This is why I appreciate Dodger Stadium so much. Through all its upgrades, it still maintains its Mid-Century Modern architecture. It looks much like it did when it first opened in 1962. Southern California was the epicenter of the aerospace industry in the 1950's and 60's and Dodger Stadium reflects that space-age optimism. It is actually the third oldest stadium in all of MLB. Likewise, I really hope the Astrodome is restored and preserved as a monument to the space program, American ingenuity, and all the historic events that happened there over the last half of the 20th century..
If only a fan from a team that isn't the Dodgers could attend a game there without risking getting the shit beat out of them by the ill tempered alcoholic toddlers that make up Los Angeles.
Best thing about it - it's still known as Dodger Stadium! Not "T-Mobile", not"QualComm", not "Staples", or any of that advertising crap! That was the one condition when the O'Malley's sold the team, that it always be called Dodger Stadium.
It needs to become a high-security prison and host gladiator matches. The ticket sales would offset the cost of housing inmates and the deaths would ease prison overcrowding.
No mention of the 1971 MEN'S NCAA HOOPS FINAL FOUR featuring two teams that had to forfeit their semis and finals games weeks after they played them due to their players hiring agents and being paid to play before they declared for the NBA & ABA drafts= SEMIFINALIST= WESTERN KENTUCKY, thanx to JIM MCDANIELS= FORFEITING THEIR SEMIS SPOT; AND, VILLANOVA, A FINALIST LOSING TO UCLA, FORFEITING THEIR RUNNERUP SPOT, THANX TO HOWARD PORTER..
You should look at doing a video on North Wilkesboro Speedway. It was abandoned and left for dead in 1996 but will return next season to the NASCAR schedule and will host the all star race. The track is currently undergoing a renovation/restoration that will make it modern but keep the old historic look of the track. The state of NC help make it possible by providing funding.
I remember as a kid going to games in the dome, going to Astroworld, then as a teen working at a hot dog stand and getting to see games and the rodeo, and other events. The last time I was visiting Houston, I drove around, and it made me sad with the changes to the complex. I really hope a use for the stadium comes up.
Thank you for this comprehensive and objective look at the Astrodome! One of the best I’ve seen. So many wonderful memories as a kid of The Dome from the 80’s and 90’s. Astros, Oilers, Houston Rodeo, Even saw Guns N Roses/Metallica and U2 there. It’s truly an iconic place. It’s now dwarfed by NRG Stadium, but it will always hold a special place for me.
I'd like to see it restored to it's original appearance and maybe have the Astros play a few games there every season and wear throwback uniforms as well as their opponents.
We moved to Houston from Ft. Worth in 1990 and my wife loved the Astrodome. You could go from your car in 100 degree heat and stifling humidity to cool comfort inside the 'Dome. I also ran the 'Dome Run" 10k one year that had the 50 yard line of the football field as the finish line. Great memories. We moved from Houston in 1999.
The Dome should absolutely be demolished. It’s an eyesore, has zero purpose and there is no need for it in the future. Reimagining it won’t work, restoring it makes no sense so bulldoze the thing into the history books. It’s been almost 25 years since it served any real purpose. Let it go. Also, great vid!!!
Watched many Astros, Oilers games, rodeos and concerts there. I was at the last Astros game there when ATL beat em. When me and my fiancée were getting up to leave I told her take a good look. This is the last time we'll ever see it. LOTS of memories there!
As a kid I must have saved my parents thousands on daycare: They dropped me off at the Astrodome and Astroworld. I was constantly at Astros games or at the park. :) I also won a radio contest knowing the"official" name of the Astrodome. (Harris county domed stadium) :D lol
Saw the mets play the Astros in 87 there. We watched the scoreboard and they showed an announcement of a wedding party. My uncle and I told the security guard at the elevator we were with them, he let us go up. We watched the rest of the game right above home plate...whutta view! ⚾
Great video. I think a mixed use would be ideal. Maybe something like the Star in Frisco that the Cowboys have. Renovate the playing field, the Texans can use it sometimes for a practice field, local highschools can play some games there 'cause highschool football is in abundance in Texas, and build a new roof between the orange mezanine and rainbow sections and put indoor gardens and shops on top of that. Take the paint off the roof windows to let light in for the plants. Build modern elevator and fire escape ramps where the cylenders were. The Rangers took inspiration from the Astros for their new stadium, the Texans can take some inspiration from the Cowboys and their Star facility to revitalize the Dome.
