Winnipeg Arena Demolition

[toothuggish]

Funny how this building could take a round of demolition explosives an stand, Yet ''two planes'' took down the towers. STFU BUSH

[Fanik10]

i guess the Amway Arena, formely Orlando Arena is currently under demolition

[SlurpeCapital]

it didnt want the jets to go !! <3

[XxSebas22xX]

Even the building know that the Winnipeg Jets will return in a couple of years, its the reason why he didnt blow up

[ItBeTricky]

Who gave Steve Hansen an army helmet?

[jetshull]

we want mann, we want mann, we want mann.

[wweadx2]

Go Back To Toronto!

[TheUltimatePhillyFan]

they should of kept the stadium lmao there getting a team again

[chd2193]

@TheUltimatePhillyFan Which is why we have the MTS Centre...

[BOOKofTIGGER]

hey their getting hockey back.

[trollingtheweb]

DEMOLITION FAIL

[freddyjr2707]

welcome back winnipeg

[007754100]

they are back

[camo771]

betman u little fucker if FUCKIN HATE U HELL CANADA HATES U WHY THE FUCK WOULD EVER MOVE TEAMS THAT HAVE A PERFECT FRANCIE LIKE NORDS OR JETS AND NOT JUST MOVIN THEM MOVIN TO PHINOX!!!! WAT RETARD WOULD MOVE A TEAM TO THE FUCKIN DESERT!!!!! moving a perfect team is one thing but moving a team that plays on ice TO THE FUCKIN DESTERT IS ANNOTHER I HATE U BETMAN AND ALL CANADIAN DO TOO U LITTLE GRESSE BALL FUCK

[lifeofdead444]

@camo771 thank you someone agrees with me k like holy shoot canada should have more teams then america we only have 6 they have 24 canada made hockey but america didnt 

[NessMencesal]

@MasterJoBob 1) Winnipeg KNEW the team was leaving. They tried as much as they could.

2) Delusional....just like your mind

GO JETS GO

[MasterJoBob]

@NessMencesal

They knew the team was leaving so in order to try as hard as they could they stopped going to games seasons in advance?

I can see how that makes sense :)

You hillbillies are probably gonna get a team regardless so congratulations and make the best of second chances.

[NessMencesal]

@MasterJoBob It wasn't the fans fault. It was a combinaton of rising salaries in a small market (which led to the demise of Quebec and Hartford, too) and the worst lease in the history of mankind, where the team barely got any revenue from the arena's owners.

And by try as hard as they could, they tried to raise money to buy the team, but they came up short. $13 million isn't bad though. The money was donated to various MB charities.

[NessMencesal]

Winningpeg....losing a great barn. I've never been to the Peg - the only Canadian city I've been to is Ottawa - but this was a great place for hockey. Always a great atmosphere

[JetsInThePeg]

@MasterJoBob Ya know what the difference is? In Winnipeg we didn't lose 40 mil a year

[MasterJoBob]

@JetsInThePeg you don't have enough money in the 1st place to lose that

[JetsInThePeg]

@MasterJoBob Ya we also plan to make money off a team, not lose money.

[Hotshot90909]

Blame communism.

[MaximChicago]

@TheDaleDenton, wow! you must be 12, right?

[spxmet]

No, it's because the Winnipeg Jets weren't supposed to leave!

[n00dle2007]

MY NHL INCLUDES THE WINNIPEG JETS!

MY NHL DOESN'T INCLUDE GARY BETTMAN!

[tom3999]

its canada? why destroy an ice rink? lol

[MarcusSkullkiller]

I miss the old barn it was sad to see it go

[KidMoneyFresh420]

That jus goes to show hockey shouldve never left winnipeg

[l3iiSON]

0:47 no shit

[jmm1021]

@ninjaslayer99 And your comment is why the U.S. hates most other countries. Dick

[ninjaslayer99]

@jmm1021

what? cant hear you over my free health care.

