with workers removing material from the interior. The Houston Archaeological and Historical Commission will consider historical landmark status for the Astrodome, Houston's most iconic building ...

That’s because the Astrodome has been a kind of second home ... a distance over 640 feet using 9,000 tons of steel with no interior supports. The first sports stadium with a roof.

The Astrodome field in September 1968. Bill Thompson / Houston Post file The background shows: Interior view of an empty stadium with workers on the field and a scoreboard displaying "506 Gulf".

A study was commissioned by the Harris County Sports & Convention Corporation to determine the future of the Houston ...

A new events center and stage will anchor the revamped interior. (Courtesy Astrodome Conservancy) Though certainly not as imaginative as previous speculations for the site, the new plan from ...

The Astrodome — the world's first domed stadium — turned 60 years old Wednesday, as Harris County officials continue mulling what's to become of the landmark that hasn't seen a baseball game ...

The Astrodome Conservancy unveiled its ambitious $1 billion plan, Vision: Astrodome, on Wednesday. Design firm Gensler Houston created the redevelopment concept with a mission to answer the ...

Houston's futuristic Astrodome is home of the first skybox and an animated scoreboard,150 yards wide. AP Images It was the past’s vision of the future. The greatest dome ever conceived ...

HOUSTON (AP) -- Efforts to protect the Houston Astrodome from demolition have taken a new turn, with a Texas agency looking at designating it as a "state antiquities landmark." After voters last ...