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	Reliant Astrodome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Houston mayor Roy Hofheinz claimed inspiration for what would eventually become the Astrodome when he was on a tour of Rome, where he learned that the builders of the ancient Colosseum installed giant velariums to shield spectators from the Roman sun.
		The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, one of the city's biggest annual events, was held at the Dome from 1966 until 2003.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Astrodome (1083 words)

	Houston Astros - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On October 17th, 1960, Judge Roy Hofheinz and the ownership group from Houston is awarded a franchise in the ten-team National League, called the Houston Colt.45s.
		On April 9, 1965, the Houston Colt.45s become the Houston Astros and inaugurate indoor baseball in the Astrodome.
		After the Astrodome was renovated for the primary benefit of the Houston Oilers, the Astros began to grow increasingly disenchanted with the facility.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Houston_Astros (5486 words)

	Reliant Astrodome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Houston Gamblers of the USFL also played home games at the Astrodome.
		They reasoned that the Astrodome is closely surrounded by hospitals, hotels, apartments, Reliant Stadium, the Reliant Center, Reliant Arena, a freeway, Six Flags theme park, and that demolition might damage some of them.
		However, eventually officials declared that the Reliant Astrodome was full at 13,000 and could not accept additional hurricane evacuees from the disaster.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Houston_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.
		The Astrodome became home of two football teams in 1965, the University of Houston, and the Houston Oilers.
		The Astrodome was one of the first stadium to have luxury suites with 53; and each of the 42,217 seats in the Astrodome were cushioned.
	www.ballparksofbaseball.com /past/Astrodome.htm (693 words)

	Boston.com / News / Nation / Weighing pride and practicality, Houston debates Astrodome's future
		Houston is enjoying a remarkable run of professional sports stadium development.
		What the Astrodome has to offer now are memories -- Knievel jumping his motorcycle over 13 cars, Billie Jean King beating Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes," Frank Sinatra handing a rose to a fan after singing a tribute to the Apollo 11 astronauts.
		But it's Houston's white elephant, he said, and an important landmark."This is a town which, in my mind, is focused on making life possible where it might not seem obvious," he said.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2003/08/24/weighing_pride_and_practicality_houston_debates_astrodomes_future (441 words)

	THE EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD
		Opened in 1965, the Houston Astrodome represents the first enclosed multipurpose stadium to be built in the United States.
		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).
	www.historichouston.org /newSite/landmarks/virtual/astrohistory.html (906 words)

	Houston- Il Duomo
		The story of the Astrodome's creation is a form of surrealist frontier melodrama where financial risk-taking, political deal-making, and architectural daring intersect to recast the fates of humanity redefining our perceptions about the nature of buildings, the functions they contain, and the culture they represent.
		The Astrodome engages the sense of the infinite paradoxically.
		Freed of ultimate closure, the Astrodome becomes a microcosm, as though it were a colony in space or on society's conceptual frontier (which, in a sense, it was), with a wholeness independent of the outside world.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/gsapp/BT/DOMES/HOUSTON/h-duomo.html (2053 words)

	Astrodome Articles
		All along, analysts predicted the Houston deal would be a blockbuster because of the singular confluence of a stadium surrounded by four other facilities, the promise of hosting regular Super Bowls, and the presence of the rodeo.
		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)

	ABC News: Katrina Refugees Transferred to Houston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		HOUSTON Sep 1, 2005 — The first busloads of weary refugees from New Orleans arrived early Thursday at Houston's Astrodome, where air conditioning, cots, food and showers awaited them.
		Houston developers detailed plans for turning the rarely used 40-year-old Astrodome into a hotel last month not knowing that within weeks the Dome would be retrofitted into a temporary home for up to 25,000 hurricane evacuees.
		Astrodome officials said it would only accept people who were stranded at the Superdome a rule that was tested late Wednesday when an Orleans Parish school bus arrived, filled with families with children seeking shelter.
	abcnews.go.com /Technology/HurricaneKatrina/wireStory?id=1086472 (384 words)

	BUILDING BIG: Databank: Astrodome
		The Houston Astrodome was the first ballpark in the world to have a roof over its playing field.
		Less than two decades after the Astrodome was built, a revolutionary new design led to the introduction of the retractable domed roof.
		By the 1990s, the Houston Astros and their spectators were longing for their own retractable roof.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/astro.html (412 words)

