Kemper Arena Roof Collapse

I was cleaning up today and came accross a 1979 report on the Kemper Arena roof collapse which some folks may find interesting reading.

How would you like to have been this guy?

"An employee of the Kemper Arena present at the time stated that he saw water falling near the scoreboard.  He went into the rink area to investigate the problem, and then heard a loud noise and ran from the area.  As he ran into the south tunnel the collapse occurred."

Kemper was built to host the NHL's Kansas City Scouts who later would become the Colorado Rockies then New Jersey Devils.

Download KemperArenaRoofCollapse-1979Report

Comments

[A Facebook User]

Hopefully this tragedy served as a warning to the architects that designed Bartle Hall and the Bartle Hall expansion!!!

Ken Eagle