Sinkhole opens on US soccer field
A vast sinkhole has appeared in the middle of an Illinois football pitch that was laid above a limestone mine, just days after amateur teams stopped using the ground for practice.
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The collapse happened at Gordon Moore Park in Alton, Illinois, about 18 miles north of St Louis, Missouri, on Wednesday. The sinkhole was 30 metres wide and 9 metres deep. No injuries have been reported but all sports at the park have been cancelled
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18 comments
Police are looking into it…
The level of respect and mutual admiration among women in this thread is truly heartening.🍭
This is happening all over the world. You can't keep taking resources out of the ground and expect the earth to heal itself.
I think the contractors for this ground are mostly Indians.
Climate thingy?
I hope they get the message.
It is football not soccer.
Even the land hates soccer 😂. Only football allowed here…
Turns out that it’s not a sinkhole but is a mine collapse.
It would be a terrible state of affairs if this phenomenon spread to football pitches
Definitely a portal to the backrooms
Can’t wait to see The Guardian’s spin on Joe Biden’s abhorrent and utterly embarrassing flub in the debate.
There are sinkholes up to 7 feet deep opening up without warning on UK beaches too!
anytime – anywhere. Can not prepare.
That is some sims lvl terraforming.
Call the Batman, Bane is here
Groundbreaking story
It's a football field, even in Murica.
Bane prepares his return 🦇