For more information, contact Ted Cox at 216.592.9400. Construction of the Scharbauer Sports Complex is moving ahead. If you ve driven by the construction site lately, you might have noticed large piles of dirt. The piles were not created by shoveling or by using heavy equipment, instead, the dirt xcavation is the job of explosives. Blasting is used to help excavate the bowls for the stadiums.
Workers drill holes, three inches in diameter, every eight feet.
Explosives are placed in the holes and electronic charges detonate each hole simultaneously. Approximately 200-300 holes have been needed for each blast. The number used and the spacing helps control the shape and size blasted. Blasting on the Baseball stadium is complete and four more blasts will take place on the Football stadium. By depressing the bowls a much more intimate feel of being in the stadiums is achieved.