Outstanding well researched video. It's an impressive structure and has a special place in history like the Empire State Building. Hope it can be preserved.
The city of Houston and the State of Texas needs to come together and make the Astrodome one big ass casino. Because people are taking there money to Lake Charles to gamble.
In addition to the Astros & Oilers, the Astrodome also was home to the Houston Hurricane of the North American Soccer League from 1978-1980. The Hurricane were awful in their first season but quickly rebounded the following two seasons by making the playoffs. However the Hurricane struggled to attract fans to games drawing only an average of 6,000 fans per game & by the end of the 1980 season the owners had enough & folded the team. Prior to the Hurricane, soccer had been played in the Astrodome in the form of the Houston Stars from 1967-1968 who were owned by Roy Hofheinz & played in the short lived United Soccer Association in 1967 before joining the NASL for 1968. Unlike the Hurricane, the Stars had great attendance despite not making the playoffs in either league. However because the NASL lost money in 1968, the majority of owners throughout the league including Roy Hofheinz decided to fold their teams at the end of the season. Lastly the legacies that these two teams left behind in Houston eventually led MLS to relocate the original SJ Earthquakes franchise to Houston in 2005 & rename them the Dynamo where they won two MLS Cups in 2006 & 2007.
@@hectorlopez1069 probably because of conflicts with the Astros, Miami and Candlestick Park didn’t get games for this exact reason. Thankfully 2026 gave Houston some games.
I’ve always been fascinated woth the Astrodome. Indycar used to host an event in reliant park, with one of the most exciting corners wrapping around the exterior of the Astrodome. I was fortunate enough to compete in one of the support races, flying past this glorious relic at over 100mph was an incredible experience.
Thanks,Really enjoyed.My dad was a carpenter on the Dome construction and I had a picture of Me at 5 years old ,My dad and his dad standing in the lower field as ground work started. Construction stopped a few times at first and the new roof leak badly the first few years. And Elvis Presley did Three days of Sold out concerts in 1969,Was there. Saw many Rodeos there .In the 1980s you could see a daytime Astros losers game for free,You just had to buy 2 week warm beers.There would be maybe 500 people in the stands. Times change, But the Dome still stands.
Revisited Houston this summer and saw the Dome on the freeway, it closed before I moved there but at least NRG got the new memories also RIP Astroworld may you come back in the future
Thanks for a great documentary. I was a kid in the 80s and used to marvel at the idea of playing baseball indoors. Back then, it was the only type of domed stadium in the USA.
So many beautiful memories at the astrodome my first NFL football game Houston Oilers vs Cleveland browns various Houston livestock show and rodeos and the most memorable of all the night that the beautiful Texano singer Selena performed her last great concert breaking record of assistance 30 days before she was murdered. The THE ASTRODOME is a very important part of Us Houstonians a very important part of the city of Houston. Great job beautiful video.
Boy, o boy did the city screw that one up. It's almost comical the way things have broken down (literally and figuratively) in the past 20 years. Make up your mind, Houston. You either should do a complete makeover, and put all your chips in one basket...or turn it into a tourist attraction. Spending over 2 million per year...for essentially nothing...is laughable.
Houston & Harris County should have modernized it for the Texans once they started in 2002. Made no sense building another dome next to the Astrodome then be left looking like idiots for the past 20 years. Superdome has managed to stick around for 40 years and remains a landmark. How did Houston screw this one up?
I have watched Astros baseball games, Oilers football games, rodeos, monster trucks and motor cross races. Watched Evil Knievel do motorcycle jumps. Been to concerts and attended numerous Offshore Technology Conferences in the old dome. Had lots of good times at AstroWorld with my kids. It’s sad to drive by there now but I guess that is just progress. I wish something could be done with it. 😢
2:31 The Houston Dynamo FC, Houston Rockets, Houston Astros, Houston Texans and Houston Roughnecks win more games including a championship, they would have to choose what to do with The Astrodome
idk if anybody noticed but this is the first episode where i used my new mic setup. Narration quality overall dramaticly increases every episode imo. Still not great, but ive found changing the way i write the script to be the biggest driver of improvement.
Let’s be clear. The oilers, astros and now Texan have little to no sway over the stadium new and old. The Houston Rodeo is the true boss when it comes to getting what it wants from the county.
