Tear down the astrodome

[awtysst]

Lets tear it down and then put in non tail gate parking for fans that just want to park their car. This way fans can choose to opt for a tale gate option(the current color parking lots) or a general non tale gating. The general lot would be like the old dome lots: first come first serve cash lots rather than the pre paid passes.

I remember I attended a game a few years ago and did not have a pre paid pass. We had to park in some random place and then walk several blocks. If the Texans organization built a reasonable priced lot (say $7 to park) they would make a ton of money.

I mean seriously, if you don't have a parking pass where are you supposed to park?

 

[Brando]

Take the roof off, put in a big HDTV cube and make it the biggest tailgating experience ever. The 9th Wonder of the World.

 

[Hervoyel]

If the county/city/Texans/etc really wanted to do anything with the Astrodome they would have done it by now. I've accepted that the building will be allowed to sit there until some random required repair is needed whereupon the county will proclaim that nobody came up with a good idea for the facility and now it's too expensive not to tear down. Their hands will be tied (bullshit, bullshit, harrumph, harrumph).

I don't even care at this point. I love that building and two chimps with a case of beer could come up with a better use for it than anything the county has considered but if they're just going to dick around until a suitable amount of time has passed and then pretend like nobody cared enough so they have to knock it down then I'd rather they just go ahead and do it now.

 

[4Texans]

It's probably going to end up being torn down. It's too expensive to bring it back up to code now. It will never be any kind of entertainment or Hotel complex because it would take money out of the Texans and HLSR pockets. Those two would never get on board with that type of plan, unless they were getting a good portion of the income.

 

[Texan4Ever]

I'd raise hell if Houston City Council decided to tear the Astrodome down. My first Astros game I went to in 98' was there against the Expos and I want to take my kids (in the future of course) there to show them the stadium.

Not to mention, my religous organaiztion uses that place for cultural events and festivals, I would hate to see it torn down

 

[billybob]

THey should put a giant statue of Bud Adams on the 50 yard line and make it his shrine.

 

[CloakNNNdagger]

We the tax payers still owe about $25 million on the dome. It has lost its certificate of occupancy due to extreme disrepair. We the taxpayers have already had to shell out millions of dollars for fire and other code violations, just so that it would not have to be torn down. General (minimal) maintenance costs us the taxpayers about $3 million dollars every year it remains standing. Just to bring it up to full code without formal occupancy, it will cost us tens of millions........BEFORE any entity entertains reconstruction for another use. As the procrastination to "resurrect" or demolish continues and the structure continues to deteriorate, it will turn Harris County into just one big Gentleman's Club and La Bare establishments, as all of us taxpayers will be stripped bare by the time the dome sings its last swan song.

 

[steelbtexan]

To bad the rodeo and McNair wont let private industry turn it into something that would be a drawing card for the city of Houston.

Houston needs a drawing card like the river walk in San Antonio.

 

[Battle Red Flash]

Should we destory the Astrodome

and turn it into like a Sports bar and grill / Fun zone / a place were we like keep Texans Hall of fame and history stuff

Tear it down, yes.
And send a team of planners to Glendale Arizona to see what they built near the stadium and copy that. Shops, restaraunts, music, booze. It was great.

 

[Double Barrel]

Not one of his better performances but I saw it about a month or so before I graduated HS.

Is it true that he got booed by the crowd at this performance? I read that fairly recently and, if true, just makes me thinks bad things about some Houston sports fans.

Lets tear it down and then put in non tail gate parking for fans that just want to park their car. This way fans can choose to opt for a tale gate option(the current color parking lots) or a general non tale gating. The general lot would be like the old dome lots: first come first serve cash lots rather than the pre paid passes.

I remember I attended a game a few years ago and did not have a pre paid pass. We had to park in some random place and then walk several blocks. If the Texans organization built a reasonable priced lot (say $7 to park) they would make a ton of money.

I mean seriously, if you don't have a parking pass where are you supposed to park?

LOL!!!!!1!!!

I could have swore I just read a proposal for $7 parking at Reliant Stadium!!

You might want to put a "1" or "2" in front of that 7 to make it a realistic proposal.

THey should put a giant statue of Bud Adams on the 50 yard line and make it his shrine.

