Watch The Igloo In Pittsburgh Get Dismantled In Less Than 31 Seconds

by Eric Goldschein | 9:00 am, July 4th, 2012

The Civic Arena, known affectionately as The Igloo, was home ice to the Pittsburgh Penguins for 43 years. But when the Pens finally moved across the street to a new arena in 2010, it was time (after some long legal battles) to say goodbye. It took nine months for the arena to be completely demolished, but this time-lapse video gives us a sweet half-minute rendition of that demolition.

Here’s “The House That Lemieux Built” being reduced to a pile of dirt — a pile of dirt that will someday become a parking lot (or perhaps, one day, an “entertainment complex“, whatever that means). It’s the circle of (urban) life: