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	Astrodome
		The Astrodome was also the first stadium in the country to use separate Astroturfs for baseball and football, each housed in a storage pit in center field and rolled out on a cushion of air.
		The Astrodome scoreboard and home run spectacular were replaced by two Diamond Vision screens, a large matrix board, two auxiliary matrix boards and a game-in-progress board.
		Aerial view of the Astrodome and Colt Stadium courtesy of the Houston Astros.
	www.ballparks.com /baseball/national/astrod.htm (1078 words)

	Reliant Astrodome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Astrodome was well-known for a four-story-tall scoreboard, comprised of thousands of lightbulbs, that featured animations until its removal in the late 1980s.
		The Astrodome was joined by a new neighbor in 2002, the retractable-roofed Reliant Stadium, which was built to house Houston's new NFL franchise, the Houston Texans.
		Although some Houstonians want the Reliant Astrodome demolished by 2009 or 2010, and to be replaced by a large parking lot for the new Reliant Stadium, the Reliant Center and Reliant Arena (a mini-convention center), city council has rejected that plan for environmental reasons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reliant_Astrodome (1083 words)

	Ballparks of Baseball-Astrodome-Houston Astros
		Houston, TX Known as "The Eight Wonder of the World", the Astrodome was home to the Houston Astros for 35 years and was the first dome stadium in any sport.
		The move to the Astrodome was welcomed because it was air-conditioned.
		The Astrodome was one of the first stadiums to have luxury suites with 53 and each of the 42,217 seats in the Astrodome were cushioned.
	www.ballparksofbaseball.com /past/Astrodome.htm (674 words)

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	Stadiums of the NFL-Astrodome-Houston Oilers
		The Astrodome was one of the first stadium to have luxury suites with 53.
		In order for football to be played at the Astrodome, two sets of 5,000 seats could be moved to form a football gridiron.
		Over 12,000 seats were added to the Astrodome, bringing the capacity to nearly 60,000 for football.
	www.stadiumsofnfl.com /past/Astrodome.htm (597 words)

	Astrodome Mobile Planetarium
		Astrodome's unique Space Show has been delivered to over 2,000 schools in the U.K. and every one of them has invited us back to see this exciting educational presentation again.
		Astrodome has two domes, the Standard-Dome and the Super-Dome, both made from a reinforced, flame-retardant, industrial grade fabric and are inflated by a high-velocity fan to a rigid structure in about five minutes.
		Astrodome is delivered straight to the safest environment of all - your own school hall - eliminating the need for expensive and time-consuming coach trips.
	www.astrodome.clara.co.uk /info.html (582 words)

	Reliant Astrodome
		A new football only AstroTurf system was also installed, making the Astrodome the only artificial-turf stadium in the USA with entirely separate fields for football and baseball.
		This was the fourth time that the Astrodome has received a new rug.
		But his lease at the Astrodome runs through the 1997 season, and Houston Mayor Bob Lanier is holding him to it.
	football.ballparks.com /NFL/HoustonOilers (942 words)

	Astrodome \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Dubbed the Eighth Wonder of the World when it opened in 1965 as the Harris County Domed Stadium, Houston's Astrodome was the world's first large indoor venue (45,000 seats spread over five seating levels) for a major-league field sport.
		On June 15, 1976, the Astrodome suffered its only rainout when torrential storms flooded the nearby streets and made it impossible to get to the stadium.
		The Astrodome was always an extreme pitcher's park, and although the dimensions were later shortened from their original 360-420-360 to 325-400-325, the ball never carried well.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/A/Astrodome.stm (1187 words)

	HoustonChronicle.com - Astrodome at capacity, but buses with evacuees keep coming
		The number in the Astrodome is less than the estimated 25,000 relief officials said would be sheltered in that building.
		Inside the Astrodome, Simon Henderson, 47, of Metarie, La., sat in the mezzanine section watching TV with his new friend, Mike Fallon, a frail octogenarian and retired school teacher.
		Some of the first 2,000 evacuees who reached the Astrodome late Wednesday and early Thursday weren't from the Superdome, and county officials backed off from their earlier announcement that only Superdome evacuees would be admitted.
	www.chron.com /cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/topstory/3335968 (2043 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: ASTRODOME
		The Astrodome, the first fully air-conditioned, enclosed, domed, multipurpose sports stadium in the world, is officially named Harris County Domed Stadium.
		The Astrodome is the prototype of numerous sports structures.
		The Astros played their last game in the Astrodome on October 9, 1999, after which they moved to the newly constructed Enron Field, a baseball-only facility, to begin the 2000 season.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/AA/xva1.html (719 words)

