Posted on 03/22/2013 1:25:34 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
HOUSTON -- Behold what has become of the eighth wonder of the world. The Astrodome sits dark, dusty, dilapidated and haunted by Houston’s history.
Giant signs touting bearing outdated logos for corporate sponsors like Continental Airlines hang over orange seats with ripped cushions. Skyboxes are furnished with outdated furniture and old Zenith television sets. Astroturf sits carelessly tossed on the stadium floor, folded over like discarded carpet left behind in an abandoned home.
“What do I see?” said Edgar Colon, chairman of the Harris County Sports and Convention Corp., as he looked around the empty stadium. “I see a lot of history.”
Once a centerpiece of civic pride, the Astrodome now sits at the center of a squabble between civic leaders. On one side sits a couple of very influential tenants, the Houston Texans and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, which lease Reliant Stadium and Reliant Center. On the other side sits leaders of Harris County, which owns the complex that includes the long-vacant Astrodome.
For the Texans and the HLSR, the dome is the eyesore next door, a grungy and rundown neighbor next to one of the finest football stadiums in the nation.
For Harris County leaders, it’s an expensive and politically vexing conundrum that’s costing millions of taxpayer dollars and will inevitably cost tens of millions more.
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Flood it and make an indoor wave park...surfing 24 hours a day...stock it with fish.....fishing 24 hours a day.....let loose exotic game and fowl....hunting 24 hours a day....fill it with hookers and blow....you figure it out.
Massachusetts: America’s attic.
It’s the New York Metropolitan Baseball Club. Get it?
Didn't the New York Metropolitan Baseball Club play its last game in 1887?
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