Sad. Went to the stadium in 95 and saw the Pirates play the Astros. We sat in the upper deck where the tv monitors were and my cousin turned off one of the tv's with a remote control watch. One of the employees there tried to turn the tv back on, but was never able to.
I remember watching this on TV...the most pertinent thing that stood out to me was the silence after the implosion. Just silence. It really signified the end of a very memorable era for me and probably others in Pittsburgh history. Heinz and PNC park just aren't the same...Three Rivers was awesome...happy I got to see some Pirates games there. Live in New York City now...Brooklyn to be exact but I still show love to the burgh.
@@styroyou What's your point?! The demolition of these structures have nothing to do with each other, one being voluntary and the other not, a vast difference obviously.
@@2yrslfbtru As with Three Rivers Stadium, the Twin Towers (and Building7) were brought down per professional demolitions (with the air show thrown in, to fabricate an enemy).
Actually, I've heard that three-rivers was suffering from sagging foundation from being so close to the river. I've seen estimates that it would have cost significantly more to renovate as the entire infrastructure would need stripped and rebuilt, that costs a lot more because of all the man hours. You'd have several months of labor to pay before you even did the first thing to build the new venue. Hence, blow it up and building a new one was cheaper. And besides, who can argue that PNC park isn't gorgeous? We consistently place among the TOP 5 baseball venues in the nation in every major sports publication. And that view! I'll never forget my first few games at PNC and how I spent half the game just looking at the great view of dahntahn. Besides, the pirates sucked for most of the 2000s anyhow, may as well have a nice backdrop to look at for the Zambelli fireworks. 🤣
Ever since 2001, Heinz Field has become the home stadium of both the Steelers and the Pittsburgh Panthers football team. This implosion marked the end of a great era for Steelers football, and the start of a new era for the other.
Teams intentionally allow their stadiums to break down from zero maintenance, just so they could have an excuse to build a new one at taxpayers' expense. They learned that from the Twins and Vikings.
It’s trippy thinking about the 30 year history and all the memories created in that place amongst millions of people throughout the years - all ending within a matter of seconds.
I can tell you it's often more expensive to renovate an existing structure than to build a new one. You have to tear out the existing building infrastructure on an existing structure and then replace it. That's far more delicate work than just building a new building.
So, true story, my buddy and I had drove down..er, dahn to (perhaps to this exact vantage point) and parked at like 6:00am so we could be sure not to miss the implosion. We packed coffee, snacks, and a 2-hose hukkah that we were fond of at the time and in the pre-dawn boredom, decided to get baked out of minds for the implosion. This was a bad idea because we subsequently fell asleep in the car. LOL... it was probably just 1 minute before implosion, we were awoken by a kind stranger rapping loudly on our windshield. We awoke with a startle and looked at a mid-30s looking guy staring at us through the windshield as he yelled "ITS HAPPENIN', THEYRE GONNA DO IT, Y'INZ WAS SLEEPIN', WAKE UP" and we promptly rubbed our eyes, got out of our pot-reeking car and ran to the fence. The second we got to the fence overlooking the stadium, the sucker blew up real good. (although I don't remember the fireworks, but apparently from this video, there were some) So its been 20+ years and we are now in our 40s and live a cleaner lifestyle, but regardless THANK YOU kind stranger. Thank you for not allowing two stoners in a gold Pontiac Sunfire to sleep through this momentus occasion. I still remember seeing Bucko games with my parents in 3-rivers... it was a Pittsburgh Institution.
My 2 greatest memories of that stadium was the 1995 AfC Championship game when Jim Haugbaugh threw the hail mary and the other was The last Game against the Redskins with the 70's Steelers there that was awesome
My friend lived on mount washington, we stayed up all night tripping balls then went to see the stadium blow up. I was freaked out by all the police presence
Should've taken the one next to three rivers stadium too. Heinz Field looks more like a College stadium than a pro football stadium. Don't care for either new stadiums. The new arena? I like it.
