my mom was an usher there...i got into a lot of games, concerts, circus shows, i even met jackie joyner kersee there...it was a memorial service 4 flojo and it was so sad...we would also watch the circle light up from there 2 since she would work at the games whenever the lighting ceremony was going on 2...memories...
wow i remember going to watch this happen loudest thing i had ever heard but was sad as i had been to lots of events there as a kid and loved it now as an adult i never go to conseco and the few times i have been i did not like it.
My mom used to work in an office building next to the market, and catty-corner to msa. I remember going in to work with her on saturdays we would park in the same garage as the players, and when they had a game at night, we would see them getting out of their cars and chat for a second. I loved that arena... loudest building in the nba - one of the last true home court advantages
I think Wayne Gretzky played his first pro hockey game at Market Square when he signed with the Indianapolis Racers of the WHA in 77-78. He was just 17.
This is sad.. actually brought a tear to my eye.. one of my greatest memories was staying there all night on the ramp waiting for the doors to open for Motley Crue =)
For over 10 years, I remember walking from the Bank One Building (now the Chase Tower) past the City Market to the Bank One parking garage. On rainy or snowy days, I would walk underneath MSA. It was strange to be able to drive under the arena - something we will never be able to do again. How many wonderful memories I have of concerts and basketball games. My parents took me to see Disney on Ice many times when I was younger. I will always have a special place for MSA in my heart.
I remember watching this live that day:( I remember seeing Iron Maiden as my first concert back in '87' It's so sad to see her go but I remember those great times also. Watching many great Pacer games seeing greats like the Mailman delivering to the jumpman himself.
I saw my very first concert here.... but it wasn't Elvis ... it was Ronnie James Dio... in fact i saw all my concerts here(MSA).... except Ozzfest "99"...it was at Deer Creek ...sad to see it go !!!!!!!
It was a pretty silly design to make everyone go up to the seventh floor to get into the arena. Conseco is much better, but it took some getting used to at Conseco that you could actually just walk right into the building from street level. What a concept!
roflmfao! Was the arena really designed that way? LMFAO! Yea, that does sound crappy but that's not a reason to destroy the whole damn thing, just fix that problem
wtf! What happened to the Market Square Arena. Nooo! This was the final resting place of Mark Calaway's purple Undertaker gimmick at In Your House Buried Alive. Thanx a lot you indianapolis assholes. I wanted Taker to return their. Well hopefully he'll come to my state then
Oh yeah, when I was 12 my parents took me to see Peter Framptom live, my first concert. It took me a year or so to figure out why I kept smelling someone burning leaves.
I seen AC-DC 3 time's, Ted Nugent, Billy Squire, Triumph, Quite Riot, Robert Plant, Twisted Sister, Def Lepard, White Snake, Tesla, Ozzy twice, Styx twice, Journey, Motley Crue, Golden Earing, and Iam sure there are a few Iam forgetting. I used to live in Indianapolis, And I had a best friend that I still talk to this day. He and I would either buy tickets or crash the exit doors. We had alot of wild and exciting memories in MSA. May god rest its soul.
This is still just a vacant lot, isn't it? Its been a couple years since I was there but that's all I saw, just a gravel lot. Great use of real estate!
Yep still just a gravel parking lot.If that was all it was going to become I don't understand why the City didn't just leave it for the historical value.Elvis played his last concert there.The Pacers were somewhat decent when they played in M.S.A. Good memories at least for me. Peace!
Wow egoguitar thts a great point and could be a very good reason 4 wall street, wow great point, im w/u im a Phillies fan and miss da Vet so much, da only reason y it looked like shit, is b/c people treated like dat da last 2 years of tis existance. Just look up older pics of it from da 70s-90 it looked great. They had 2 scoreboards in the oufield and waterfalls near the fences and da replica liberty bell was hung in Center field near da fence were dat tarp area was which hung da banners.
Damn, I didnt know they already got rid of the old Hoosier Dome!! Do you know when they imploded market square, I didnt even know they had a new arena, or does the new arena have same name. Im Not from Indiana thats why im a lil clueless on this one, thanks
they havnt got rid of the RCA dome yet, but they are going to :( im only 13 but i remember when market square was imploded. it was back in 00' i think. they new STADIUM is called Lucas Oil Stadium. its really cool.
Lucas oil stadium is the new home of the colts... RCA dome will be imploded Dec. 20th 2008, Market square was home of the pacers which was imploded on july 8th 2001 and conseco fieldhouse is the new home of the pacers
I always thought it looked like Darth Vader's helmet. When they imploded this old great building, I honestly felt like going downtown Indy and placing roses on the spot.
Michael Jackson's last concert in Indy as well as Elvis. I miss that place too.
SundaeSkyes 1 week ago
The only way that The Fabulous Forum would EVER be imploded is over my dead body! Lakers Fans always will call that building "Home".