The Astrodome holds very good memories for me I went there for the Astros games the rodeo, motocross, concerts all the way from 1989-2004. Also Astroworld before it go demolished. I love the dome pretty much every true Houstonian does and still remembers it in it's glory days.plus my grandpa's construction crew or iron works built the dome. Long live the Astrodome
The Astrodome has a lot of love from many of the locals from Houston. A lot of people from that city and abroad have fond memories of it. In a lot of ways it’s a symbol of the city. It is amazing it’s still standing though.
Used to go to the Astrodome with my family in the summers during the 90s to watch the Astros play. There was a certain charm about that place. By then it was a bit dated but the temp was alway chilled inside and there was something special about looking up at the roof and seeing all those lights. Good times….
So many great building get demolished in this country, they need to save this one! So the original only held what 48,000? So why not try to revert it back to a smaller venue. Have the Astros play a few series here or Spring training games. Recreate the scoreboard as well. Or somehow make it a hockey arena and move the Coyotes to Houston.
Wouldn't it have been cheaper just to update it instead of building a new stadium right next to it. The Saint's have been playing in the Superdome since forever and you never here them complaining about wanting a new stadium but every other NFL team has had a new stadium but not them
I've not looked into the super dome yet, but what I can say is that it much more closely resembles the scale and layout of a modern stadium than the astrodome.
Facility has been let go too long. Would cost a fortune to have anything there anymore. It needs to be torn down. No one wants to put any Money into it.
my grandfather engineered the track system that the seating configuration rolled on to reconfigure for baseball and football games. i was a lead medic there for 10 years up to the last event. had a lot of fun working them and meeting the stars.
I could definitly see the facility being used as the primary practice facility for the texans. Could function similar to the Cowboys practice facility.
My dad had the luxury of getting to be inside of the astrodome. When he was three or four, he said he went with one of his relatives to watch the houston stock show and rodeo in the astrodome. I wish I could've seen the houston rodeo in that magnificent stadium.
Thanks for the presentation. Long time Houston area resident. Loads of memories from the Dome including Astros, Oilers, rodeo, midget races and Oilers homecoming. I will never give up that the dome will come alive again whether for conventions, indoor amusement park it will survive. I am building a mancave and the decor will be the Astrodome. Walls will be images of the stands and scoreboard with the outside walls being images of the dome with Houston skyline in background. Stadium lighting with hanging speakers for big screen on wall with scoreboard backdrop. Thanks again.
Im not even from Texas and i can remember how famous the Houston astrodome was, we had a member of the astros come to my elementary when i was a kid I live in Arizona, and talk to the class about being a professional baseball player, i remember asking him about the astrodome because it was so famous, hard to believe its abandoned.
What also happened to RFK Stadium - apparently abandoned - also there are other Stadiums domed and open air stadiums that have been abandoned - why don't you do your "studies" on those facilities and find out why they were abandoned/left unused. The Highmark Stadium will be demolished when the new Buffalo Bills Stadium is opened and that demolished space will be turned into fan parking.
I know not many will know this but The Old Arena in St Louis. I watched my first hockey game and sesame street on ice. Also, its demise. Fun fact (I didn't know) Bret Hall blew it up with a perfect shot.
There's absolutely nothing useful you can use it for. Unless you want to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to make it a museum with the only thing on display be itself, the ultimate result will be to tear it down for an additional parking lot for the functional stadium next door.
13:00 There was a tourney with a final four long before 1968. But your point is valid. It wasn't as popular as a TV event as the Houston/UCLA game was.
Went there for nickel beer night. Don’t remember who was playing against the Astros. I do remember it was the biggest concentration of drunks I have ever seen.
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo was instrumental in the building of the Dome as it had outgrown Sam Houston Coliseum and was seeking new facilities at the time Judge Hofheinz was pitching for baseball. The Astrohall was designed as a livestock pavilion with a show ring at its center, with conventions and the circus the rest of the year, and the Astroarena (NRG Arena) was later added for horse shows. When Reliant Stadium was built, the Astrohall was demolished to make room for parking, and Reliant(NRG) Center was built north of the Dome as a replacement.
I lived in Houston from 1998 to 2002, i was 7 in 1998 and 11 in 2002. The Astrodome also hosted high school football games, I attended plenty of them. My favorite memory of the Astrodome though is WWE Wrestlemania 17 in April 2001. Although i didn't attend the event, i watched it live on PPV and it was the most fun i had watching something on TV. That's how great of a PPV WM17 was.