Steelers/pirates: I know you're still in debt on this stadium which is a bummer but wouldn't it be great having two new fancy modern ones only 15 times the cost? Taxpayers: no way! Government: makes sense
Notice that Allegheny General Hospital is DIRECTLY in the background, whose certain many employees/doctors celebrated in every restroom of the complex, after 9 AM on 9/11/2001.
When you're a kid and look down at the field it was breath taking I miss that stadium this other was called Heinz field now it's some other bullshit name reminds me of a high school football field not impressed and not going there I watch it on TV thank you 3 rivers for the memories
Funny how we work so hard to preserve history from cultures that are long gone, yet we don't even hesitate to destroy our own history.
Are you implying that they should never have destroyed Three Rivers Stadium, or any other historic stadiums?
@@zrob8 he's just saying it's sad that we do it
Funny, Patriots fans did not feel nostalgic about Foxboro Stadium.
This also applies to our media, hence why lost media is a thing
A very sad day in pittsburgh I truly miss Three Rivers Stadium.
Need to make this a historic stadium in madden nfl
Danny Boy Leigh ikr? I’d 100% use that as My HUT Stadium if they had it
The cool thing was that some of the dust from Three Rivers Stadium fell inside of Heinz Field.
Sad. Went to the stadium in 95 and saw the Pirates play the Astros.
We sat in the upper deck where the tv monitors were and my cousin turned off one of the tv's with a remote control watch. One of the employees there tried to turn the tv back on, but was never able to.
I there at that game the same year lol.
Bro I had a remote control watch in that exact same time period. I would change stations at restaurants, stores, etc. So much fun.
I live in pittsburgh and I miss three rivers staduim
I do to sportsdude.
I miss Forbes Field.
Was it louder than Heinz field??
osamabindrinkin40s yes
Is it bigger than Heinz field?
I remember watching this on TV...the most pertinent thing that stood out to me was the silence after the implosion. Just silence. It really signified the end of a very memorable era for me and probably others in Pittsburgh history. Heinz and PNC park just aren't the same...Three Rivers was awesome...happy I got to see some Pirates games there. Live in New York City now...Brooklyn to be exact but I still show love to the burgh.
pnc park is the nicest in the majors. stop living in the past.
Three Rivers Stadium shouldn't have been demolished
Neither should have the Twin Towers...
@@styroyou What's your point?! The demolition of these structures have nothing to do with each other, one being voluntary and the other not, a vast difference obviously.
@@2yrslfbtru As with Three Rivers Stadium, the Twin Towers (and Building7) were brought down per professional demolitions (with the air show thrown in, to fabricate an enemy).
@@styroyoubro 9/11 was not professional nor planned at all 💀
It is very bittersweet for me to watch this because I went to quite a few Pirates' games there over the years with my late parents.
Hard to believe that today is the 20th anniversary of the implosion of Three Rivers Stadium. I remember it like it was yesterday.
This stadium was historic. it was better remodeling that and building another for the pirates would have more cheap
Actually, I've heard that three-rivers was suffering from sagging foundation from being so close to the river. I've seen estimates that it would have cost significantly more to renovate as the entire infrastructure would need stripped and rebuilt, that costs a lot more because of all the man hours. You'd have several months of labor to pay before you even did the first thing to build the new venue. Hence, blow it up and building a new one was cheaper. And besides, who can argue that PNC park isn't gorgeous? We consistently place among the TOP 5 baseball venues in the nation in every major sports publication. And that view! I'll never forget my first few games at PNC and how I spent half the game just looking at the great view of dahntahn. Besides, the pirates sucked for most of the 2000s anyhow, may as well have a nice backdrop to look at for the Zambelli fireworks. 🤣
Just like that, it was gone in 30 seconds...
With that, years of memories!
Ever since 2001, Heinz Field has become the home stadium of both the Steelers and the Pittsburgh Panthers football team.
This implosion marked the end of a great era for Steelers football, and the start of a new era for the other.
And ever since 2000, the Pirates have sucked
One of the best named stadiums ever.
