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Five tower blocks to be blown up as part of Commonwealth Games opening ceremony
Tower blocks that have shaped Glasgow’s skyline for five decades are to play a controversial starring role in the Commonwealth Games…when they are blown up during the opening ceremony.
Five of the six remaining Red Road blocks of flats will be brought down in the space of 15 seconds in what has been described by organisers as the biggest demolition project seen in Europe.
Their destruction will be shown live during the Glasgow 2014 event at Celtic Park on a 100ft screen, and broadcast to an estimated worldwide television audience of more than one billion people.
Civic leaders said it was a “gallus” idea that would signify a city that was constantly re-inventing itself, while at the same time saving money on the fireworks that otherwise might have provided the highlight of the event.
Source: http://philosophers-stone.co.uk/wordpress/2014/04/five-tower-blocks-to-be-blown-up-as-part-of-commonwealth-games-opening-ceremony/
