SEATTLE -- Just a few days after NHL Seattle introduced Ron Francis as the team's first general manager, the New Arena at Seattle Center was marking its own "big milestone" on July 23.
"Into the center of the roof, we erected what's called a shoring tower with four steel legs," explains Ken Johnsen, construction executive for Oak View Group and NHL Seattle. "It goes smack into the roof. We put it tight, then [the construction crew] jacks it up real tight. It allows us to now take away [demolish] the remaining 20 percent of the concrete bowl.
Arena Update: Tower Power
Gigantic steel tower erected to hold up 44-million-pound iconic New Arena roof