[Mrshelldog]

if i become rich i will bring the jets back to winnipeg

[UncleStumpy]

@rctsos It has characteristics..good people for the most part, honest, hardworking. I personally think all the refugees are a good thing, helping the city be a bit more cultured. I think Winnipeg will blossom. i agree with you, the city does have potential, but I don't understand your 'strong demand" comment

[funkybunny9966]

Don't ever get this tool company for a job. They suck. Too cheap.

[cjf799]

I would gladly love to see my Islander organization tear down NVMC ..Thats the old barn

[poragentjim]

Stupid Canadian FAIL.....with their beady little eyes and their flapping heads....

[Thesebijan1]

this is stupid if the jets come back, Canada has 2 waste more money constructing and new arena

[ninjaslayer99]

@Thesebijan1

which is why they have the mts centre now dumbass, its NHL approved.

[Thesebijan1]

@ninjaslayer99 k 

[UncleStumpy]

@Thesebijan1 why??? winnipeg's got an arena...EVERYONE involved has said its fine, NHL, everyone



[Thesebijan1]

@UncleStumpy ok.....good...but now im gettin confused of getting yelled or shit like that but i hope jets come back.....lets go jets....sadly i moved from winnipeg to mississauga ontario a month ago

[UncleStumpy]

@Thesebijan1 lol we will welcome you back if you get here ;-)

[Thesebijan1]

@UncleStumpy lol thnx

[kingforaday22]

0:53 GO BLUES!

[beaverdammer]

you wanna know why it didnt fall down completely? because they were never meant to move to the states. its a message

[Theblob2k7]

Iconic.  The building just didn't want to go.

[tomska101]

That thing was build to last. Love you Winnipeg Arena, good memories. It wasn`t meant to be.

[lowaces]

i wonder what kind of lies they gave to rip it down, public safety ??

[dejaqwho]

Nice pipe dream Winnipeg, you cant have a NHL team in a 15000 arena that was made for minor league hockey and concerts. The cost to make it was 130 million $. It was made cheaply and no NHL hockey in mind. Furthermore it cannot be expanded over 16000 seats without major investment over 100million dollars do take down the roof and build up. Look at the newest hockey arena in Pittsburgh it cost 400 million to build, you need such a investment to have a stadium that can make NHL hockey feasible.

[nonamebrand0]

@dejaqwho if they charged enought for tickets, they could make the 15,000 seat MTS Centre work, the major hurdle would be a lack a major corporate investments.

[UncleStumpy]

@dejaqwho the NHL has repeatedly said it can work. If you've been in the rink you'll know it's an amazing facility.

[ChevyRoll48]

implosion fail

[khunopie]

haha winnipeg sucks

[NessMencesal]

@khunopie Screw off, Winnipeg is epic! As soon as they come back, I'm taking the next bus to NYC to the NHL store and getting a Jets jersey and hat ;D

[babybluesnowden]

Nice reply, very impressive and mature, Ima dick because I dont agree with your opinion? Go play your game with someone else, get beck to me when you can be respectful.

[babybluesnowden]

these sure werent the same guys that did wtc7, or maybe they coulda just set some fires that seemed to work well in NY

[cbj8fan]

@babybluesnowden no one took down tower 7 dick

[MrSupermoto1]

Fckin scabby demolition outfit couldnt get it right the first time...scabs

[MrAwesome1111]

I'm a Canucks fan, but it's sad to see any NHL team come to an end.

[azbaldy5]

i agree(i'm american ) love hockey, respect canadiens passion for the game. i hope they can get the nhl back in winnipeg.the fans will support it. what team do the people form winnipeg follow ?the minnesota wild?

[MrAwesome1111]

You are so right. I say bring back the Jets.

[UncleStumpy]

@azbaldy5 Vancouver has its farm team here so it gets a lot of support. Jonathon toews is from winnipeg, so lots of Blackhawks fans.

[chieDgreat]

dam i'm from winnipeg... guys we have moose soo live on!!

[SlimJimfrWpg]

God I loved that old barn ...almost as much as I love Janet Stewart!

[Slippar247]

so sad..

[ivanahumpalot420]

country's

[ivanahumpalot420]

Any plans of demolishing the whole city? I would love to see that. They could start with the North end where the countried biggest scum dwells.

[jaidemm]

@ivanahumpalot420 That would be so nice!

