Daily Archives: 6/28/2003

Boom.

Progress can be a wonderful thing. Thursday morning, the Jacksonville Veterans Coliseum was imploded. The 43-year-old building fell in on itself after a button was pushed by outgoing mayor John Delaney and his 7-year-old son, Jimmy. Shortly before the implosion of the old center, Delaney officially dedicated the replacement coliseum, which will open in November. [...]