Some have said its disastrous promotion ever while the incredible crowd turnout made others argue it was the most successful. Disco Demolition Night was held during a double-header against the Tigers with the White Sox trying to build momentum in what had been a disappointing 1979 up to that point. So Mike Veeck, son of Sox owner Bill Veeck, conjured up a promo event to play on Americas sudden rebellion against disco. Nonetheless, Disco Demolition Night represented a widespread backlash that drove disco off the pop charts and back where it came fromthe mostly black, Latino, and gay clubs in New York, Chicago, Detroit, and other cities. 1 Disco Demolition Night The Chicago White Sox, another MLB franchise that never really lit a fire under anyones ass, needed some kind of hook to put butts in the seats at Comiskey Park. The White Sox planned to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Disco Demolition Night Thursday by having Dahl throw out the first pitch, and give away t-shirts to fans.
recording: 30 of the fans are scattering off the field now while they fight the policesecurity. It made its way into the music of the Clash, Blondie, Michael Jackson, Madonna, and others. The interpretation of what happened that night has changed through the years, with the initial negative reaction that came in the sports pages in Chicago newspapers representing the many opinions on the event. A lot of it is encapsulated in this one epic night in Chicago, the night that disco died. It was later determined that the White Sox would forfeit the game since they couldn’t provide an adequate playing field for the contest. With the field torn up and Tigers manager Sparky Anderson refusing to let his team play out of safety concerns, the decision was made initially to postpone the second game of the doubleheader to a later date. Cheers came down from the crowd as the fans were finally led off with 39 people arrested for disorderly conduct. With an estimated 7,000 fans on the field, Chicago police were called in and eventually were able to get the crowd under control. Dahl and Meier approached the White Sox with a rather unorthodox idea for an attendance-boosting promotion: Declare July 12 Disco Demolition night and allow. The bases were taken as well during the little under 40 minutes that the fans had their run of the field. Soon afterwards, Michael Veeck, Promotions Director of the Chicago White Sox and son of club owner Bill Veeck, wrote to Ferone trying to entice him to come back. None of it worked as a bonfire was set in the center field and a batting cage was destroyed right around it while the grass was damaged around the field.
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