March 26, 2000 Hard to believe that this was 20 years ago. I have so many memories in this place, including playing for the state championship game in football there in 1987. This still makes me sad. 😞

I remember watching this as a kid! I grew up on CDI documentaries, the stuff they have managed to pull off is absolutely insane. Documentaries like this don't come around often anymore but they are worth the hunt!

I am sad that she is gone, my high school band and every other high school band in the area played for the opening of the Dome under the direction of Danny Kaye. It was pretty special. Sad to see but the ball park and football field are nice additions to the area. You did good!

I have to admit, I miss the Kingdome. I wish it were still standing and in use.

C.D.I. you are simply the best , better than all the rest , better then any one.

Thanks for sharing this education video about construction engineering people who demo stadiums as a hubby. Lots of engineering experts and educated professionals working in construction industry. My respect for them as they work.

I have the 300 level sign. We snuck in that night and scavenged the rubble. We got caught by security but i paid them $40 and they lets us go with our pieces. I also have a chunk of concrete from the peak of the dome.

No one can dispute the Engineering that went into this implosion was less than miraculous. CDI rocks !

Great documentary!

The distortion in this makes me feel old, I vividly remember that stadium as a kid and getting to run the bases with my little league team. Time flies!

They had no business taking that stadium down. It wasn’t paid off until 2015.

Strong enough to last 1000 years. And it lasted what...25?

They did an incredible job. I still miss that arena though. Many very awesome memories are all that for me remains.

At 20:45 The company that imploded the Kingdome almost failed, but realized just in time how well it had been constructed (badly maintained) and revised their plan and quantity of explosives.

I've had great memories being in the Dome. And some pretty bad ones. Some pretty good Sonics memories even if the atmosphere was nothing like the old Coliseum or the later Key Arena. The '95 Mariners. The NCAA Tournament. I never got to see the 'Hawks in person in the Dome, though; oh, well...there were the monster truck events and the Supercross races, not to mention the car, home and boat shows. Yet there was Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones...worst acoustics I've EVER experienced attending any concert. And quite honestly it was one FUGLY building that simply DID NOT age well, indicative of how King County and a hesitant tax base was so set on putting up a facility on the cheap. Made to function, and not much else. To me even as a teen kid when it was completed, it absolutely looked chintzy and characterless from Day One (and yes, I went to the grand opening event). The day the building went down? I had some misgivings but it was an AWESOME experience to watch it go down. And I left me wishing that we could do it again, right then and there.

Kingdome would have been a great indoor amusement park …

I helped place the concrete on the roof... The foreman was from Sequim where I was living at the time.

So the Mapes in my hometown of Reno came down on January 30, 2000 and the Kingdom came down just a couple months later.

I remember watching the implosion on ESPN as a kid. Definitely didn't understand how much work went into it.

The Kingdome gave me great memories of Seattle teams coming of age. It was ugly but saved the M's and Super Bowl Champion Hawks.

I remember going to a Promise Keeper's event there where it was a record crowd of 55k in the 90s. Place was packed and the field was just full of people. The engineers were worried about the crowd noise and stomping may damage pillars. Good times!

Im 11 years old the kingdome was aready gone when i was born

1000 years yet lasted about 24 years.

It kinda makes agitated that they destroyed the Seattle Kingdome.

Ian Mcshane narrating was a surprise to me - but it was his voice for sure- Lovejoy.

My dad went to the kingdome and saw jerry garcia play, and the show was so loud it cracked some of the concrete according to him.

I was there for the opening ceremony. I was there for Seahawks n Mariners. I was there for concerts

The reason they said yes to tearing it down is because that roof was unsafe and the owners knew it was since the beginning it was created it was always going down it was a matter of when and which idiot would pay for a new stadium. My father ran one of the outfits during this project start to finish.

imagine the Astrodome having that problem as well. it would be similar i bet.

What is this name off this billding

How many people kept kingdome dust and bits as keepsakes like people kept mount st. Helens ash???

Ian McShane on the narration.

If the Kingdome were built like the Ceasar's Superdome in New Orleans, it would still exist. 😔

amazing demo. shame they had to do it though, it looks way better than what replaced it

Watch out for November 3rd

The guy from CDI said the Mapes hotel was not safe. Of course he’s going to say that! He needs to say that, job security. Could have had a 3rd party architecture firm come in and give their opinion

Brought in the same construction company that did work on the twin towns demolition...

Wow, that’s stupid. It’s the worst arena ever built. It was a failure and a waste of money.

CDI didn’t become the best in the business by not learning from their mistakes.

Lol the kingdome was a POS. That city council member must of never been inside 😂

Money don't buy you nothin. Allen might have been a big shot but he got what he wanted and a whole lot more. Didn't save his ass in the long run.