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Sep 27, 2023 · Houston-based LLC envisions an 'Astrodome reIMAGINEd' that would be privately-funded. Days after ABC13 reported on the Astrodome's impact on Houston attracting another Super Bowl, an...
Mar 30, 2023 · Former Harris County Judge Ed Emmett led a $105 million proposal to convert the county-owned Astrodome into a multi-purpose event space with under-the-floor parking, which county commissioners...
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Jan 4, 2022 · 60-Year-Old Houston Astrodome Looks for New Life After Years of Abandonment. The fate of this historic landmark that once housed two professional sports teams has yet to be determined. Sixty years ago, on January 3, 1962, construction began on the Houston Astrodome.
Apr 1, 2023 · Former Harris County Judge Ed Emmett led a $105 million proposal to convert the county-owned Astrodome into a multi-purpose event space with under-the-floor parking, which county commissioners approved in 2018, but the project fizzled out after Emmett lost an election to Lina Hidalgo later that year.
- Adam Zuvanich
After briefly serving as a shelter for Hurricane Katrina evacuees in 2005, the Dome has been closed to the public, save for the Astrodome Conservancy event.
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May 20, 2021 · Thursday, May 20, 2021. Fifty-five years after it first opened to the public as the 8th Wonder of the World, the Astrodome now sits stripped and empty. But you could have a say in its future.
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Jan 4, 2022 · But the Astrodome eventually became obsolete and, by 2008, it no longer met Houston’s fire code. Voters there turned down a proposal to upgrade it in 2013, and now it sits abandoned.