Sad day seeing three river stadium being blown up it was the home of the greatest legends of the pirates and the steelers for 31 years
I went to a steelers game at that stadium I remember the seats and all that cool stuff and now its gone:(
My SAS still has part of his seat and the cup holder from that stadium
what is it with the 11th day of a month in 2001 and buildings exploding
My mom and her friend saw U2 there back in the 90s and they loved it
The planners for the implosion were on point. Heinz Field was only 15 yards apart. Any mishap would've been a disaster
I remember watching it being built as a kid from Mt Washington
They don"t make 'em like that anymore with 'Da #OldSchool "Cookie Cutter" Architecture & Design RIP #ThreeRiversStadium (7/16/70 - 2/11/01)
I miss cookie cutter stadiums
14 years later…
It's been 21 years. It won't be long before Heinz Field meets the same fate.
Teams intentionally allow their stadiums to break down from zero maintenance, just so they could have an excuse to build a new one at taxpayers' expense. They learned that from the Twins and Vikings.
It’s trippy thinking about the 30 year history and all the memories created in that place amongst millions of people throughout the years - all ending within a matter of seconds.
7 days before legend Dale Earnhardt Sr died
Did you know their website is still up?
I can tell you it's often more expensive to renovate an existing structure than to build a new one. You have to tear out the existing building infrastructure on an existing structure and then replace it. That's far more delicate work than just building a new building.
the only stadiums they got rid of is the ones that looked better than the new ones
So, true story, my buddy and I had drove down..er, dahn to (perhaps to this exact vantage point) and parked at like 6:00am so we could be sure not to miss the implosion. We packed coffee, snacks, and a 2-hose hukkah that we were fond of at the time and in the pre-dawn boredom, decided to get baked out of minds for the implosion. This was a bad idea because we subsequently fell asleep in the car. LOL... it was probably just 1 minute before implosion, we were awoken by a kind stranger rapping loudly on our windshield. We awoke with a startle and looked at a mid-30s looking guy staring at us through the windshield as he yelled "ITS HAPPENIN', THEYRE GONNA DO IT, Y'INZ WAS SLEEPIN', WAKE UP" and we promptly rubbed our eyes, got out of our pot-reeking car and ran to the fence. The second we got to the fence overlooking the stadium, the sucker blew up real good. (although I don't remember the fireworks, but apparently from this video, there were some) So its been 20+ years and we are now in our 40s and live a cleaner lifestyle, but regardless THANK YOU kind stranger. Thank you for not allowing two stoners in a gold Pontiac Sunfire to sleep through this momentus occasion. I still remember seeing Bucko games with my parents in 3-rivers... it was a Pittsburgh Institution.
Those Pittsburgh accents are just… beautiful! 🥺😭
What makes me laugh is hearing so many Pittsburgh accents in one spot. Damn I love this city
Demolition anniversary
Feb. 11 2018
My 2 greatest memories of that stadium was the 1995 AfC Championship game when Jim Haugbaugh threw the hail mary and the other was The last Game against the Redskins with the 70's Steelers there that was awesome
I remember that hail Mary. I watch it live with my dad, as a kid.
15 years ago today. Time flies when you're above ground.
Joe King 16 years ago
yeah, i wrote that a year ago.
My friend lived on mount washington, we stayed up all night tripping balls then went to see the stadium blow up. I was freaked out by all the police presence
A very sad day.
Shame, I would hate to see my teams stadium demolished. Long live Hillsborough
Soo many Pirates Games...The endless wave...
The Pirates played a few exhibition games at the Superdome, and briefly considered moving there.
The first football game played at replacement Heinz Field was THE 911 (9/01/01), with NO record of it on UA-cam LOL!
Three Rivers Stadium disappeared in under a minute
I loved going to three rivers
I was in 8th grade!!
Should've taken the one next to three rivers stadium too. Heinz Field looks more like a College stadium than a pro football stadium. Don't care for either new stadiums. The new arena? I like it.
yeah heinz field looks like anyone can just go in there and steal
I tied the rods for the ramps around "C' gate in 1969 . . .no wonder it came down so easily
Who new in exactly 7 months from there, a much worse demolition happened.
what happened?
+Gooba Jungle Boy 9/11?
+Nacho Garcia oh damn time flies
Mike McCormick did you need to bring 9/11 up?
i wonder how many "luv ya blue" era Houston Oilers had front row seats for this one ;-) hahalol!
