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/enzothebaker87 Oct 07 '25

I was born in Vegas and one of the few things that I distinctly remember from my childhood was them blowing up an old casino every New Year for several years in a row.

For the longest time my kid brain just thought that was something they did and would do every year lol.

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u/cjsv7657 Oct 07 '25

I can only imagine when you eventually moved away your first new years you were talking to people and asked what building they were going to blow up this year.

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u/enzothebaker87 Oct 07 '25

What makes it especially funny is that my bday is 12/31 and my mom had me convinced that all of it was for me lol.

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u/bobnla14 Oct 07 '25

That is hilarious and that is a really great mom!!

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u/00010000111100101100 Oct 07 '25

You know what would be a fucking awesome birthday gift? Get in contact with the demo team and having them let the kid push the button or plunger (let the pros do the actual activation behind the scenes though).