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 ...

On this date in 1968, perhaps baseball's greatest generation ... t even pitch in the first All-Star Game played in Houston. Welcome to the Astrodome. "Because the fences were so deep, it was ...

If you accept that as the secret mission of Houston, it becomes entirely clear that the Astrodome is not just a big baseball stadium, not just the first indoor major-league venue, not just a ...

The Astrodome may be a dead issue in Houston, but the Eighth Wonder lives wherever a baseball game is played indoors during a thunderstorm, and whenever fans shed their clunky snowsuits to enjoy a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Colt Stadium in Houston was a murderous place to watch baseball. Fans wilted in the ... in an exhibition game in the inaugural event in the Astrodome. 1968: In what is later billed as the ...

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 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.