New Scoreboard Costing $3.2 Million Collapses
United Press International
CHARLOTTE, N.C. —
A 40,000-pound scoreboard at the new Charlotte Coliseum collapsed with a “roar like a jet plane” this morning, less than 24 hours after the $52-million sports and entertainment arena opened for the first time.
Officials said no one was injured in what they called a “freak accident” but the giant scoreboard, valued at $3.2 million, was destroyed and the coliseum floor sustained “substantial damage.”
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