Commonwealth Games organisers drop plans to blow the shit out of some tower blocks in the opening ce

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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-27009806[/url]
[quote]Commonwealth Games organisers have dropped the demolition of the Red Road flats from the Glasgow 2014 opening ceremony.

Five of the blocks were to be brought down at the start of the Games in July.

The plan proved controversial, with an [url=http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/glasgow-city-council-and-the-scottish-government-stop-plans-to-blow-up-tower-blocks-as-part-of-commonwealth-games-opening-ceremony]online petition against the demolition[/url] gathering more than 17,000 signatures.

Glasgow 2014 said opinions being expressed about "safety and security" meant the destruction of the flats would not now feature in the opening.

Police Scotland said that because of these concerns the security director for the Games asked the chairman of the Glasgow 2014 board to reconsider the plan.

The 30-storey structures were built in the mid 1960s and the original eight tower blocks housed more than 4,000 people. The demolitions will now be rescheduled.[/quote]

Damn it that would not only have been sweet-ass but also fucking awesome and sick

[AK'z]

they'll still be demolished so there was literally no point.

[Scotty.]

A lot of people in Glasgow have a lot of memories from those flats, I think it was a bit insensitive to blow them up as a grand opening of some games that will mean nothing for Glasgow in the long term.

gj Glasgow City Council, gj.