No mention of legendary concerts by Elvis and a recorded show by Sonny James, plus no mention of the best team Houston EVER HAD- the USFL's HOUSTON GAMBLERS! 😢
The billionaire to handle the job imo is Elon Musk, he’s got the space connection with Starlink and Space X, and he has businesses in Texas. I think he could manage pulling off a tasteful modern update to the Astrodome.
I feel like there must be a way to renovate without compromising the the buildings historical structure. They could even host events in it again if they had the funding to do it. Dodger Stadium, MSG, etc. all are still operational.
Simple make the Astrodome a national park and maybe the Texas sports hall of fame museum and maybe another museum for the Astros and oilers history as well
2:31 The Houston Dynamo FC, Houston Rockets, Houston Astros, Houston Texans and Houston Roughnecks win more games including a championship, they would have to choose what to do with The Astrodome
Turn it into a museum dedicated to the history of the city of Houston. It can include the sports side, entertainment, city development, everything that makes Houston....Houston?
The comparison to the other rescued locations is moot when you consider that the Astro Dome is a sports complex sitting next to it's replacement. There is very little chance that even after renovating and restoring the complex would a team sign on to play there. Why play there when they can play next door? In my opinion, it should be considered requesting that the Historical status exist for the outside and iconic visual of the building, and research alternative uses for the interior of the building. For example, research the possibilities of building a year round water park along with an inward facing hotel. This would be one of several possible ways to help generate money to save the stadium and make use of the building.
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@@woody4077 This isn't the Hunger Games!
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Pretty pretty please could you make a vid on The baker hotel in Mineral Wells Texas?!?! 🥺 I can never find a good video on its history.
This is why I appreciate Dodger Stadium so much. Through all its upgrades, it still maintains its Mid-Century Modern architecture. It looks much like it did when it first opened in 1962. Southern California was the epicenter of the aerospace industry in the 1950's and 60's and Dodger Stadium reflects that space-age optimism. It is actually the third oldest stadium in all of MLB. Likewise, I really hope the Astrodome is restored and preserved as a monument to the space program, American ingenuity, and all the historic events that happened there over the last half of the 20th century..
If only a fan from a team that isn't the Dodgers could attend a game there without risking getting the shit beat out of them by the ill tempered alcoholic toddlers that make up Los Angeles.
Best thing about it - it's still known as Dodger Stadium!
Not "T-Mobile", not"QualComm", not "Staples", or any of that advertising crap!
That was the one condition when the O'Malley's sold the team, that it always be called Dodger Stadium.
It needs to become a museum full of memorabilia of all the events that happened over it’s time of use.
It needs to become a high-security prison and host gladiator matches. The ticket sales would offset the cost of housing inmates and the deaths would ease prison overcrowding.
Wow. I’m from near French Lick and been to the Baden. Didn’t know it played in the development of the Astrodome. Cool stuff.
@LaBreeceTV Would you mind doing a video on the Louisville Gardens, Freedom Hall, Pontiac Silverdome, or Hoosier Dome?
You forgot one well known event ... the Thrill show and destruction derby
The inside of the Astrodome was ugly and I didn't care for it. Nothing special just a round building with sports being played in.
Elvis played the Dome. It will remain because of that alone.
So nobody's gonna mention WrestleMania 17 being hosted? 67+ thousand fans
No mention of the 1971 MEN'S NCAA HOOPS FINAL FOUR featuring two teams that had to forfeit their semis and finals games weeks after they played them due to their players hiring agents and being paid to play before they declared for the NBA & ABA drafts= SEMIFINALIST= WESTERN KENTUCKY, thanx to JIM MCDANIELS= FORFEITING THEIR SEMIS SPOT; AND, VILLANOVA, A FINALIST LOSING TO UCLA, FORFEITING THEIR RUNNERUP SPOT, THANX TO HOWARD PORTER..
He mentioned it.
He mentioned it
It won't ever be demolished now because it's a national landmark.
That's good I hope they don't
As it should be
If it was a national landmark, they would take care of it. It’s rotting away and you can tell as you look over from 610.
It serves no purpose. It should be demolished. Costs 2 million each year to keep up just to sit there.
Read somewhere it was partly demolished in 2013
You should look at doing a video on North Wilkesboro Speedway. It was abandoned and left for dead in 1996 but will return next season to the NASCAR schedule and will host the all star race. The track is currently undergoing a renovation/restoration that will make it modern but keep the old historic look of the track. The state of NC help make it possible by providing funding.
Thanks for the tip.
Ahh yes, the classic example of it only working because rich people got taxpayer handouts.
