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Dome and Dumber
A funny thing happened on the Astrodome Redevelopment Corp.‘s way to, uh . . . redevelop the Astrodome: They forgot to get buy-in on their kitchen-sink proposal from a few important parties: The $450...
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Astrodome Redevelopment’s Last, Desperate Gambit: Release Images
You know things must be getting desperate for the Astrodome Redevelopment Corporation, which earlier this week suffered the indignity of having two rather important stakeholders come out against the...
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Dome Redo: Doomed from the Opening Pitch
More high comedy surrounding the Astrodome: Just what is Texans owner Bob McNair’s problem with the proposal to redevelop the Astrodome into a hotel? It’s . . . the hotel! “A hotel would be in direct...
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Where Training Will Begin: The Houston Texans YMCA at Palm Center
The brand new YMCA planned for the corner of Griggs Rd. and Martin Luther King Blvd. will be the first ever named after a professional sports team: The Houston Texans. Construction is expected to...
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Judge Emmett Not Impressed by Texans, Rodeo Plan To Demolish the Astrodome
JUDGE EMMETT NOT IMPRESSED BY TEXANS, RODEO PLAN TO DEMOLISH THE ASTRODOME A study paid for by the Houston Texans and the Livestock Show and Rodeo has determined that tearing down the Astrodome will...
View ArticleComment of the Day: The Team That’s Trying To Tear Down the Astrodome
COMMENT OF THE DAY: THE TEAM THAT'S TRYING TO TEAR DOWN THE ASTRODOME "The more this saga continues, the more I’m inclined to agree with the opinion that the dome should become the Rodeo’s and the...
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Roger Goodell: 2,500 Extra Parking Spaces Does Sound Pretty Good
ROGER GOODELL: 2,500 EXTRA PARKING SPACES DOES SOUND PRETTY GOOD The study paid for by the Texans and the Rodeo that found the Astrodome could be torn down and replaced with 2,500 parking spots for $29...
View ArticleComment of the Day Runner-Up: Bogarting the Astrodome
COMMENT OF THE DAY RUNNER-UP: BOGARTING THE ASTRODOME "The only roadblock to redevelopment of the Dome, as I see it, are two self-interested organizations that are afforded an unwarranted and...
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Will the Rodeo or the Texans Pay Rent To Use the Astrodome?
WILL THE RODEO OR THE TEXANS PAY RENT TO USE THE ASTRODOME? Contradicting teevee reporter Ted Oberg's declaration a couple of weeks ago that the county's own projections show that the renovated...
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Now Picture Houston’s Astrodome Replaced by a Giant Wet Pit
NOW PICTURE HOUSTON'S ASTRODOME REPLACED BY A GIANT WET PIT Simply filling in the 9-acre, 35-ft.-deep hole in the ground where the Astrodome now sits would eat up more than $10 million of the estimated...
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Behind the Rodeo and Texans’ Latest Scheme To Get Rid of the Astrodome in...
Swamplot will dig into some of the more entertaining and eye-opening details of the proposal later. But in the meantime, before folks go around shouting “heck, yeah!”, hyperventilating, or considering...
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Judge Emmett’s New Plan To Turn the Astrodome Into the World’s Largest Indoor...
Harris County Judge Ed Emmett’s new “not fully hashed out” plan for reusing the Astrodome is to turn the structure into the world’s largest indoor public park and recreation area. The park might...
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