Jiltedin2007 4 months ago
"Wait, isnt the plumber still in there"
"No, he left this morning"
"But that's his truck"
AccessDenied55 4 months ago
Wayne Gretzky played here as a member of the Indianapolis Racers
NewYorkFan1994SRHS 5 months ago
@hammerboys thats the building reggie miller worked most of his magic in.
HellsLoneAngel 8 months ago
Quite possibly one of the most EPIC implosions I've seen...
EENEFAN27 1 year ago 2
My Market Square Arena memories that I was a WWF Fan (or WWE Universe) when I was a kid.
I'll miss you, Market Square Arena... :'-(
FlukeDogg08 1 year ago 5
Okay, great, now go clean that shit up.
147258GS 1 year ago 8
Elvis has left the building
gatekeeper2012 1 year ago 3
who played here?
hanmerboys 1 year ago
Wow. Reminds me of the World Trade Centers going down.
erm
CanaKahuna 1 year ago
Andre The Giant beat Hulk Hogan there to win WWF Championship, thanks to Ted DiBiase hiring a crooked referee.
Fanik8 1 year ago 3
my mom was an usher there...i got into a lot of games, concerts, circus shows, i even met jackie joyner kersee there...it was a memorial service 4 flojo and it was so sad...we would also watch the circle light up from there 2 since she would work at the games whenever the lighting ceremony was going on 2...memories...
squadgurl2006 1 year ago
Goodbye elvis
melkiemelkie 1 year ago
wow i remember going to watch this happen loudest thing i had ever heard but was sad as i had been to lots of events there as a kid and loved it now as an adult i never go to conseco and the few times i have been i did not like it.
gearhead1805 1 year ago
My mom used to work in an office building next to the market, and catty-corner to msa. I remember going in to work with her on saturdays we would park in the same garage as the players, and when they had a game at night, we would see them getting out of their cars and chat for a second. I loved that arena... loudest building in the nba - one of the last true home court advantages
curlyfry197 1 year ago
I think Wayne Gretzky played his first pro hockey game at Market Square when he signed with the Indianapolis Racers of the WHA in 77-78. He was just 17.
vidlivs 2 years ago
@vidlivs AND when he scored his first pro hockey goal there.
NessMencesal 1 year ago
@vidlivs Yes he did. :)
Feff0927 1 year ago
A memorial place for Elvis fans is gone.. A sad day for all fans I think... :( ELV1S THE KING FOREVER !!!
urfever 2 years ago
This is sad.. actually brought a tear to my eye.. one of my greatest memories was staying there all night on the ramp waiting for the doors to open for Motley Crue =)
LSDSHELL 2 years ago
For over 10 years, I remember walking from the Bank One Building (now the Chase Tower) past the City Market to the Bank One parking garage. On rainy or snowy days, I would walk underneath MSA. It was strange to be able to drive under the arena - something we will never be able to do again. How many wonderful memories I have of concerts and basketball games. My parents took me to see Disney on Ice many times when I was younger. I will always have a special place for MSA in my heart.
GoateeGuy39 2 years ago
still just a gravel area :/ i saw Rugrats Live there when i was a kid haha.
greendayfan4994 2 years ago
Yeah its a parking lot.
agentsmith28052 2 years ago
The one thing that I will always remember seeing that big Reggie Miller poster on the side of the arena before I watch the game
Xavier1215 2 years ago 2
waste
SlatanicG0D 2 years ago
what a neat perspective...
VViewer92 2 years ago
I remember watching this live that day:( I remember seeing Iron Maiden as my first concert back in '87' It's so sad to see her go but I remember those great times also. Watching many great Pacer games seeing greats like the Mailman delivering to the jumpman himself.
smsfrar 2 years ago
0:19 HOLY CRAP
DillanLM 2 years ago
sad, it should have been left up for historical reasons...
phantomempire 2 years ago
Thank you very much..Thank you..
Elvis has left the building.
cmdrflake 2 years ago
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I saw my very first concert here.... but it wasn't Elvis ... it was Ronnie James Dio... in fact i saw all my concerts here(MSA).... except Ozzfest "99"...it was at Deer Creek ...sad to see it go !!!!!!!
jrad0915 2 years ago
makes me sad but sorta i am blown away sorry for the pun
glynamus 2 years ago
Holy Shit!
SixFeetUndr101 2 years ago
It was a pretty silly design to make everyone go up to the seventh floor to get into the arena. Conseco is much better, but it took some getting used to at Conseco that you could actually just walk right into the building from street level. What a concept!
colonelmustardwithac 2 years ago
roflmfao! Was the arena really designed that way? LMFAO! Yea, that does sound crappy but that's not a reason to destroy the whole damn thing, just fix that problem
Tonetare 2 years ago
The arena itself was above Market Street, so no way to fix it without completely starting over.
colonelmustardwithac 2 years ago
I don't understand. What do you mean it was above a street?