	Houston hotels reservations, cheap hotels, discounts - hotel deals
		A Houston landmark reborn as a stylish, contemporary destination delivering the highest level of outstanding personalized service, this hotel is now open with a big Texas welcome.
		The Houston Warwick is located in the heart of the museum district.
		Houston's two airports, George Bush Intercontinental and Hobby, are an equal distance from the front doors.
	www.all-hotels.com /houston-hotels.htm (607 words)

	CBS 11: Houston Astrodome Fills To Capacity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		HOUSTON (CBS) After accepting more than 11,000 Hurricane Katrina refugees, officials said the Astrodome was full and began sending buses to other shelters in the Houston area.
		The refugees who had arrived in Houston earlier, weary from days in the sweltering, miserable conditions at the Louisiana Superdome, were happy to get a shower, a hot meal and a cool place to sleep.
		As she was offered chips and an apple, Lee said the conditions Houston are far better than they were in New Orleans, but she can't wait to get back to her home state.
	cbs11tv.com /localnews/topstories_story_245091831.html (985 words)

	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.
		The Houston Astrodome by Craig A. Doherty, Katherine M. Doherty and Nicole Bowman.
	www.ballparks.com /baseball/national/astrod.htm (968 words)

	Houston Astros - Stadium
		Houston scored two runs on RBI hits from Hatcher and Glenn Davis and had runners at first and third with two outs and Kevin Bass at the plate.
		Houston came back with two runs in the eighth, and the Phillies and Astros were back in familiar territory - extra innings.
		Although the dimensions of the park were no longer egregious after 1977, when the power alleys were reduced from 390 feet to 375 feet (the 16-foot fences were reduced to 10 feet), hitters continued to complain that the ball didn't seem to carry well at all.
	www.baseball-statistics.com /Ballparks/Hou/Astrodome.htm (1949 words)

	Houston Astrodome Concert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		AFTER the Astrodome concert Selena played Miami's Calle Ocho Festival on March 11, the Tejano Rodeo on March 16, Alamodome's Teach The Children Festival, and her final on-stage performance was at Chicago Amphitheatre on March 19.
		A year later in 1994 Selena performed at the Astrodome for a crowd of 60,948 fans, breaking the attendance record she herself already set.
		In 1995 when Selena made her 3rd and final Astrodome appearance, she drew in a crowd of 61,041, breaking her previous 2 records and setting the record for the 2nd largest Astrodome concert.
	www.angelfire.com /va/bidibidibombom/houston.html (428 words)

	The Houston Astrodome: A Symphony of Relief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Solutions had to be found, and one answer was bussing to Houston for sheltering in the Astrodome.
		As that person leaves the Astrodome for an errand, they will swipe their card at the main gate, helping the Red Cross keep track of who is there and not there -- giving instant accountability.
		As this reporter walked away from the Astrodome, now standing as an amazing testament of human strength, and innovation, I marvelled at how it was to see it come together.
	www.redcross.org /article/0,1072,0_312_4517,00.html (629 words)

	Detroit Lions Site: Houston Astrodome Retrospective
		Dubbed the "Eighth Wonder of the World" in 1965, the Houston Astrodome (originally called Harris County Domed Stadium) was deemed an architectural marvel nearly 40 years ago.
		The brainchild of prominent Houston judge Roy Hofheinz, the facility boasted having: a fully functional, all-encompassing air-conditioning system; cushioned red and orange "theater-style" seats; futuristic sky boxes; a $2-million scoreboard and semi-transparent panels on the roof -- enabling grass to grow inside (an often-dismissed notion then).
		As a football facility, the Astrodome housed the Oilers and Houston Gamblers, the United States Football League franchise in the 1980s.
	www.detroitlions.com /document_display.cfm?document_id=354940 (912 words)

	Technology For All --- We empower communities!
		Joshua is a new resident of Houston from New Orleans and was introduced to TFA when he came to the ACT Center (Astrodome Community Technology Center Report -PDF file) at Houston's Astrodome to write in his blog.
		Houston Hope represents the private sector side of a collaborative public/private initiative that will improve the quality of life in designated Houston Hope neighborhoods and bring hope for a brighter future to their residents.
		The Astrodome Community Technology Center is located on the ground floor of the dome in the Theatre that is located at the South Ramp inside the concourse.
	texasctcs.blogspot.com (7651 words)

