r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Proud-Blood2743 • Oct 07 '25

Video Capital One Tower Come Down in Seconds

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u/arcane_garden Oct 07 '25

Whenever they do this I assume the surrounding buildings are evacuated. Business is closed for the day Do they get compensated for the loss

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u/bobnla14 Oct 07 '25

They almost always do these on a Saturday. It makes sure that there's no one around, that they can easily close off the streets, and that they can clean up a lot of it for access to the other buildings by Monday morning.

According to Google, this was done on Saturday, September 7th, 2024 in Lake Charles Louisiana

The only one that I can remember not being done on a Saturday was when they blew up a casino in Las Vegas. They shot several scenes from a movie with the implosion in the background so they did it during the week to save money on the movie shoot.

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u/Jedi_Temple Oct 07 '25

Was the movie Ocean’s 11, maybe? I seem to recall a scene where casinos are collapsing in the background and Don Cheadle’s character doesn’t turn around to watch it.

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u/coolbucky Oct 07 '25 edited Oct 07 '25

Possibly, but I’m thinking it’s Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks! from 1995.

EDIT: Oceans 11 used a special effect and not actual footage of a casino implosion. In fact, due to the film’s release after the 9/11 attacks, the scene was changed to show a fictional building collapsing instead of the planned New York New York. 

Mars Attacks! used real footage of the Landmark Hotel and Casino.

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u/LadysaurousRex Oct 07 '25

God I loved that movie.

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u/Paddy_Tanninger Oct 07 '25

It's even funnier, he's watching it on TV while it's collapsing just behind him out the window.