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NRG Astrodome

USA / Texas / Southside Place /
 abandoned / shut down, multipurpose hall, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places
The Reliant Astrodome (originally the Houston Astrodome) is a multipupose stadium located at Reliant Park in Houston, Texas. The world's first air-conditioned domed stadium, it opened in 1965 (briefly as the "Harris County Domed Stadium") and was nicknamed the "Eighth Wonder of the World".

The Astrodome was well-known for a four-story-tall scoreboard called the "Astrolite", composed of thousands of lightbulbs that featured animations; it was removed in the late 1980s to install 15,000 additional seats. It was also the first stadium to feature artificial turf, called AstroTurf, as it was discovered that natural grass lacked sufficient sunlight (in spite of the 'Dome's translucent ceiling) to grow properly.

The beginning of the end came when the Astros team moved downtown to what is now Minute Maid Park. Renamed the Reliant Astrodome in 2002, the facility was closed a few years later due to code violations. In 2013, demolition of some features of the dome happened, including truck ramps and wheelchair access ramps. In 2014, the stadium was renamed NRG Astrodome, even after being partially gutted and partly demolished.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_Astrodome
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Coordinates:   29°41'5"N   95°24'27"W

Comments

  • Jim McPott (guest)
    Lots of great supercross races here.
  • LLDP05
    It will probably not happen, but this place should be given landmark status.
  • joewikimapia (guest)
    This place had AC 50 years ago! Houston should be proud of this structure. Build a theme park across the freeway where Astroworld was and incorporate the world's largest indoor water park and roller coaster in the dome. Tell me people won't go there in droves. Elvis performed here in 1970 before 200,000 people over 6 shows. A record. That's enough reason to save it.
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