Wilkesboro were the Tyson Foods factory ID located? I'm from Winston-Salem
Whoopteedodo you can't polish a turd
I remember as a kid going to games in the dome, going to
Astroworld, then as a teen working at a hot dog stand and getting to see games and the rodeo, and other events. The last time I was visiting Houston, I drove around, and it made me sad with the changes to the complex. I really hope a use for the stadium comes up.
didn't know they did rodeos there, that's awesome
Same 😢
@@MrJCerqueira Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has been the largest in the world since the Dome days.
Great job! The amount of research and detail that goes into these videos is staggering.
By far the best video on the Astrodome I have seen on UA-cam. A+
Thank you for this comprehensive and objective look at the Astrodome! One of the best I’ve seen. So many wonderful memories as a kid of The Dome from the 80’s and 90’s. Astros, Oilers, Houston Rodeo, Even saw Guns N Roses/Metallica and U2 there. It’s truly an iconic place. It’s now dwarfed by NRG Stadium, but it will always hold a special place for me.
They ruined the Dome when they removed the old scoreboard, sad indeed.
I was at the Metallica / GnR show in 92
There's also a 13 minute video on the Dome that's pretty good as well by Bright Sun Media.
I'd like to see it restored to it's original appearance and maybe have the Astros play a few games there every season and wear throwback uniforms as well as their opponents.
We moved to Houston from Ft. Worth in 1990 and my wife loved the Astrodome. You could go from your car in 100 degree heat and stifling humidity to cool comfort inside the 'Dome. I also ran the 'Dome Run" 10k one year that had the 50 yard line of the football field as the finish line. Great memories. We moved from Houston in 1999.
Do you ever miss Houston?
@@sirot5561 I live near Austin now and do get to Houston from time to time. I wouldn’t want to move back however. Too much humidity!
The Dome should absolutely be demolished. It’s an eyesore, has zero purpose and there is no need for it in the future. Reimagining it won’t work, restoring it makes no sense so bulldoze the thing into the history books. It’s been almost 25 years since it served any real purpose. Let it go. Also, great vid!!!
try tellin' it to tha National Historical people! as long as they have a say so, tha dome is still gunna be around
Watched many Astros, Oilers games, rodeos and concerts there. I was at the last Astros game there when ATL beat em. When me and my fiancée were getting up to leave I told her take a good look. This is the last time we'll ever see it. LOTS of memories there!
As a kid I must have saved my parents thousands on daycare: They dropped me off at the Astrodome and Astroworld. I was constantly at Astros games or at the park. :)
I also won a radio contest knowing the"official" name of the Astrodome. (Harris county domed stadium) :D lol
Saw the mets play the Astros in 87 there. We watched the scoreboard and they showed an announcement of a wedding party. My uncle and I told the security guard at the elevator we were with them, he let us go up. We watched the rest of the game right above home plate...whutta view! ⚾
Great video. I think a mixed use would be ideal. Maybe something like the Star in Frisco that the Cowboys have. Renovate the playing field, the Texans can use it sometimes for a practice field, local highschools can play some games there 'cause highschool football is in abundance in Texas, and build a new roof between the orange mezanine and rainbow sections and put indoor gardens and shops on top of that. Take the paint off the roof windows to let light in for the plants. Build modern elevator and fire escape ramps where the cylenders were. The Rangers took inspiration from the Astros for their new stadium, the Texans can take some inspiration from the Cowboys and their Star facility to revitalize the Dome.
It’s a broken down dump. No one is going to spend money to redevelop it to do any of this. It’s been two decades of neglect - it’s not coming back.
Outstanding well researched video. It's an impressive structure and has a special place in history like the Empire State Building. Hope it can be preserved.
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Bro they should host college games in there and will give chances to kids in universities/colleges to feel how it was to play in it and in the mlb
The city of Houston and the State of Texas needs to come together and make the Astrodome one big ass casino. Because people are taking there money to Lake Charles to gamble.
