Watch the Remnants of Baylor's Floyd Casey Stadium Implode

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" RIP to Floyd Casey. Spent many an hour there growing up. pic.twitter.com/Gi3EwgPi5B — Warren C Martin (@warrencmartin) May 14, 2016 "

Floyd Casey Stadium, where Baylor played its football games from 1950 through 2013, is no longer. The stadium had already been largely disassembled, but today was the final blow; the land will be redeveloped by the City of Waco.

If you’re looking to reminisce, the Waco Tribune has a good retrospective of the history of the stadium:

"The winningest coach in Baylor history, Grant Teaff, served all of his 21 seasons there. [Art] Briles pulled the Bears out of the gutter and guided the team to its first outright conference championship in 33 years when it won the 2013 Big 12 title with a 30-10 win over the University of Texas on a freezing December afternoon in the final game at Floyd Casey Stadium. “That’s exactly what it was — the storybook ending if you will,” said quarterback Bryce Petty, who led the Bears to the 2013 championship. “I think back to the history of the guys who played there. Guys like Jay Jeffrey, Walter Abercrombie and Mike Singletary, and the weight of those names. It was an honor to walk the same field.”"

While inevitable, there is always a part of me that wishes these older stadiums could be renovated instead of relegated.