(05-06-2015 08:48 PM)snowtiger Wrote:  So much asbestos and so little money. Haven't y'all seen the ongoing lawyer commercials?

How much do you think it will cost to handle the asbestos during the demolition? Demolition or repurposing there is going to be cost for handling asbestos. You're argument makes as much sense as the council member claiming that a reason for tearing it down is that all the lighting fixtures are no longer made and they would have to be replaced. As if there would be no cost involved in installing lighting in the new building.

no worries...It was just a passing comment on asbestos in general. I have no data on removal when it comes to demolition or that other thing people are talking about.

(05-05-2015 02:23 PM)BealeStreetTiger Wrote:  

(05-04-2015 03:03 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(05-04-2015 01:57 PM)Cletus Wrote:  January, 2011, the Memphis Housing and Community Development director said the coliseum "has numerous safety and code issues, and it has asbestos throughout"

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That word alone can double a renovation projects cost...

Asbestos is what I was thinking about in my initial post. I have been involved as a communications engineer on smaller sites where it had to be removed. This is very time consuming, costly, requires hi-tech equipment, and the workers have to suit up like astronauts. Plus OSHA will monitor it closely, daily.

Maybe the procedure has changed but I would not think it would be cost effective unless there’s only a small amount to remove.

Maybe all the asbestos will be "stolen" before they decide some renovations need to be done...

I still like the idea of a Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Put a new video board over a MSC set up for Monday Night Wrasslin and show classic matches from over the decades. Fill the seats with dummies and put in surround sound to recreate the atmosphere and maybe use hologram projection in the ring. Use Wax Figures to show famous wrestlers performing their finishing move at their displays and so on.

(05-11-2015 01:22 PM)tigerlands Wrote:  

(05-07-2015 03:49 PM)UofM_Tiger Wrote:  

(05-07-2015 12:28 PM)Tiger46 Wrote:  

(05-06-2015 08:48 PM)snowtiger Wrote:  So much asbestos and so little money. Haven't y'all seen the ongoing lawyer commercials?

If they could scrape the THC off the ceiling tile we could have a hell of a party.

Went to a concert there back in the day. The haze from all the weed looked like the fog rolling in on San Francisco Bay.

Of course. The same as it was at every music arena on the planet.

I thought about that when I went to see The Who a couple of weekends ago in Dallas. Everyone was 45+, not a sign of pot, but when I saw them at the Coliseum circa 1975 everyone had pot.

(05-13-2015 07:10 PM)WaywardMemphian Wrote:  Use Wax Figures to show famous wrestlers performing their finishing move at their displays and so on.

Oh boy... Where has TigerJay been lately?

(05-14-2015 09:01 AM)Tiger46 Wrote:  

(05-11-2015 01:22 PM)tigerlands Wrote:  

(05-07-2015 03:49 PM)UofM_Tiger Wrote:  

(05-07-2015 12:28 PM)Tiger46 Wrote:  

(05-06-2015 08:48 PM)snowtiger Wrote:  So much asbestos and so little money. Haven't y'all seen the ongoing lawyer commercials?

If they could scrape the THC off the ceiling tile we could have a hell of a party.

Went to a concert there back in the day. The haze from all the weed looked like the fog rolling in on San Francisco Bay.

Of course. The same as it was at every music arena on the planet.

I thought about that when I went to see The Who a couple of weekends ago in Dallas. Everyone was 45+, not a sign of pot, but when I saw them at the Coliseum circa 1975 everyone had pot.

Watching the fog roll into San Francisco and watching it burn off. If you lived right on that burn line, say like Stanyan Street, you could set your watch by it.

Great idea, dude. THC reclamation could pay for the asbestos removal.

wow.... that's pathetic

(05-21-2015 01:03 AM)MemphisFan95 Wrote:  wow.... that's pathetic

Sad just how far down Memphis Raslin has fallen.

(05-21-2015 02:26 AM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  

(05-21-2015 01:03 AM)MemphisFan95 Wrote:  wow.... that's pathetic

Sad just how far down Memphis Raslin has fallen.

Get with progress, you sold-axle loving SOB.

(05-05-2015 02:43 PM)UofMark Wrote:  

(05-05-2015 02:18 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote:  

(05-05-2015 02:02 PM)UofM_Tiger Wrote:  

(05-05-2015 01:08 PM)450bench Wrote:  Best place, ever, to watch a game...love the place.

I agree. Saw some great games there. Was a great venue for basketball. The operative word is WAS.

FedEx Forum is way better to me but maybe that's because I have a better seat than when we were at the MSC

I totally agree. While we all love the MSC and had great times there, much of the seating was substandard. The supposed 'good' seats there, the 'Golden Circle', were terrible in that there wasn't enough elevation, row to row, for unobstructed viewing. Somebody five rows down could stand up and block 10 rows behind them. Heaven help us if she had a 'bee hive' hairdo. Upstairs was much better, unless you were at a hockey game and seated in the ends. Then you couldn't see the goals near you at all. It was a good building, but it's time is past. Just like the 1966 Rambler station wagon column shift car my dad taught me how to drive on.

My Pops was a Rambler man... I remember at least 3 from my childhood.

Mid-South Coliseum May 23rd
Roundhouse Revival lineup and set/match times:

10:00 a.m. Triceratops
10:30 a.m. Hanna Star & the Teenage Teenagers
11:00 a.m. Papa Tops West Coast Turnaround
11:30 a.m. Dan the Man
Noon Earl the Pearl
12:30 p.m. Hope Clayburn’s Soul Scrimmage
1 p.m. The Randy Band
1:30 p.m.. River City Tanlines
2 p.m. The Blackberries
2:30 p.m.. Lele B
3 p.m. Iron Mic Coalition
3:30 p.m.. Morris the Funk Master and the Total Package Band
4 p.m. Jerry “the King” Lawler & Bill “Superstar” Dundee vs. the Coliseum Crushers
4:30 p.m.. Sons of Mudboy
5 p.m. Dr. Allen Todd and the New Olivet Sanctuary Choir

Activities taking placed on Early Maxwell in front of west entrance way. Also temporary outdoor basketball courts set up for free play and competition. Tournament hosted by Derric Golden in memory of Larry Finch

BTW Saturday Morning Wrestling from Memphis returns on July 4th on channel 46.1

I wish you all well in your efforts in futility.
It's a lost cause but then people are still trying to eliminate crime in memphis too, so, have at it i guess.

I'll enjoy my trip to nashville this weekend instead

(05-22-2015 02:45 PM)Willie Becton Wrote:  I wish you all well in your efforts in futility.
It's a lost cause but then people are still trying to eliminate crime in memphis too, so, have at it i guess.

I'll enjoy my trip to nashville this weekend instead

do us all a favor and stay there...

Lawler pull down the strap?