In addition to the Astros & Oilers, the Astrodome also was home to the Houston Hurricane of the North American Soccer League from 1978-1980. The Hurricane were awful in their first season but quickly rebounded the following two seasons by making the playoffs. However the Hurricane struggled to attract fans to games drawing only an average of 6,000 fans per game & by the end of the 1980 season the owners had enough & folded the team. Prior to the Hurricane, soccer had been played in the Astrodome in the form of the Houston Stars from 1967-1968 who were owned by Roy Hofheinz & played in the short lived United Soccer Association in 1967 before joining the NASL for 1968. Unlike the Hurricane, the Stars had great attendance despite not making the playoffs in either league. However because the NASL lost money in 1968, the majority of owners throughout the league including Roy Hofheinz decided to fold their teams at the end of the season. Lastly the legacies that these two teams left behind in Houston eventually led MLS to relocate the original SJ Earthquakes franchise to Houston in 2005 & rename them the Dynamo where they won two MLS Cups in 2006 & 2007.
I don't know why they didn't want 1994 world cup games there in the Astrodome.
@@hectorlopez1069 probably because of conflicts with the Astros, Miami and Candlestick Park didn’t get games for this exact reason. Thankfully 2026 gave Houston some games.
We had the MINNESOTA KICKS. (Days of Pele')
Who cares
NFL needs to buy it, restore it then host some of the throwback uniform games there! Kinda like what Nascar does with Darlington!
There are so many potential uses for the Astrodome. It's a shame that it's just sitting there unused.
It could be a great museum for starters.
if you can make a video on the old Carolina coliseum ill be genuinely impressed, there's like nothing on it and I go to it everyday
I’ve always been fascinated woth the Astrodome. Indycar used to host an event in reliant park, with one of the most exciting corners wrapping around the exterior of the Astrodome. I was fortunate enough to compete in one of the support races, flying past this glorious relic at over 100mph was an incredible experience.
Thanks,Really enjoyed.My dad was a carpenter on the Dome construction and I had a picture of Me at 5 years old ,My dad and his dad standing in the lower field as ground work started. Construction stopped a few times at first and the new roof leak badly the first few years. And Elvis Presley did Three days of Sold out concerts in 1969,Was there. Saw many Rodeos there .In the 1980s you could see a daytime Astros losers game for free,You just had to buy 2 week warm beers.There would be maybe 500 people in the stands. Times change, But the Dome still stands.
Maybe WWE could go there one day soon
They did already
@@austin6735 i mean again like have another wrestle mania again there
We were there.. almost there, and then came Lina Hidalgo. Thanks for nothing Lina... smdh ....
Revisited Houston this summer and saw the Dome on the freeway, it closed before I moved there but at least NRG got the new memories also RIP Astroworld may you come back in the future
Does Houston or Texas have a professional Soccer (Football) team. If so, maybe this could become a Soccer venue.
The Dynamo and the Dash play at Shell Energy Stadium near downtown and Minute Maid Park.
Thanks for a great documentary. I was a kid in the 80s and used to marvel at the idea of playing baseball indoors. Back then, it was the only type of domed stadium in the USA.
You can see a lot of the then new Astrodome in the 1970 movie Brewster Macloud.
Also in one of those Bad News Bears sequels
So many beautiful memories at the astrodome my first NFL football game Houston Oilers vs Cleveland browns various Houston livestock show and rodeos and the most memorable of all the night that the beautiful Texano singer Selena performed her last great concert breaking record of assistance 30 days before she was murdered. The THE ASTRODOME is a very important part of Us Houstonians a very important part of the city of Houston.
Great job beautiful video.
It would cost money to get up to date but just turn it into hockey arena. Try to get Arizona Cyotes to move there and maybe the Rockets.
They need to tear down that monstrosity next to the Astro dome
Thank you for doing this episode and taking my suggestion. Your videos are always well done! Are you open to any more suggestions?
Amazing video! I have many memories of ASTROS and Oilers games at the dome
Boy, o boy did the city screw that one up. It's almost comical the way things have broken down (literally and figuratively) in the past 20 years.
Make up your mind, Houston. You either should do a complete makeover, and put all your chips in one basket...or turn it into a tourist attraction.
Spending over 2 million per year...for essentially nothing...is laughable.
Houston & Harris County should have modernized it for the Texans once they started in 2002.
Made no sense building another dome next to the Astrodome then be left looking like idiots for the past 20 years.
Superdome has managed to stick around for 40 years and remains a landmark. How did Houston screw this one up?
Bravo! Bravo! Bellisimo!
I was dying for you to bring up Wrestlemania being there and boom there it was
I have watched Astros baseball games, Oilers football games, rodeos, monster trucks and motor cross races. Watched Evil Knievel do motorcycle jumps. Been to concerts and attended numerous Offshore Technology Conferences in the old dome. Had lots of good times at AstroWorld with my kids. It’s sad to drive by there now but I guess that is just progress. I wish something could be done with it. 😢
2:31 The Houston Dynamo FC, Houston Rockets, Houston Astros, Houston Texans and Houston Roughnecks win more games including a championship, they would have to choose what to do with The Astrodome
Houston needs to renovate the AstroDome like Tacoma Washington did with the Tacoma Dome.
