Tonight will be the last concert for a local venue called the Bronco Bowl. The building is a mix of a bowling alley and concert hall, and a steady stream of famous and local musicians have played there, giving this building a history and unique charm. They're tearing it down to make room for a Home Depot.

There was a similar fuss a short while back when they closed a place called the Sportatorium. It used to be the home of professional wrestling before that was big business.

I don't have an emotional tie to either of those places (I've only lived in suburban Dallas for 8 years) and I was thinking about the buildings I do feel some emotional tie to. For obvious reasons, homes can't factor into this discussion.

The only building I can think of that I would want a part of if they tore it down would be Jordan-Hare Stadium on the campus of Auburn University. It may sound silly, but growing up in the Deep South and football being the predominant religion, I experienced some of my deepest emotions in that building. I've probably seen 70 big-time college football games there, and lived and died with my perennial underdog AU Tigers. And all of those highs (like beating the #1 ranked Florida Gators in 1993 while we were on probation in what turned out to be a magical season) and lows (getting drubbed 41-7 by Nebraska comes to mind) were experienced with friends who felt the same way.

Yep. If they tore down that building, I'd definitely buy a brick from the AU Alumni Association, who I'm sure will be selling them at $50 per with benefits going to the Greater Auburn Fund.