2. Club Heat, Philadelphia, USA
Built: 1909
Collapsed: 2000
Est. Damages: $29.5 Million*
Club Heat opened at the end of Pier 34 at the beginning of May 2000. An event that was meant to be a time of celebration quickly turned to tragedy when, about a week after the club opened, the end of the pier along with parts of Club Heat, were on their way to the bottom of the Delaware River.
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After more than 9 decades of staring off from the Philadelphia bank of the Delaware River, Pier 34 was no more. The collapse of Pier 34 resulted in the deaths of three women and injuring dozens of other people. Sadly, this disaster could have been avoided had the pier’s owner and the club’s manager heeded the warnings that the pier was in danger of collapsing.