The Astrodome ... seen a baseball game or rodeo for decades. From Astros games to Elvis concerts, the legendary stadium has a remarkable history and remains an iconic part of the Houston ...

More than two decades removed from the final baseball game played in the Astrodome, memories of the stadium still evoke an emotional response from Houston Astros players, employees and fans that ...

The Astrodome was the first climate-controlled ... a group of Houston businessmen united to bring Major League Baseball to Houston. The group, led by public relations man George Kirksey, also ...

With the Killer B's and the talented World Series-winning teams from recent seasons, it's difficult to choose who should be ...

2017 — Albert Pujols hits his 600th home run of his career, the historic blast being a 4th-inning grand slam off Ervin Santana of the Twins in a 7 - 2 Angels win. He is the ninth player to join the ...

HOUSTON - 1965. Aerial view of the Astrodome in Houston shortly after ... For nearly 40 years, the gargantuan structure played host to baseball, football and basketball games, Muhammad Ali boxing ...

it has hosted numerous baseball, football, and basketball games. Peet BigHorse, a Houston native, fondly recalls watching the Astrodome being built from his rooftop as a child. “When I was a ...

The Houston Astrodome — opened in 1965 — was an architectural marvel for its time. It was home to baseball's Astros and football's Oilers. It hosted hundreds of rodeos and concerts and it even ...

Renderings from the Astrodome Conservancy ... who had just secured a professional baseball franchise for Houston and dreamed of building the team a new indoor stadium. Hofheinz reached out ...

The Houston Astros are a professional baseball team located in Houston ... This name change coincided with the inauguration of the Astrodome, recognized as the world's first domed stadium.