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Toyota Center is an indoor arena located in Houston.It is named after the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota.The arena is home to the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and it was once the home of the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League (AHL), and the Houston Comets of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
History of Texas. The city of Houston in the U.S. state of Texas was founded in 1837 after Augustus and John Allen had acquired land to establish a new town at the junction of Buffalo and White Oak bayous in 1836. Houston served as the temporary capital of the Republic of Texas. Meanwhile, the town developed as a regional transportation and ...
DeLorean Motor Company[1] (also doing business as Classic DMC) is a US company based in Humble, Texas, established in 1995 by Liverpool -born mechanic Stephen Wynne, [2] using the branding of the defunct automobile manufacturer. It has no direct connection to the original company, but rather supplies parts and services to owners of DeLoreans ...
The American Automobile Association (AAA) was founded on March 4, 1902, in Chicago, Illinois, in response to a lack of roads and highways suitable for automobiles. [ 4 ][ 5 ] At that time, nine motor clubs with a total of 1,500 members banded together to form the AAA. Those individual motor clubs included the Chicago Automobile Club, Automobile ...
Royal Oaks Country Club. Royal Oaks Country Club is a country club and subdivision in Houston, Texas, United States, in the Alief community. The country club is located at 2910 Royal Oaks Club Drive, [1] 8 miles (13 km) west of The Galleria. [2] Sunrise Colony Company developed Royal Oaks out of the former Andrau Airpark property.
The NRG Astrodome, [6] formerly and also known as the Houston Astrodome or simply the Astrodome, was the world's first multi-purpose, domed sports stadium, located in Houston, Texas, United States. It sat around 50,000 fans, with a record attendance of 68,266 set by George Strait in 2002. It was financed and assisted in development by Roy ...
Area code (s) 281, 713, 832, 346, 936. GNIS feature ID. 1374161 [ 1 ] Houston Heights (often referred to simply as " The Heights ") is a community in northwest-central Houston, Texas, United States. "The Heights" is often referred to colloquially to describe a larger collection of neighborhoods next to and including the actual Houston Heights.
The Criners wanted to create a place where both local talent and already-established acts could play to Houston crowds. [2] They already owned a former bank building, designed by Joseph Finger in 1925; they turned it into a club and used proceeds to renovate the space.