Old Memorial Coliseum, in Corpus Christi, Texas, is about to be demolished, by the civil engineers in the Corpus Chirsti city.
Meanwhile Texas attorneys are trying to establish a sort of agreement with the National Swim Center Corp, to keep open the Memorial Coliseum and after obtaining this agreement to be able to discuss it with the city mayor, who will take a decision concerning the Memorial Coliseum’s fate.
The city mayor of Corpus Christi can only take in consideration, one of this options presented by the civil engineers and the attorneys.
In case of demolition, the city council will contract asbestos removal specialist, and they will develop a profundity study describing where is the most amount of asbestos located in the facility and the facility surrounding area.
Removal operation will be assisted and it will start only after safety measures are token and if the removal techniques are satisfying federal and state environmental regulations and maintain workers in safety during the operation.
Angel Escobar, the city manager said that this operation will cost around $5000. He also contacted the engineers who will examine the best options concerning how to demolish the facility. This will cost about $5000.
Corpus Christi’s mayor, Joe Adams, put a forth motion, at the city council to approve the demolition. The city council has responded to his motion but he said he will not approve, for now, the demolition, but he will take in consideration his motion and also the swim center proposal.
In case of reaching out an agreement whit National swim center demolition will be canceled.
Memorial Coliseum is the first and the most important event of the city. It was built in 1957.This site has hosted basketball and hokey games, rock concerts and other touring acts.
Asbestos is known as a very harmful mineral and is often found in old constructions like the Coliseum. Asbestos is the main cause for developing mesothelioma cancer, which is a rare type of cancer, a fatal disease.
In case of demolition measures of safety will be token and asbestos specialist and also asbestos attorneys will study the demolition process of the Memorial Coliseum.


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