Appeals court dismisses Civic Arena demolition appeal
The Civic Arena‘s demolition has crumbled a preservation group’s appeal of a judge’s order allowing the Sports & Exhibition Authority to tear the structure down, a federal appeals court ruled today.
“It’s obvious that the demolition of the arena has rendered this appeal moot,” a three-judge panel said in an order dismissing the case.
Preservation Pittsburgh sued the authority, city, county, Federal Highway Administration and several officials with each body in an attempt to prevent the arena’s demolition. U.S. District Judge David Cercone ruled in September that because no federal agency or funding was involved in the project, he lacked jurisdiction to halt it.
A two-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. District Court of Appeals subsequently denied the group’s request for an emergency injunction, and the authority’s contractor started the demolition.
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