Brazilian government sets date for Fonte Nova stadium implosion.
With the dust barely settled on the 2010 World Cup, soccer chiefs are already turning their attention to the 2014 tournament in Brazil. And in preparation, the Brazilian government has set the date for the implosion of Salvador’s Fonte Nova stadium.
Controlled Demolition Inc., the US-based explosives specialist charged with handling the implosion, will bring down the remaining parts of the former stadium on 29 August. The implosion sequence is anticipated to last approximately 17 seconds which, coincidentally, is the same time the French national team took to implode at the 2010 World Cup. The lower tier and part of the higher tier have already been demolished by mechanical means; the implosion will accelerate the removal of the remaining higher tier.
The old Fonte Nova has been closed since 2007, after the structure collapsed killing eight people.
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