided to share with the Red Wings, it became a prime real estate target.
So sad all the original sports facilities in detroit are now gone with the demo of the palace lots of memories going to them over the years.
Saw my first RUSH concert there in 1990
I love the engineering behind this type of demolition. A cut or two here and there. A shaped charge here and there. A choreographed series of explosions and gravity takes over. Love it.
All the old time arenas and stadiums are disappearing.....though The Palace was relatively newer. Like they said in The Simpsons: 'This state of the art stadium was completed last month and is scheduled to be demolished next month....oh America's priorities are a joke!' RIP LA Memorial Sports Arena.
I went to so many concerts and games at the Palace. In seconds it is gone. Like J. L. Hudson’s in Detroit that you imploded. We grew up shopping there and Christmas was amazing as a Child.
Last in College I worked for the construction company building North Park Plaza a rusty looking building. If memory serves me that building had post tension cables in the concrete floor.
Your videos show the engineering effort to destruct and implode a structure. You have a super smart team and your videos are amazing. My background is construction engineering. Steel and concrete have a life cycle. The structure may look beautiful except saving it beyond its lifespan is difficult.
Thank you
I think this might be the first building that has been imploded that I remember being in. Thanks for posting
Perfect example of shot placement and timing!
I remember seeing a program on CDI many many years ago and was thoroughly amazed with their meticulous work. CDI, your videos are always enjoyable! Thank you!
Was that the "Dynamite Dynasty"? About the implosion of the Travelers Insurance building in Boston in 1988? I loved it too!
OMG, I no longer live in the area, I went to many a concert there ... and now it goes out in a blaze of glory! Great job as always, CDI, I love watching your epic stuff. You're the pros!
Wow great quality roofing membrane on that job! Rooftop contractor: “Our roofs can stand up to anything!!” 😲
thank god they finally activated the comment section.
well done, looks spectacular as always. 👌👍
Agree 100% Another Swiss.
Yes, I've always wondered why they disabled it.
@@No_Mikey_No People have this temptation to claim this company was responsible for a certain event, and I don't blame them for disabling all the previous videos. In case they don't disable here, I've loved watching this channel for years.
@@james_fisch - that's right. Conspiracy theory nutters. CDI is a PROFESSIONAL company with no time for that bullsh!t.
I don't blame them for disabling comments. In other videos the comment sections were unusable because if all the trolls. They probably couldn't take the garbage comments down as fast as they were being posted. Hopefully people will be civilized now.
This was a great video, lots of different angles. It would be great to see more of the behind the scenes setup though.
RIP Palace at Auburn Hills (1988-2020)
Didn't last very long,why did they demo it?
@Joel Miller Should of moved the other teams, forget Detroit
I never get tired of watching stuff like this.
Remember Malice at the Palace?
I really like the "after the dust settles" pictures!
Man that was super smooth. Obviously you guys have it down . Looked like a very controlled, very well placed charges, an impeccable timing. Just a thing of beauty.
Thanks for the posts! These videos are so satisfying!
There is something very satisfying about seeing a job done well...
I worked at the Palace Of Auburn Hills (1992-94) for the conversions department who assembled the basketball court, the first ice rink, stage for concerts, and the floor seating.
Your videos always amaze me at how well you do your job. Thank you.
Blew up a dozen times just like in the movies!
Good work CDI. Props to your team for taking down this structure safely.
This is how the big boys do it. No amateurs needed in this business.
I made a lot of deliveries to the companies doing the demolition, every day you could see the progress. The Palace is gone and so is Joe Louis Arena saw a lot of great concerts at them.
Absolute rockstars, that performance brought the house down! 😎😂
Rush played a great show here back in 1994 during their Counterparts tour.
I use to race Hobie Cats as a kid and remember seeing films at Flying Point Park Harford Co MD from CDI. Folks from CDI use to race and my dad (Stan) use to comittee boat or chase boat for the 2 fleets.
Never understood why the Palace was abandoned. Bill Davidson, the original owner, had spent nearly 10 million dollars to update the facility before he died. I was in the building for a concert in 2019. It looked almost brand new. The demolition of the Palace left Oakland County without a year-round venue. Just stupid, in my opinion.
After watching this video I googled The Palace of Auburn Hills. It says "permanently closed". Well that's one way to put it
Love the timing of the c4. Awesome job y'all
perfect result and video, thanks !!!!!!!
All those good memories all up in smoke.
Three nba championship.. I see the all memories.. the badboys..
And boom goes the dynamite
Its good to know the life span of a building like this 30 years. No wonder Detroit is temporary.
Looking forward too the LCA demolition video in about 30 years.
LCA's not going anywhere in 30 years.
meanwhile in Houston, tha Astrodome still stands and lives another day
Detroit has to sell out so hard because it cant get nothing right
The astrodome is still there only because of national and state historical reasons. It hasn't been used for more than 10 years.
Thanks for posting these videos !!!! always enjoy them !!!!
Years of good memories at the Palace. You will be missed.
Well done!👏👏👏
Some great bands played there over the years! I saw Kiss there on their first Farewell Tour (which turned out to really be "Farewell to Peter Criss and Ace Frehley", but that's OK). What a great place!
Thanks for posting this!
Great job as always, CDI, I love watching your epic stuff. You're the pros ,Still making Jack proud/ CDI is like art in motion
I remember our stadium got demolished like this.
All the explosives went off and then the structure just stood there lol.
I was waiting for him to say “ thunder birds are go !!”
2:18 Bird surveys the wreckage: "They blew it up, I guess it's OK for me to come along and crap on it."