Tonetare 2 years ago
what a waste of a camera
AllenJBlodgettJrmota 2 years ago
wtf! What happened to the Market Square Arena. Nooo! This was the final resting place of Mark Calaway's purple Undertaker gimmick at In Your House Buried Alive. Thanx a lot you indianapolis assholes. I wanted Taker to return their. Well hopefully he'll come to my state then
Tonetare 3 years ago
I met Marshall Faulk Here in the v.i.p. section he ordered 6 hot dogs, he must have been hungry! :)
AMontage 3 years ago
I'm guessing right before The Consol Energy Center (the new arena) is finished.
sonicfanatik 3 years ago
I'm going to be sad when they do this to Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh.
sonicfanatik 3 years ago
and it made way for CONSUCKO feild house!
nintendonerdgoodbad2 3 years ago 2
I saw Prince & The Revolution there on April Fools Day in 1985...
mschirmersf 3 years ago
That place seemed so dark. Its almost like the Kingdome of arenas. It lasted just about as long as the Kingdome and it was very similar.
sportsmania21 3 years ago
Oh yeah, when I was 12 my parents took me to see Peter Framptom live, my first concert. It took me a year or so to figure out why I kept smelling someone burning leaves.
topbrowser 3 years ago
I seen AC-DC 3 time's, Ted Nugent, Billy Squire, Triumph, Quite Riot, Robert Plant, Twisted Sister, Def Lepard, White Snake, Tesla, Ozzy twice, Styx twice, Journey, Motley Crue, Golden Earing, and Iam sure there are a few Iam forgetting. I used to live in Indianapolis, And I had a best friend that I still talk to this day. He and I would either buy tickets or crash the exit doors. We had alot of wild and exciting memories in MSA. May god rest its soul.
topbrowser 3 years ago
i have so many memories in msa. i miss it.
bigcountryboy1981 3 years ago
i was there for this. i miss the arena
deanybeany87 3 years ago
The last place Elvis played and YES he left the building.
caseyinvegas 3 years ago
This is still just a vacant lot, isn't it? Its been a couple years since I was there but that's all I saw, just a gravel lot. Great use of real estate!
css9450 3 years ago
yeah thats whats there. it is good parking for the city county building.
90cadillacowner 3 years ago
Yep still just a gravel parking lot.If that was all it was going to become I don't understand why the City didn't just leave it for the historical value.Elvis played his last concert there.The Pacers were somewhat decent when they played in M.S.A. Good memories at least for me. Peace!
Down989 3 years ago
Bush Knew (tm).
wait, wrong video...
0134M4D13 3 years ago
Wow egoguitar thts a great point and could be a very good reason 4 wall street, wow great point, im w/u im a Phillies fan and miss da Vet so much, da only reason y it looked like shit, is b/c people treated like dat da last 2 years of tis existance. Just look up older pics of it from da 70s-90 it looked great. They had 2 scoreboards in the oufield and waterfalls near the fences and da replica liberty bell was hung in Center field near da fence were dat tarp area was which hung da banners.
yophilly17 3 years ago
and now rca is gone :(
dslrocks10 3 years ago
Damn, I didnt know they already got rid of the old Hoosier Dome!! Do you know when they imploded market square, I didnt even know they had a new arena, or does the new arena have same name. Im Not from Indiana thats why im a lil clueless on this one, thanks
hank7216 3 years ago
they havnt got rid of the RCA dome yet, but they are going to :( im only 13 but i remember when market square was imploded. it was back in 00' i think. they new STADIUM is called Lucas Oil Stadium. its really cool.
dslrocks10 3 years ago
Lucas oil stadium is the new home of the colts... RCA dome will be imploded Dec. 20th 2008, Market square was home of the pacers which was imploded on july 8th 2001 and conseco fieldhouse is the new home of the pacers
Colts1821 3 years ago
The new place is caalled conseco feildhouse. and the rca dome got blowed up today Dec, 20, 08 around 9:30 A.M.
90cadillacowner 3 years ago
the same demo team destroyed this and the rca dome
drumfreak57 3 years ago
:'(
bigjdawg1122 3 years ago
no, its more than just that. its mainly greed that screwed up wall street.
Superchad245 3 years ago
what a weird old building
keystop 3 years ago
Yes, it is sad to see historical landmarks get destroyed like that.
It is also sad to say that it'd necessary. Did you know that concrete armed concrete buildings only have the lifespan of 1 century?
One century is a lot for us but for a building, it's very little (think of the constructions our ancestors left us).
AbsyntheElf 3 years ago
yea, and the stupid thing is the lot is still empty.
Superchad245 3 years ago
woah it is? i havent noticed it when ive been downtown where exactly is it?
greendayfan4994 3 years ago
i liked the roof on it
looked like the kingdome but much better
garycalgary 4 years ago
I always thought it looked like Darth Vader's helmet. When they imploded this old great building, I honestly felt like going downtown Indy and placing roses on the spot.
Shaddow1966 3 years ago