[HD] BC Place Stadium Deflation Time-Lapse

Deflation of BC Place Stadium, formerly the world's largest air-supported dome stadium and host of 2010 Winter Olympics opening and closing ceremonies, condensed from 40 minutes into 53 seconds. The roof will be replaced by a retractable top. The building you see in the background as the deflation completes is GM Place, home of the Vancouver Canucks. Royalty-free music from incompetech.com.

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• bc
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[FPEvideos]

Holly crap... Its having a heart attack!

[extremehockeyfan]

@totaldips same xD

[wkozaa123]

@TheUltimatePhillyFan the roof uses a lot of electricity to keep the dome up. vancouver wants to be an enviro-friendly city. so they've decided to replace it with room that can open and close to save energy

[TheUltimatePhillyFan]

what was wrong with the original roof?

[PYLrulz1984]

@wkozaa123

Yeah, I realized that after the fact -_-

Massive brain fart on my part

[wkozaa123]

@PYLrulz1984 okay. update then.. when it was FIRST built, it was the largest air supported in the world..

[PYLrulz1984]

@wkozaa123

If you are talking about stadiums like BC place, the only two stadiums that I know of in North America that are like that are the Metrodome in Minneapolis, and the Carrier Dome in Syracuse. I would figure the Metrodome would be the bigger of the two.

[wkozaa123]

since it was the largest air supported dome stadium in the world, it is now going to be the largest cable supported system in the world

[totaldips]

this music made me happy =)

[Jericho2k7]

It's not just the roof that is being replaced. They are replacing all of the old seats, they're putting in a big jumbotron, they're upgrading the luxery boxes, bathrooms and a bunch of other things. @lilazzhole