[jaidemm]

@ivanahumpalot420 You must live here?

[4znwarrior10]

@ivanahumpalot420 your just another gary buttman man you jew

[isitin]

Opened October 18, 1955

Closed November 7, 2004

Demolished March 26, 2006

[wilknight12345]

They should have imported a demolition team, say.... from out of the prairies? hahaha ZING!!

[dude12man13]

...That was when Janet Stewart was still with CTV , now she's with CBC...

[ryanfskater]

LOL thats funny that the building didnt go down, soooooo much history in that building, sad to see it go, but man was it ever a crappy building lol.

[wweismalife]

Thats where some of the biggest stars in NHL today were made like temmu selanne, nikali habuboin and keith thacuck

[wilknight12345]

wow spelling crazy names isn't your specialty.  hahaha jk's

[wweismalife]

yea i know!

[HellzManior]

shut up faggot today you said WINNIPEG JETS WERE Gay go have sex with your self fag.

[wweismalife]

No I didn't. Your thinking of someone else Jets rock I would never say they suck

[DJOmnimaga]

Lol big demolition fail there XD, altough this is nothing compared to this watch?v=YevmEDd80So

But it's still sad to watch, since the Jets played so many games there.

[GrrrIamMad]

a bombers game is wat we call our football game in winnipeg. im not a big football fan but the CFL team in winnipeg is the winnipeg blue bombers.

[colpetne]

if only winnipeg could get a new nhl team and if only the old barn wasn't torn down

[hockeydudeluv]

i wish Bettman was standing @ ground zero at the time ... 0.....piece of shit Bettman

[whitecracka8]

wats a bombers game

[imonthepot]

Winnipeg has a football team in the CFL. they are called Winnipeg Bombers.

[XnightvisionX]

there called the Winnipeg Blue Bombers!

u jack ass!

[imonthepot]

which they do suck by the way!

[XnightvisionX]

lol ya i know they suck

[pad33miller]

our football team

[pad33miller]

it's a cfl team (canaidan football leauge)

[SAZ84WPG]

i think rick tabaracci was still in there. poor guy

[BIGRED224FOREVER]

Yea too strong mmmm hmmmmm. I think the managment of the team frigged up the explosion just like everything else.I blame bettman and the prime minister!

[rjhollywood]

they should have kept it and converted the areana into a shopping center or something, and having part of the boards, brick, ice in and around the new shopping center.

[jfnovotny]

wow looked like a ugly barn,

[sniks71]

Pretty much was, but it was OUR ugly barn

[fooshin]

I miss that arena so much. I like the mts center, but it's just not the Winnipeg Arena. and the Winnipeg arena had a smell to it and everything, and an awesomeness and when you walked in there it felt awesome.

[psizzle2007]

whats sad now is that location is only used as a parking lot for overflow during bomber games...while the mts center only caters to minor leagues and concerts...i hate to say but we couldn't get an NHL team again if we wanted to thanks to this decision

[phil1212owned]

I was there

[dadeeman1oo]

thats stupid they should of kept it up and winnipeg shouldnt of left.The stadium could of been a attraction like a tour thing the history of the winnipeg jets put pictures and there stanley cups and videos but they knock it down so stupid.

[1funnnydude]

i was there watching  : )

[tylerboi4]

it should of never gone away waste of money and time it was a historical land place

[ThePrairieOrca]

Every time I go to Polo Park, I feel an emptiness when I look at the piece of land that the arena once stood on. I'll always have the fond memories of all the fun events I've seen in the building.

[OverConfidentDunces]

at least there's the MTS centre now.

and don't forget all of the other old buildings downtown.

GO BURTON CUMMINGS :D

[bigjoe686659]

I think it is a moral offense to destroy a cathedral to the great game of Hockey.

[6whitewolf2112]

Haha... blankbrains.

While it's a shame they tore it down in the first place, they should have brought in a more professional and experienced crew for this, like the Loizeaux's from CDI.

[brownlog86]

that lady is pretty nasty looking and this entire event was weak like the rest of Winnipeg. I hate this city. (bring on the thumbs down bitches)

[mbstoker]

I thought this already burned down when Ric Flair came through years ago. It would have been much cheaper and far more effective, at least.

