At a glance ...
Cincinnati's historic Cinergy Field (formerly known as Riverfront Stadium) will be blasted to bits on December 29, 2002 at 8 a.m.
O'Rourke Wrecking has subcontracted the actual implosion process to D.H. Griffin Inc., of Greensboro, North Carolina.
D.H. Griffin's explosives division was the first team to implode a full-sized sports facility (Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium) in 1997. They also imploded Toronto's Exhibition Stadium in 1998.
You can watch the implosion coverage live on WCPO-TV and WCPO.com on December 29, starting at 7 a.m. "Riverfront: The End Of An Era" will show you numerous angles and provide you multiple live reports on this big day in Cincinnati sports history.
