Demolition crew mobilised following collapse of preservation group campaign to save stadium.
Demolition work is finally underway at the Civic Arena, the igloo-shaped former home of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
A preservation group failed in its efforts to get courts to keep the building from being torn down so it could be reused. Preservation Pittsburgh argued that the retractable steel-roof on the 50-year-old building made it worth saving.
The city-county Sports & Exhibition Authority says crews will work until about May to tear down the building, which for a time was called Mellon Arena. It’s across the street from the Penguins’ new arena, Consol Energy Center.
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