It's our Colosseum just let it stand. 1000's of years from know it will be there just like the one in Rome. Let it RIP.
Can Montreal have it? It still looks better than the Olympic Stadium for Baseball..,
Multiple times voters said bulldoze it. If they can tear down yankee stadium, this place has gotta go
idk if anybody noticed but this is the first episode where i used my new mic setup. Narration quality overall dramaticly increases every episode imo. Still not great, but ive found changing the way i write the script to be the biggest driver of improvement.
Do the polo grounds or the old Texas Rangers stadium or the old Miami stadium
Houston Oilers we’re the city’s first Major League Team ! Put some respect on their name bro!!!!!
It should become a Ringling Brothers And Barnum & Bailey Circus museum
Just started the video, commenting for the algorithm
Let’s be clear. The oilers, astros and now Texan have little to no sway over the stadium new and old. The Houston Rodeo is the true boss when it comes to getting what it wants from the county.
my weird thoughts is thinking this should turn into a track and field stadium and idk why it should 😂
The Astrodome holds very good memories for me I went there for the Astros games the rodeo, motocross, concerts all the way from 1989-2004. Also Astroworld before it go demolished. I love the dome pretty much every true Houstonian does and still remembers it in it's glory days.plus my grandpa's construction crew or iron works built the dome. Long live the Astrodome
It surprises me that they haven't demolished this first ever domed stadium. All the other domes have been demolished.
The Astrodome has a lot of love from many of the locals from Houston. A lot of people from that city and abroad have fond memories of it. In a lot of ways it’s a symbol of the city. It is amazing it’s still standing though.
Love to see a video on Freedom Hall in Louisville KY. Nice work!
Used to go to the Astrodome with my family in the summers during the 90s to watch the Astros play. There was a certain charm about that place. By then it was a bit dated but the temp was alway chilled inside and there was something special about looking up at the roof and seeing all those lights. Good times….
So many great building get demolished in this country, they need to save this one! So the original only held what 48,000? So why not try to revert it back to a smaller venue. Have the Astros play a few series here or Spring training games. Recreate the scoreboard as well. Or somehow make it a hockey arena and move the Coyotes to Houston.
The voice to text you're using sounds really unnatural
Always wanted to go after watching Wrestlemania 17.
Wouldn't it have been cheaper just to update it instead of building a new stadium right next to it. The Saint's have been playing in the Superdome since forever and you never here them complaining about wanting a new stadium but every other NFL team has had a new stadium but not them
I've not looked into the super dome yet, but what I can say is that it much more closely resembles the scale and layout of a modern stadium than the astrodome.
That was great! I hope it gets to be played in the Astro Dome itself someday
Too bad Texas Stadium wasn't preserved.
I was just thinking the other day about how much I miss that old Light/Score board. Great times at the AstroDome.
Maybe Elon Musk will turn the Astrodome into the new Twitter Headquarters.
It needs to be demolished like the Texas stadium was !!
Facility has been let go too long. Would cost a fortune to have anything there anymore. It needs to be torn down. No one wants to put any Money into it.
there's a Landmark plaque there, so demolition ain't happenin'
my grandfather engineered the track system that the seating configuration rolled on to reconfigure for baseball and football games. i was a lead medic there for 10 years up to the last event. had a lot of fun working them and meeting the stars.
Love these videos, never stop.
Rams Owner Stan Kroenke has a apartment in Ball Arena in Denver.
It's time to tear it down once and for all because, in a matter of time, new stadiums will need to be built for the other venues that are there now
Make the Texans play in it. Maybe they could win a game!
I could definitly see the facility being used as the primary practice facility for the texans. Could function similar to the Cowboys practice facility.
@@LaBreeceTV do they still practice in the balloon across the street?
My dad had the luxury of getting to be inside of the astrodome. When he was three or four, he said he went with one of his relatives to watch the houston stock show and rodeo in the astrodome. I wish I could've seen the houston rodeo in that magnificent stadium.
