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The Astrodome was the setting for the filming of an exhibition game with the fictional Houston Toros in the 1977 movie The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training. The made-for-TV movie Murder at the World Series was filmed here, about a fictional 1977 World Series between the Astros and Oakland Athletics (the real 1977 World Series featured the ...
HOUSTON (AP) - A glimmer of hope surfaced this week in the effort to keep the Houston Astrodome from being torn down with the addition of the building, the world's first multipurpose domed stadium ...
The Astrodome (and NRG Park in general) gained nationwide attention in September 2005 when it was opened as a massive shelter for refugees fleeing Hurricane Katrina. [4] Each building except for NRG Stadium (which was configured for the Houston Texans ) hosted several thousand refugees, and local media dubbed the complex "Reliant City". [ 5 ]
People were moved from the Superdome to the Astrodome in Houston after the stadium became heavily damaged in the storm. NFL stadiums across the country also played a pivotal role in the rollout of ...
Artificial turf has come a long way since since it was introduced on a grand stage to the sports world in 1966 at the Astrodome in Houston. Playing on ChemGrass, which became known as AstroTurf ...
Along with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, NRG Center hosts some of the largest conventions and trade shows in Houston. Some examples of these events are the Offshore Technology Conference, The Reliant Park World Series of Dog Shows, Nutcracker Market, Houston Auto Show, International Gem & Jewelry Show, The Vans Warped Tour, Houston Gun Collector's and Antique Show, and the Houston Boat ...
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Dubbed the "Eighth Wonder of the World," the Reliant Astrodome continues to sit abandoned, a ghost of its former self -- once host to 50,000-plus crowds for baseball, football, basketball and even ...