21 years ago today.
If you think about it 2001 sucked in terms of LOSING PIECES OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY: We lost two pieces of architectural history, this and the WTC.
R.I.P to all the 'cookie cutter' stadiums.
@@quentin200b7 I miss cookie cutter stadiums
I was in Pittsburgh, that day .. otw to see my ‘Cuzzin’s in Indiana, PA.
It's a lot nicer with Heinz field basically in its own corner of that plot of land
"Its a go"
-The Most Pittsburgh Guy Ever
At least the Field area part didn’t get blown up
I was there and man was it cold that morning
destroyed a perfectly fine stadium and built a new one way to waste my tax dollers!
Built two new ones, PNC Park and Heinz Field.
They never even PAID for THIS ONE..then when we voted against NEW stadiums they built them anyway & called that "Plan B"
Cadet Arthur do they get it from city tax or from state tax?
Working on a documentary about this, hoping to have it released in November.
Welcome to Alshentzylvania Allegheny county, I believe
Any one here after the 19th anniversary
I was only five years old...
I wasnt born until 4 months later
Dude I like your username,I am from Pittsburgh to.
Steelers/pirates: I know you're still in debt on this stadium which is a bummer but wouldn't it be great having two new fancy modern ones only 15 times the cost?
Taxpayers: no way!
Government: makes sense
Heinz field isn’t fancy lol. It’s pretty much the worst stadium in nfl now
Wow. That Stadium stood for right at 30 years. It came down in less than 3 to 5 minutes.
I miss three rivers.
I cried
My dad took me abd my bothers this makes me sad
The rivers stadium 1970 2001
Why do people cheer when 30 years of history is destroyed? 😐
why destroy?
Useless and a lot of money for maintaining this.
It was a dual football/baseball stadium and those are just crappy and impractical.
Was it louder and bigger than Heinz field??
because they wanted to build packing for the stadium next door (Heinz Field)
@@journeytothestars7 Like spending 25,000 on a new car cause you have to pay 700 bucks to fix the car you have. Makes perfect financial sense!
Why didn't they also destroy its three rivers?
I was in kindergarten when this happened lol, you could here it from my school.
Except this date it was a Sunday 😂😂😂
@@Rjamojam54321 Thank you. Was getting ready to look that up. I thought it was on a Sunday.
A lot of winning happened in that stadium.
Why’d they destroy it? Looked fine
they destroyed it to build parking for heinz field
And that's how taxpayers money get literally blown away
This was an atrocity. Nothing wrong with this stadium. Thousands of insects & rats killed needlessly.
They should have put politicians in there.
if they had waited 8 more months they could of learned a lot of Mohammed Atta
They were preparing for 9/11
Notice that Allegheny General Hospital is DIRECTLY in the background, whose certain many employees/doctors celebrated in every restroom of the complex, after 9 AM on 9/11/2001.
Sad day
Has no one built this in Minecraft?!
As far as I know, no. Maybe some 3dmodels but not in minecraft.
Heinz Field is terrible in my opinion. I wanted a new stadium but not a crappy one like Heinz. Holds no sound at all! Miss Three Rivers Stadium
When you're a kid and look down at the field it was breath taking I miss that stadium this other was called Heinz field now it's some other bullshit name reminds me of a high school football field not impressed and not going there I watch it on TV thank you 3 rivers for the memories
0:39 TIMBER
I was 93 when this happened
+Itz Tetrisx are you 107 now?
Itz Tetrisx You know I just flagged your comment right?
Itz Tetrisx IDK IDC
Edit: I also reported you for bullying.
Itz Tetrisx Also don't say anything for my mom again!!!
Etwat I flagged all of your comments
Pink Floyd and others made some legacy here..
Captain Obvious provides commentary.
And they moved into an even uglier stadium 😂😂😂 Go Ravens
I know why everyone was cheering being from Pittsburgh this stadium sucked ass. The Steelers and Pirates only made it recognizable
I never liked any of those circular cookie-cutter stadiums. I love the new old-style ballparks.
Like the twin towers
Reminds me of the twin towers