Only if we build a big tower right over that statue. On the side of the tower would be stairs, and at the top, a hole. And right on top of that hole, a toilet.

If you charged each visitor a $1, you could probably have enough to renovate the 'dome while paying off the remaining debt. Heck, I know I'd be good for $50 (and that's just the first day that it's open!).

Tear it down, yes.
And send a team of planners to Glendale Arizona to see what they built near the stadium and copy that. Shops, restaraunts, music, booze. It was great.

I agree with this idea. Make it a tourist destination so the train to nowhere finally has a purpose.

 

[Texan_Bill]

Is it true that he got booed by the crowd at this performance? I read that fairly recently and, if true, just makes me thinks bad things about some Houston sports fans.

Unfortunately it wasn't one of his better performances. It was during his heavy drug days (putting cocaine in his coffee type stuff, drug days). Although there were some boos, it was more of a smattering.

However, all was not well in Stevie's personal life. He had continued with his addiction to drugs and alcohol, and this began to catch up with him. On opening day of the National League baseball season at the Houston Astrodome in 1985, Stevie played "The Star Spangled Banner," however he was booed by the crowd for the pitiful slide work on the song.

From this site: Rockphyles - SRV

Also: Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Star Spangled Banner" - 4-19-85 - Houston, TX
(although poor sound quality, you can hear the smattering of boos).

 

[Double Barrel]

Unfortunately it wasn't one of his better performances. It was during his heavy drug days (putting cocaine in his coffee type stuff, drug days). Although there were some boos, it was more of a smattering.

From this site: Rockphyles - SRV

Also: Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Star Spangled Banner" - 4-19-85 - Houston, TX
(although poor sound quality, you can hear the smattering of boos).

Thanks for the background. The article I mentioned was heavy on hyperbole, so they were acting like 30,000 fans were booing him. It's good hearing it from somebody that was actually in attendance.

Of course, nobody know then what a legend they were seeing that day. He could fill the 'dome with fans now.

 

[Texan_Bill]

Thanks for the background. The article I mentioned was heavy on hyperbole, so they were acting like 30,000 fans were booing him. It's good hearing it from somebody that was actually in attendance.

Of course, nobody know then what a legend they were seeing that day. He could fill the 'dome with fans now.

No, it was nothing like that. I hate how people change history.

I already knew he was going to be a legend since the first time my best friend's father took us to see him play live at Antones in Austin and later that year Fitzgeralds.

 

[Double Barrel]

Awesome poster, man! When my band played Fiztgeralds many years ago (after SRV had passed), I felt honored every time I played upstairs on the big stage because Stevie had played on that very same spot many times. Just knowing that he walked that dressing room and roamed that stage gave me goose bumps every single time.

I've got a SRV/Double Trouble poster from one of his gigs at Gilley's in Pasadena. It looks a lot like that one, but I think it's yellow instead of blue.

 

[Texan_Bill]

Awesome poster, man! When my band played Fiztgeralds many years ago (after SRV had passed), I felt honored every time I played upstairs on the big stage because Stevie had played on that very same spot many times. Just knowing that he walked that dressing room and roamed that stage gave me goose bumps every single time.

I've got a SRV/Double Trouble poster from one of his gigs at Gilley's in Pasadena. It looks a lot like that one, but I think it's yellow instead of blue.

Awesome!! What a rush that must've been!! Not to menion legends like Etta James or James Brown having played there. Man, I can't even imagine.

My two favorite SRV shows were at the Music Hall and one New Years Eve party at the Astro Arena.

 

[Double Barrel]

Awesome!! What a rush that must've been!! Not to menion legends like Etta James or James Brown having played there. Man, I can't even imagine.

My two favorite SRV shows were at the Music Hall and one New Years Eve party at the Astro Arena.

I forgot about The Godfather of Soul! Friggin' sweet! (ZZ Top, too!)

I never got the chance to see SRV live. I hate that, because he's one of my all-time favorite guitarists, and he was semi-local. Very cool that you got to see him multiple times, though.

 

[TheBigpaki]

They should turn it into a HUGE parking garage, and have a walkway connected to the upper levels of Reliant Stadium