Watch The Bradley Center Implode - And Its Aftermath

MILWAUKEE, WI -- The Bradley Center, the 31-year-home to the Milwaukee Bucks, Marquette University basketball teams, and the Milwaukee Admirals minor-league hockey team, was partially imploded on Sunday morning, marking the beginning of the end of the onetime $90 million gift from Jane and Lloyd Pettit.

Construction workers broke ground on the Bradley Center project in Oct. 1986, and the first sporting event was hosted about a year later in an exhibition hockey game between the Chicago Blackhawks and Edmonton Oilers.

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At the time, it was considered a state-of-the-art venue, however by the early 2010s, NBA officials said the arena fell short of modern league standards.

The venue, which held slightly more than 18,700 for basketball and 17,800 for hockey would eventually give way to the Fiserv Forum, which was opened in 2018.

Over the weekend, crews imploded the Bradley Center roof:

Here is drone footage of the dramatic aftermath:

Image Via Google Street Map