\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted November 6, 2013 Posted November 6, 2013 http://artsblog.dallasnews.com/2013/11/astrodome-faces-demolition-after-houston-vote.html/
Steve O Posted November 6, 2013 Posted November 6, 2013 If it weren't for the astrodome maybe this whole indoor stadium fad never would have started
judman Posted November 6, 2013 Posted November 6, 2013 It will be cool to see that sucker get wired up and come down!
boyst Posted November 6, 2013 Posted November 6, 2013 The obligatory post by me ... please just blow up all of Houston.
reddogblitz Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 It was bound to happen. I'm surprised it's taken this long.
dollars 2 donuts Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 Don't worry play man, no one is talking about blowing you up!
Gordio Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 (edited) Don't worry play man, no one is talking about blowing you up! Kind of sad. I am just a softy for the old stadiums. As a Mets fan I miss Shea Stadium, if even though it was not very nice. Very few of the new stadiums have any charachter too them. Maybe that is because only the corporate suits could afford sitting anywhere near the field. But man that Astrodome when it got rocking was as loud as any stadium I have ever seen. Do any of you remember when Billy Hatcher hit the tying hr in extra innings against the mets in game 6 of the 1986 NLCS. It was in extra innings & a few inning before the Mets won it to close out the series. That place exploded. I think it was hatcher that hit the HR, it might of been Kevin Bass though now that I think of it. The playoff games the Astrodome held for football, the house of noise. Sadly, professional sports with the stadiums the way they are just don't match that excitement anymore. It is kind of sad. Edited November 7, 2013 by Gordio
dollars 2 donuts Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 Kind of sad. I am just a softy for the old stadiums. As a Mets fan I miss Shea Stadium, if even though it was not very nice. Very few of the new stadiums have any charachter too them. Maybe that is because only the corporate suits could afford sitting anywhere near the field. But man that Astrodome when it got rocking was as loud as any stadium I have ever seen. Do any of you remember when Billy Hatcher hit the tying hr in extra innings against the mets in game 6 of the 1986 NLCS. It was in extra innings & a few inning before the Mets won it to close out the series. That place exploded. I think it was hatcher that hit the HR, it might of been Kevin Bass though now that I think of it. The playoff games the Astrodome held for football, the house of noise. Sadly, professional sports with the stadiums the way they are just don't match that excitement anymore. It is kind of sad. I hear you, Gordio, I really do. However, please keep in mind that those great memories don't live inside the stadium, they live inside you and everyone else whose been there and we take that with us.
playman Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 anyway, beeing the 1st of its kind it should be preserved. a monument or memorial or whatever the correct term is.
Marv's Neighbor Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 I used to fly in/out of HOU in the 80's. I guess the Tower won't be able to have you "report the Astrodome" too much longer.
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