	Houston Astrodome Indoor Olympic Track a Horrible Idea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Houston, Texas is counting on a high tech, climate controlled bid to convince the USOC, and eventually IOC members, to award the city the Olympic Games.
		The Houston bid includes an idea to convert Houston's indoor stadium, The Astrodome, into a "world-class" track and field facility, indoors and air-conditioned.
		Houston is selling the bid as a high-tech climate controlled Olympics, with all venues fully air conditioned.
	www.internationalgames.net /news/0802/003.htm (202 words)

	HoustonChronicle.com - Hotlist
		The Houston Astrodome -- www.columbia.edu/cu/gsapp/BT/DOMES/HOUSTON/houston.html Native Houstonians, Dome lovers and anyone who was in Houston in 1965 will savor time spent on this marvelous time capsule of The Eighth Wonder of the World.
		Ballparks: Astrodome -- www.ballparks.com/baseball/national/astrod.htm Along with a factual overview from a ballpark perspective, there is a picture of the Astrodome next to Reliant Stadium.
		Reliant Astrodome Seating Chart -- www.ticketstogo.com/astrodome.html Sure, you scoff at this now, but one day there may not be an Astrodome, much less the seats in it.
	www.chron.com /cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/tech/weekly/2214300 (448 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 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.
		If Houston can afford to keep shelling out millions each year for a new stadium for football and baseball, surely the city can afford to keep one building that is to Houston what the Space Needle is to Seattle.
	www.offthekuff.com /mt/archives/001969.html (1727 words)

	Superdome's Sweltering Refugees To Be Bused To Houston Astrodome: From The Tampa Tribune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Superdome's Sweltering Refugees To Be Bused To Houston Astrodome: From The Tampa Tribune
		The building no longer is the home of a professional sports team: The Houston Astros left in 2000 and the dome is now used for events such as conventions, concerts and high school football games.
		Organizers plan to use Astrodome kitchens and locker rooms to keep refugees fed and clean, but they said they realize it won't be easy because the arena was not built to handle so many people.
	www.tampatrib.com /News/MGBZP1533DE.html (593 words)

	KUTV: Refugees Begin Arriving At Houston Astrodome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		NEW ORLEANS A slow exodus of refugees from the smelly and sweltering Superdome began arriving in Houston early Thursday after officials opened the Astrodome as an air-conditioned haven.
		Astrodome officials said it would only accept people who were stranded at the Superdome — a rule that was tested late Wednesday when an Orleans Parish school bus arrived, filled with families with children seeking shelter.
		Organizers plan to use Astrodome kitchens and locker rooms to keep refugees fed and clean, but they realize it won't be easy because the arena was not built to handle so many people.
	kutv.com /topstories/local_story_244024318.html (744 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: The Houston Astrodome (Building America) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Just south of the center of Houston, in a spot that used to be part of the flat Texas prairie, lies the Harris County Domed Stadium, better known as the Astrodome.
		After the Roman Colosseum, the Astrodome is the most famous sports theater that has ever graced the planet.
		If not for this sad occurence, the Astros would still be playing their home games in the Astrodome and the football Oilers never would have left Houston.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1567111130?v=glance (1026 words)

	portland imc - 2005.09.11 - The Houston Astrodome: Do You Know What Is Really Happening?
		There is a lot going on here in Houston and in the Astrodome.
		Here is some general information about what has and is going on at the moment here in Houston Texas, in and around the Astrodome.
		There are walls of names starting with "A" and ending at "W" on walls inside the Astrodome with "have you seen this person?" or, "(persons name) if you see this please call (phone number)." Thousands and Thousands of these notes are everywhere on pieces of paper of many different sizes large and small.
	portland.indymedia.org /en/2005/09/324619.shtml (705 words)

	Katrina Aftermath: Refugee Radio at Houston Astrodome; 10,000 Radios Needed
		Relief volunteers and Independent Media organizers in Houston, Texas, in collaboration with refugees from Hurricane Katrina, have gotten permission from the Federal Communications Commission and the City of Houston, Texas to build a 30 watt radio station to serve the families currently living at the Houston Astrodome and adjacent buildings.
		These volunteers, led by a community media publishing group called Houston Indymedia, are working with volunteer professional engineers and technicians from all over the United States to get this station on the air.
		The Houston Indymedia volunteers, who produce a radio program on Pacifica radio station KPFT, are moving their whole studio to the Astrodome and working with volunteers from as far away as Portland, Oregon to get the station on the air right away.
	katrina05.blogspot.com /2005/09/refugee-radio-at-houston-astrodome.html (545 words)

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