Mesothelioma and Asbestos

Texas Stadium, the former home of the Dallas Cowboys football team, has its days numbered. The Irving City Council has been considering giving a $5.8 million demolition contract to a local excavation company to implode the famous building. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. was hired to study how the demolition should go forward. It was determined that implosion would be the safest as well as cheapest way to go forward. Implosion should take place in beginning 2010 after asbestos abatement has been completed as well as anything that isn’t steel or concrete has been removed from the structure.

Though safety was the prime concern when the city settled on the implosion plan, officials will be using advantage of the spectacle. Irving city employees are discussing potential implosion-related events with the Greater Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce as well as the Irving Convention as well as Visitors Bureau. The City of Irving is considering auctioning off the rights to push the button as a fundraising effort, as well as numerous cable shows as well as media outlets would similar to film the implosion. Tour operators possess as well as expressed interest in bringing in tourists to watch the implosion take place.

For the filled story, go to The Dallas Morning News.