	Astrodome Radio Station Blocked \| The News is NowPublic.com
		Although the group trying to organize the station has wrangled three 90-day licenses from the FCC, as of Thursday, they were being stymied by a handful of temporary administrators content to maintain radio silence.
		According to KAMP, Royal claimed the Astrodome was not able to provide power to KAMP's low-power FM transmitter.
		When KAMP offered to bring in enough batteries to power the equipment off the Astrodome's grid, they were still denied.
	www.nowpublic.com /node/18769 (251 words)

	THE EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD
		Originally conceived by Judge Roy Hofheinz, president of Houston’s professional baseball team, county judge, and former mayor of the city, the Astrodome was intended to accommodate the city’s professional sports team while protecting them and their fans from the area’s seasonally hot and rainy weather conditions.
		Judge Hofheinz was one of the original members of the Houston Sports Association (HSA) who managed the Astrodome Complex, which consists of the Astrodome Stadium, the Astroarena Complex (8, 000 seat arena and 150,000 square foot exhibition hall), and the Astrohall Complex (550,000 square foot exhibition hall and 75,000 square feet of meeting space).
		Today, the astrodome is the only stadium that has two separate turfs, one for baseball and one for football.
	www.historichouston.org /newSite/landmarks/virtual/astrohistory.html (906 words)

	Boing Boing: Katrina: "Rape, murder, beatings" in Astrodome, say evacuees
		He's inside the Houston Astrodome, and has been talking to Katrina evacuees and tech aid volunteers who are there to set up computer banks and a low power FM station (see bottom of post for reports that FEMA's blocking that, despite FCC having granted the LPFM organizers a temporary license exemption).
		While some misinformation may be circulating as rumor among evacuees, let's also remember that reports of deaths and violence inside the New Orleans Superdome and Convention Center were dismissed as "rumor" in early days by authorities before reporters proved them to be true.
		The "rape, murder, beatings" that are alleged to be commonplace in the Astrodome are a load of hooey.
	www.boingboing.net /2005/09/07/katrina_rape_murder_.html (1007 words)

	A cool, cozy Astrodome in game 6 of PBA finals? - Jul. 12, 2003
		Officials said Friday the Astrodome management had promised to fix the air-conditioning system of the Astrodome in time for the sixth game of the Samsung All-Filipino Cup championship series between Coca-Cola and Talk N Text on Sunday.
		It was oven-hot at the Astrodome in the first game of the finals last week because only four of the six air-conditioning units were working.
		Media bureau chief Willie Marcial said one of the two air-conditioning units just needed cleaning and the other one had to be restored to its old working condition.
	www.inq7.net /brk/2003/jul/12/brkspo_1-1.htm (141 words)

	Astrodome Articles
		County officials have not yet decided on a concrete financing plan for the various projects, but are considering issuing bonds financed by future proceeds from the county's share of the hotel-occupancy tax.
		Harris County officials are considering investing $91.6 million in the 24-year-old Houston Astrodome regardless of whether the city wins a new NFL franchise.
		The Astrodome, once a lone jewel amid a seemingly endless sea of parking spaces, now finds its north and west flanks surrounded by construction of the $367 million football stadium and the $190 million exposition center.
	www.california.com /~csuppes/NFL/HoustonOilers/articles.htm (2215 words)

	Astrodome Historical Analysis by Baseball Almanac (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		I mean, now it's old, but then it was the scoreboard that they had with the bulls and the cowboys and the shooting off their guns and stuff like that.
		The Astrodome was nicknamed the "Eighth Wonder of the World" when it first opened its doors on April 12, 1965.
		Architectal wonders of the Astrodome: The apex of the Houston Astrodome roof was two-hundred eight (208') feet above the playing field.
	baseball-almanac.com /stadium/astrodome.shtml (589 words)

	USATODAY.com - Houston opens more shelters after Astrodome fills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Despite crowding at the Astrodome, more buses were being loaded Friday at the Superdome in New Orleans, where conditions had become desperate as thousands struggled with lack of supplies, clogged plumbing and no air conditioning.
		When the Astrodome filled, Katrina refugees who had finally arrived by bus were left in limbo for more than two hours before they were redirected to the exhibit hall.
		"The Astrodome was designed to have maybe 20,000 people for six hours at the most for something upon which they are all focused," Yudofsky said.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-09-02-astrodome_x.htm?csp=34 (1041 words)

	USATODAY.com - Astrodome to become new home for storm refugees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco had called for the New Orleans stadium to be evacuated after it became unusable as a shelter.
		Storm refugees who had been living in deteriorating conditions at the Louisiana Superdome are being bused to the Astrodome in Houston.
		The Astrodome's schedule — largely high school football games and tractor pulls since abandoned by pro teams — has been cleared until December.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-08-31-astrodome_x.htm (820 words)

