Video – Sad end for Saskatchewan stadium

A piece of Canadian football history went out with a bang in Regina on Friday.

The last standing section of the Mosaic Stadium, home to the Saskatchewan Roughriders for 80 years, was demolished as hundreds of football fans dressed in the team’s green jerseys watched on in a mix of nostalgia and sorrow.

The area is being converted to a mixed-use development. The City of Regina paid just over $2 million for the facility’s deconstruction.

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