Shock tube and det cord is cool 💥😊
The blue barrels survived. They always survive. :-)
True, completely indestructible
They destroyed that place? My grandparents lived up the road in Oxford and I would always drive by it coming from the airport, never thought it would be demolished...
Having the watermark CONTROLLED DEMOLITION directly over the action make is so much more exciting.
I didn't noticed the watermark until I read your comment, now all I can see is the deam watermark!
I love the timing of the blasts instead of 1 blast done. Just seems more realistic to me
MALICE IN THE PALACE!!! I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU, RON R TESTIFY
Well demolished CDI💥 👌
If you are reading this comment, why don't your multimedia & video documentation team use a drone or a couple of them to view the demolition from above? Hope this suggestion is technically possible.
Good luck 🤞
I believe that I have seen drone shots in some videos, but some places drones aren't allowed to due to city or owner rules, or because it's near an airport etc, or it would just take getting permits that aren't worth it.
They built that place when I was in high school. The following winter, I took a girl on a date to the Longhorn Rodeo in Feb. 1989. Now they demolish what was practically a new building. What a damn waste!
I always have questions about these CDI videos. What was the line of splash across the water at the bottom when the blast sequence started ? Det cord going to subsequent charges or maybe cutting tension elements at the bottom of the structure ? Glad to see comments turned on.
Det cord.
These types of jobs will use non electric Det systems, so all the delays are pyrotechnic in nature, using timed Det cord, delay lines, etc.
It looked like they had a plank across the water with the det cord on it.
The initial set of explosions are the timing devices taking the signal from the det cord and after a millisecond delay firing the delay lines.
The delay lines run to the detonators, which then have an internal delay fuse, before the charge goes off.
So you hear the zipper of the of all the det cords and delay line initiators and delays going off, and then a pause while the delay fuses burn, and then you hear a second zipper of the charges going off.
It's done this way so that all the detonators are activated before any charges go off, otherwise flying debris is likely to cut the delay lines and you don't get a full shot, which is very dangerous, having unexploded charges.
Thanks ! Makes perfect sense, live explosives in a debris pile could cause serious injuries to the men and machines clearing it out.
they're basically a line of fuse but more explosive and instant.They just lay it down across the water that's why you saw that splash
Wow...!
Excellent job..!
Next one use a drone also... Good shots can be obtained..!
Outstanding job, as usual. 👍
I can't believe they demoed this. I thought it was still very nice inside.
Folded just like a blanket. Smooth.
Saw it a couple of weeks ago before this,was really suprising to see it. Never got to go in it when it was still standing
Good morning to all from SE Louisiana 11 Dec 21.
If it's built to last, it's built to blast.
Good demo... though I wonder why they didn't drop the center before the pillars so the infalling weight would pull the perimeter inward.
I love the token water spray to reduce dust... lolz
Makes me sad. Saw so many concerts there. The one time I got to see Dime Bag and Pantera.... He (and Vinnny) just died a lil again for me.
Ok, the sign out front says they're doing it the wrong way? So....?
What's ironic is that the Palace, former home of the Detroit Pistons, was demolished just a few years after the nearby Pontiac Silverdome, the previous home of the Detroit Pistons & Lions, was demolished.
humans... at least your hubris is photogenic.
Wait! I left my cell phone under...*BOOM*!!!
I remember watching the old bad boy teams play in there. Sad to see it reduced to rubble.
Absolutely LOVE your work.. also, I saw so many good shows in that venue.... and some sports.
I love ur vids. Keep it up!!!!
Great job 😊😊 #.1😊
I completely forgot about this 😢
Why are there always two rounds of explosions? The first round appears to do nothing. This is never explained.
Perfect.
I traveled from Japan to Detroit to see Genesis’ ‘Turn It On Again’ tour, maybe 15 or more years ago. I think this is the place?
That
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Free Documentary introduce me to CDI and Im addicted to CDI ever since. Big fan from Malaysia
Would have been better without the watermark!!!!!
Amazing how quick we are to destroy structures here in the US.
Thx
I never get tired of watching your work. Just curious, about how many hours did it take to set up the shot?
The camera setup 🎥 was more expensive than the explosives 🧨
Wonderful!
Dam shame seen so many bands in that building from. Kiss the greatful dead to aerosmith countless piston games the old girl will be missed
Came down perfectly good job fellas.
Saw Eric Clapton there in the 80's
Really nice work!
imagine a drone shot flying below it as it's crashing down. also kinda was hoping them to explode all pillars at once. nevertheless cool footage.
What a shame.. I grew up in Pontiac, I watched the one of the first major shows of Big Foot and hundreds of Pistons and Lions games only to have it go away to be replaced by the Palace ware I bought season tickets to the Vipers. Now it's all gone. The Lions (I think they where the worst in the NFL at the time) got there own stadium. The vipers quit playing... I moved away in 2005, everything has changed since I left. Urban sprawl has taken over every last bit of farm land I knew of. Besides seeing friends or family, I have no desire to ever return.
0:40 TIIIMMBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRR!!!
Some reason never a camera view on top of the structure falling to the ground… 👎
There’s little left but the Costa totter
Quick! Someone make a good Ron Artest joke before they shut the comments back down!
Somebody throw a half filled cup of beer at Ron Artest. He would have demolished the place faster. LOL 😂
You guys say "Five?"
It's very easily confused with "Fire" over a crappy radio, which you indeed have.
What are they going to put in its place?
good thing there is a water mark so you dont loss millions!
Gravity plus dynamite = amazing!
At 2:27 you can very clearly see that everything was built from Lego bricks :D