[ferrettunes]

Winnipeg Arena

It never goes down!

[channel04news]

Imagine all the Igloos that could had been made with the money wasted on that arena in the first place

[jasoneastwood]

What a sad end to a great legacy, buildings like the old barn should never be demolished for cheaper, less sustainable substitutes with no soul and even less purpose. At least they can't demolish my memories. Or can they?

[bennyboland]

"i think the whole building was supposed to go down" YA THINK lol

[r2native]

i got to the future shop across the street to play games for FREE

[buffaloflapjacks101]

Wasant there somthing about this like the seats in the part that came off where what they added on to the old arena to expand it to the nhl.

[YTokami101]

There is now a smittys, the brick, best buy, mc donalds and others in that vecinity :) I live there :D

[jaidemm]

You obviously don't know that exact area very well though.

[YTokami101]

I know it pretty well. We don't go there very much but eh. Out with the old in with the new as I heard somewhere I can't remember..

[Jiraiya132]

you forgot home depot .. theres this sushi place called sushi oushi that should start selling big platters of sushi :D

[sk8erandp8er]

they should NEVER have gotten rid of that stadium that was history they just blew up

[Replayer101]

winnipeg, one great city

[agent50586]

After this building closed and the new MTS Center opened 200 UNION stagehands lost their jobs to a private company from BC. Instrumental to the NASCO operation are high steal riggers that are now comprised of UNION Winnipeg Firemen. Now that's Brotherhood.....

[ve4mm]

I saw RUSH there in 1982.

[Waynereich]

luuuuuuuuuuuuccccccccccckkkkkk­kkkkkyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!

[anotherkat4u]

i'll miss that place..soo many memories of going too see wrestling and the circus and the red river ex too :(

[GizmoRox994]

i miss that place. always went there for disney on ice as a child. same thing with the circus.

[totalXpwnage]

i like that arena more than the new one like sure the new ones fancier and everything but the other one was where the heart of the jets was

[x1Shinigami1x]

I miss the jets....i remeber going there for everything....hockey,circus,sp­orts expo...so many good times...:(

[funkybunny9966]

No ya dip shit, the almighty dollar ruined hockey. get a clue!

[sjsharks11223]

i think that can be narrowed down to Gary Bettman

[spyke12345678910]

whooooo!!!! I was acctually there, and it was awesome

bring back the JETS!!!!!!!!!!

[ebagots]

i think this goes to show that winnipeg can build sturdy "barns". whoo us winnipeggers.

[ferrettunes]

It's true!

[dude12man13]

Long Live the WINNIPEG ARENA

[Claudinini]

So many years of renovation paid by the tax payers and for what?...

[xlibman]

I fucking hope they don't do this with Nordiques' Colisé Pepsi. At least I am glad the local junior hockey leage team uses it now

I hope they bring back new teams in Winnipeg/Quebec

[brett123brettkenny]

yep he was

[azcardzfan2005]

was that guy wearing a st. louis blues hat?

[vc426]

R.I.P WINNIPEG ARENA

[iuzzza]

so true to winnipeg fashion, cant get it right!

[WayneStatic65]

I find this comment fuuny and I'm from winnipeg, mind if I ask where are you from?

[ronaldinhofanatic]

Me and my family were at the canad inn that was just across the street and we were all sleeping and then BOOM! The arena is down and I woke up and said TERRORISTS! Because I forgot it was getting blown down. lol

[GabrielThiessen]

i played on that ice.. thats right timbits hockey bitches

[sunfire199]

went to a sweet monster truck rally i also was there for this!

[jsjg008]

A lot of memories there

[jackster99999]

lol awesome u got seats? man that sucks the stupid MTS center sucks

[greasybanger]

i got 2 and one is seat #1

[AlexDupontrocks]

SOOOOOOOOO SAD THE SEATS WHERE SOOOOOOOOO COMFY GOOD THING i HAVE ONE

[fight7777]

where did you get it from?

[AlexDupontrocks]

they gave one to me for free