PROS
VJ Cox

 On Sunday, February 11 Pittsburgh bid farewell to a piece of our history as Three Rivers Stadium was imploded.  Three Rivers Stadium was more than just a stadium; it was a part of Pittsburgh that stood for the pride of our sports tradition.  When that stadium was built in 1970 few could’ve fathomed the significance it would play, not only for our city, but also for professional sports on a whole.  Roberto Clemente got his 3,000 hit in Three Rivers Stadium went down, people form miles around ran the full list of emotions.  Some cheered as an old friend walked off into the sunset and a new beginning was dawning in the form of two new stadiums.  Some swept as they watched that same old friend and remembered the good times they had and all the things that friend did for them.  These emotions are understandable and acceptable for anyone that ever lived in or around Pittsburgh.  It’s in our blood to stand and cheer our heroes in black and gold and our soldiers of the baseball diamond.  Three Rivers Stadium was our home away from home.  It was loyal to us and we loved her for it.  Pittsburgh will move on with a new beginning in the form of PNC Park an Art Rooney Stadium.  But, like Forbes Field before it, we will fondly remember the good times that Three Rivers provided us for thirty, unforgettable, years.  All true Pittsburgh will hold the memories she provided for us close to our hearts.

     It’s pretty pathetic that Pittsburgh needed to hype up the destruction of a building to build a sense of unity or patriotism.  The thing about today’s commercial society is that we’re so bored with our dull lives we depend on our local and national news to take something and blow it way out of proportion.  “Tomorrow..... say goodbye as Three River Stadium goes under.  Be there to be a part of Pittsburgh history!”  History my ass, I’m not about to wake up early on Sunday to watch something I can’t see every day on the Discovery Channel.  The fact that people saw this as a historical moment just comes to show how boring everyone in this community really is.  Get a life, all of you!
     I hope every one of those news teams who covered the explosion spend a thousand years in purgatory.  Was it really necessary to have multiple camera angles of the explosion?  Have you no shame?!
    What really boggles my mind is that half of the people here who “feel a deep sense of loss” over the building have never been there.  They’ve never even been near it!  They spent their Three-River memorable moments looking at it through a television in their living room.  For all you senior citizens, stop with the melodramatic conversations.  For all you professors, stop with the lectures!  I don’t care about how Three-Rivers changed your life!  And if I have to see another Memorial Flashback sequence on the TV, I’m going to start taking hostages!
    The buildings gone.  It’s done.  Good riddance.  When the entire downtown Pittsburgh decides to blow itself up, then wake me!