A college party was so massive it crashed straight through the apartment floor

[Harry]

The sound of constant jumping from the apartment directly above her had become a grim routine for sophomore Carley Carroll, long before the disastrous events of the University of North Texas homecoming game weekend.

“Every weekend a different party,” the student told CBS-11. And during some of those parties, Carroll would watch her ceiling go up and down like a trampoline. Sometimes she would even call police in Denton, Tex., to complain — half-worried that it might collapse.

And yet, Carroll said, “It’s one of those things you don’t think is actually going to happen.”

Then, on Saturday, the North Texas Mean Green walloped the University of Texas at El Paso 45-10 in the big game, and Carroll’s upstairs neighbors threw a party to remember.

Police estimated that 100 people crammed into the third-story apartment above her that night — which like every unit in the complex was occupied by college students.

read more:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/11/13/a-college-party-was-so-massive-it-crashed-straight-through-the-apartment-floor/?utm_term=.1a94042d1f05

[oldguystudent]

They literally brought the house down! 

[DeepGreen]

Sounds like a helluva party!  Glad no one was seriously injured.

[Cerebus]

15 minutes ago, Harry said:

Then, on Saturday, the North Texas Mean Green walloped the University of Texas at El Paso 45-10 in the big game, and Carroll’s upstairs neighbors threw a party to remember.

 

Well... they say any press is good press.

[PlummMeanGreen]

I was listening to national Fox News on my Sirious car radio this morning & they mentioned this story, but said that it had happened at the University of North Texas.  UNT should send them a note asking them to correct that & tell them it did not happen on our campus.  

Anyone else remember the fancy multi-story hotel in Kansas City years ago when something similar like this happened?   Yet in that tragedy limbs were found in various spots where the floor had fallen on party go'ers and many died. 

Our UNT students were very blessed this last Saturday night that no one died.  Matter of fact, almost a miracle that no one did.

Edited November 13, 2017 by PlummMeanGreen

[TheColonyEagle]

I thought you were supposed to RAISE the roof. 

[UNT 90 Grad]

2 minutes ago, TheColonyEagle said:

I thought you were supposed to RAISE the roof. 

Get down, get down...

[p_phelps]

These were the apartments I lived in when at Denton!! Craziness at the ridge  as always

[letsgiveacheer]

Very impressive!

[GangGreen]

I've heard of tearing the roof of the sucka, but this is just ridiculous.

[ForneyGreen]

We may be adding 2017 Playboy Party School champion to our conference championships this year    :-)

[eulessismore]

Hey, we made it, Washington Post!

[MeanGreenTexan]

Was this song playing when it came down?

 

[NorthTexan95]

Which apartment did this happen at?  Was it one of the old ones in Cement City? 

[untbowler]

15 minutes ago, NorthTexan95 said:

Which apartment did this happen at?  Was it one of the old ones in Cement City? 

The Ridge off of 288. 

Sounds like crappy Apartments, Crappy Tenant, Crappy Management to let it get to this point after many complaints.

[Ryan Munthe]

27 minutes ago, untbowler said:

The Ridge off of 288. 

Sounds like crappy Apartments, Crappy Tenant, Crappy Management to let it get to this point after many complaints.

The Ridge is all of the above. No sounds like about it.

All these student living complexes that pop up around campus are more or less glorified dorms ran by slumlords who take advantage of naive students.

[UNTFan23]

52 minutes ago, Ryan Munthe said:

The Ridge is all of the above. No sounds like about it.

All these student living complexes that pop up around campus are more or less glorified dorms ran by slumlords who take advantage of naive students.

What if this wasn't a student living complex and just a regular apartment complex and there were a large number of people, let's say 50 post college adults (even though the reported number involved in the party was more), were throwing a massive party in a 3rd floor unit, and the floor collapses ... then what?

[Moobs]

for those curious and may know it by a different name, I've heard that this was the complex named Jefferson Commons during my time at UNT.

Edited November 14, 2017 by Moobs

[Ben Gooding]

1 hour ago, Ryan Munthe said:

The Ridge is all of the above. No sounds like about it.

All these student living complexes that pop up around campus are more or less glorified dorms ran by slumlords who take advantage of naive students.

And naive parents in many cases willing to ignorantly foot the bill. 

[meangreenlax]

Some of my friends who went to more known schools have been commenting that they didn't know North Texas partied this hard. This is major party street cred.

 

Edited November 14, 2017 by meangreenlax
Showed up with no text

[VideoEagle]

18 minutes ago, meangreenlax said:

Some of my friends who went to more known schools have been commenting that they didn't know North Texas partied this hard. This is major party street cred.

 

In the late 70's we were regulars in Playboy's top party school list. Not that it was something to be proud of, of course. 

[Matt from A700]

Now the cheapest student apartment complex in Denton will have to raise its prices to pay for it.

Glad I don't live there anymore.

[VideoEagle]

2 minutes ago, Matt from A700 said:

Now the cheapest student apartment complex in Denton will have to raise its prices to pay for it.

Glad I don't live there anymore.

I'd be shocked if Denton Code Enforcement hasn't already paid the complex a visit. After something this public, the City will likely want to be certain nothing ever happens there again. That probably means some very strict enforcement with fines. The owners should be looking for a new management company to clean things up or they will be out a lot of money. 

[Withers940]

Do you think they will get their deposit back?

[VideoEagle]

1 minute ago, Withers940 said:

Do you think they will get their deposit back?

The one's on the third floor or the one's on the second who got surprise visitors?