Thanks for the presentation. Long time Houston area resident. Loads of memories from the Dome including Astros, Oilers, rodeo, midget races and Oilers homecoming. I will never give up that the dome will come alive again whether for conventions, indoor amusement park it will survive. I am building a mancave and the decor will be the Astrodome. Walls will be images of the stands and scoreboard with the outside walls being images of the dome with Houston skyline in background. Stadium lighting with hanging speakers for big screen on wall with scoreboard backdrop. Thanks again.
Im not even from Texas and i can remember how famous the Houston astrodome was, we had a member of the astros come to my elementary when i was a kid I live in Arizona, and talk to the class about being a professional baseball player, i remember asking him about the astrodome because it was so famous, hard to believe its abandoned.
Make it an indoor theme park n hotel
Crazy early
What also happened to RFK Stadium - apparently abandoned - also there are other Stadiums domed and open air stadiums that have been abandoned - why don't you do your "studies" on those facilities and find out why they were abandoned/left unused. The Highmark Stadium will be demolished when the new Buffalo Bills Stadium is opened and that demolished space will be turned into fan parking.
They didn't lose 5 to 7, it's 7 to 5
I know not many will know this but The Old Arena in St Louis. I watched my first hockey game and sesame street on ice. Also, its demise. Fun fact (I didn't know) Bret Hall blew it up with a perfect shot.
There's absolutely nothing useful you can use it for. Unless you want to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to make it a museum with the only thing on display be itself, the ultimate result will be to tear it down for an additional parking lot for the functional stadium next door.
tearin it down won't happen if there's a Landmark Plaque on dat site
@@blakedmc1989HDWell, then you can spend millions of dollars on a plaque then.
@@Geotpf i wasn't tha one who put tha plaque there, it was Texas Historic Commission who did so yea it's gunna stay put
13:00 There was a tourney with a final four long before 1968. But your point is valid. It wasn't as popular as a TV event as the Houston/UCLA game was.
Went there for nickel beer night. Don’t remember who was playing against the Astros. I do remember it was the biggest concentration of drunks I have ever seen.
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo was instrumental in the building of the Dome as it had outgrown Sam Houston Coliseum and was seeking new facilities at the time Judge Hofheinz was pitching for baseball. The Astrohall was designed as a livestock pavilion with a show ring at its center, with conventions and the circus the rest of the year, and the Astroarena (NRG Arena) was later added for horse shows. When Reliant Stadium was built, the Astrohall was demolished to make room for parking, and Reliant(NRG) Center was built north of the Dome as a replacement.
I lived in Houston from 1998 to 2002, i was 7 in 1998 and 11 in 2002. The Astrodome also hosted high school football games, I attended plenty of them. My favorite memory of the Astrodome though is WWE Wrestlemania 17 in April 2001. Although i didn't attend the event, i watched it live on PPV and it was the most fun i had watching something on TV. That's how great of a PPV WM17 was.
No mention of legendary concerts by Elvis and a recorded show by Sonny James, plus no mention of the best team Houston EVER HAD- the USFL's HOUSTON GAMBLERS! 😢
The billionaire to handle the job imo is Elon Musk, he’s got the space connection with Starlink and Space X, and he has businesses in Texas. I think he could manage pulling off a tasteful modern update to the Astrodome.
Tear it down.
I feel like there must be a way to renovate without compromising the the buildings historical structure. They could even host events in it again if they had the funding to do it. Dodger Stadium, MSG, etc. all are still operational.
Simple make the Astrodome a national park and maybe the Texas sports hall of fame museum and maybe another museum for the Astros and oilers history as well
2:31 The Houston Dynamo FC, Houston Rockets, Houston Astros, Houston Texans and Houston Roughnecks win more games including a championship, they would have to choose what to do with The Astrodome
Easy to see why the building is not in use. Harder to understand is the reluctance to tear down an abandoned building.
Turn it into a museum dedicated to the history of the city of Houston. It can include the sports side, entertainment, city development, everything that makes Houston....Houston?
There is no Lancaster, County around Buffalo. Buffalo is in Erie County, and so is Lancaster, which is a town, and village within.
The comparison to the other rescued locations is moot when you consider that the Astro Dome is a sports complex sitting next to it's replacement. There is very little chance that even after renovating and restoring the complex would a team sign on to play there. Why play there when they can play next door?
In my opinion, it should be considered requesting that the Historical status exist for the outside and iconic visual of the building, and research alternative uses for the interior of the building. For example, research the possibilities of building a year round water park along with an inward facing hotel. This would be one of several possible ways to help generate money to save the stadium and make use of the building.