	ABC News: Astrodome Too Full to Accept More Evacuees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		She said people were "packed pretty tight" on the floor of the Astrodome.
		Before we left New Orleans they said everybody will be in the Astrodome," said Patricia Profit, who stood outside one of the buses while some of her relatives were inside the Astrodome.
		The total of 11,375 inside the Astrodome when the initial decision on capacity was made was less than half the estimated 23,000 people who were expected to arrive by bus from New Orleans in Houston.
	abcnews.go.com /Technology/HurricaneKatrina/wireStory?id=1089687&... (415 words)

	HoustonChronicle.com - New space park eyed for Astrodome
		That is the vision of the Astrodome Redevelopment Co., a consortium of engineering and entertainment companies pursuing the idea of putting a "space theme park" in the Dome.
		According to a company statement, ARC was formed specifically to redevelop the Astrodome with a team of engineering and entertainment companies.
		Astrodome Redevelopment Co. officials estimate that design and construction would take at least three years, with the actual build-out not beginning until spring 2005.
	www.chron.com /cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2253219 (824 words)

	Debit Cards Distributed at Astrodome (phillyBurbs.com)
		Taylor was part of a stream of refugees who headed straight for the ATMs outside the Reliant Center to convert their debit cards to cash.
		FEMA first asked Astrodome refugees to register for cards, then summoned them to a distribution area in alphabetical order as federal agents stood guard.
		Word spread quickly among the refugees in the Astrodome, but the FEMA workers there were unaware of the announcement and had no cards to offer.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/1-09092005-539201.html (391 words)

	Wired News: Astrodome Radio Station Blocked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Nina Jackson, another administrator, assured the technicians that their request was heading up the chain of command at the Astrodome.
		They hoped to install their transmitters in the Astrodome that evening, then begin broadcasting at 9 a.m.
		Wednesday evening, the volunteers sat together on the balcony of Stringer's apartment, smoking cigarettes and trying to figure out what they did wrong, even as donations and support continued to be offered from around the world.
	www.wired.com /news/hurricane/0,2904,68806,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_7 (1031 words)

	Beyond the Astrodome - Helping the evacuees in Houston. By Karen Olsson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		I arrived last Saturday, to help out, when the place was mobbed by volunteers and about 5,000 evacuees were still living in what officials referred to as "Astrodome City" and "Reliant Center City"—down from 24,000 in the Reliant Park complex on Sept. 4.
		Inside, the turf had been removed, exposing the concrete floor, and the surrounding tiers of cushioned orange seats were clean but dingy-looking under the glare of the daytime floodlights.
		It was hard for even a generally stoic person to spend any length of time in the Astrodome and not get teary sooner or later.
	slate.msn.com /id/2126465 (1815 words)

	Off the Kuff: Astrodome update
		Others have suggested the Astrodome be transformed into a splashy museum of science and technology, a colossal shopping mall or a biosphere featuring a rain forest and botanical gardens.
		The suggestion that the Astrodome may become something unrecognizable -- or, worse, that it may be torn down completely -- upset some Houstonians.
		The Astrodome may be just 38 years old, but to many people here, it is an unsurpassed icon of municipal history and a singular point of civic pride.
	www.offthekuff.com /mt/archives/001969.html (1727 words)

	Off the Kuff: In order to save the Astrodome...
		I'm a little behind the times in commenting on this story about the sad current state of affairs with the Astrodome.
		And that the Astrodome should be protected if at all possible.
		20 million to fund an endowment that would allow the Astrodome to continue to sit empty and unused seems a bit silly to me. I off all people have fond memories of watching Oiler games during the Luv Ya Blue period in the dome.
	www.offthekuff.com /mt/archives/004679.html (1270 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Astrodome at Epinions.com
		The lady at the ticket window saw me coming, and since there was no line (surprise #2), I walked right up and said "Are there any tickets left for tonights game?" with my New Yawk accent.
		She looked at me queerly and said in her little Texas drawl, "Honey, this is the Astrodome.
		I'd heard that the Astrodome is one of the "old stadiums" that is being replaced with a "modern stadium", so it may already be too late.
	www.epinions.com /sprt-review-38D7-B647C1F-387E4AD1-bd1 (541 words)

	CBS News \| Astrodome Full, More Shelters Open \| September 3, 2005 03:32:13
		A few people were arrested in the Astrodome, although Sheriff Tommy Thomas didn't have an exact count.
		The Astrodome in Houston was set up to take in evacuees who were moved from the Superdome in New Orleans.
		More than 11,000 people were let into the Astrodome before officials decided it was full early Friday and began housing people in the adjacent Reliant Center.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/09/02/katrina/main812583_page2.shtml (363 words)

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