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Disco Demolition Night was a Major League Baseball (MLB) promotion on Thursday, July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, that ended in a riot. At the climax of the event, a crate filled with disco records was blown up on the field between games of the twi-night doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers.
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Feb 3, 2023 · In a nod to the station’s call numbers, tickets were priced at 98 cents for anyone who brought disco records to the ballpark, records that would be blown up on the field between games. The response was overwhelming; Comiskey filled to capacity, and approximately 20,000 people were forced to remain outside.
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May 10, 2018 · Recruiting shock-jock, anti-disco radio host Steve Dahl, the Sox’ marketing director devised a stunt to draw a bigger crowd: for 98 cents and a disco record, people could come to Comiskey Park and watch a ton of disco records get blown up.
- Kara Goldfarb
Dec 5, 2019 · Nearly 50,000 showed up. On July 12, 1979, Disco Demolition Night would go down as one of the most infamous evenings in the history of Major League Baseball. It was not only the destruction...
Remembering Disco Demolition Night 43 years later. Some of more than 7,000 fans of a 50,000-crowd at Chicago’s White Sox park storm the field following the first game of a scheduled doubleheader ...
Jul 12, 2021 · By Jason Heffler 5 hours ago. Over 5,000 fans stormed the field at Chicago's Comiskey Park on July 12th, 1979 in a riot following the burning and explosion of disco records. Fred Jewell/AP. Boxes ...
Oct 29, 2023 · By Chris Vognar. Oct. 29, 2023. The plan was simple enough: Gather a bunch of disco records, put them in a crate and blow them to smithereens in between games of a doubleheader between the Chicago...
