The Washington Post also covers the demolition Sunday of the Capital Centre/US Airways Arena:
For many who lined up before dawn, a safe distance from 355 pounds of dynamite, the point was not just to see the shell of the old US Airways Arena go bang and disappear in a cloud of dust.
The hours and then minutes that led up to yesterday morning’s implosion became a vigil for their youth, a farewell to times spent inside the shrine they still call the Cap Centre.
Yep. I still called it the Cap Centre. Saw some sports stuff and a few concerts there when I was younger. One of my coworkers was going to photograph and videotape the implosion, I’ll do my best to get any of that online a little later. For now, here’s a shot from our local NBC Station:
