Judge Roy Hofheinz in his opulent office at the Houston Astrodome
Judge Roy Hofheinz in his opulent office at the Houston Astrodome
A trailer trash Bond villain. “No, Mr. Bond. I ‘spect ya’all to die!”
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
There was another, similar, property — a pent house apartment at the hotel across the road from the Astrodome. I attended parties at both of these locations as the guest of some oil company back in the 1970s as part of the Offshore Oil Show and Technology Conference. By then, the Judge had retired and was living elsewhere. Big companies would rent these facilities to entertain their guests as part of the week long oil show. My husband’s company was an exhibitor, and we always got an invitation.
I also attended an Oriental jade show at the hotel pent house apartment on another occasion. The decor at these properties was over the top.
One of them had about 7 bedrooms — each a different theme. There was a Tom Thumb bedroom that was decorated with all kinds of Tom Thumb memorabilia. A tarzan bedroom with a jungle theme and a rattan swing. A fabulous kitchen that was the size of half my house. The Astrodome apartment had a sports room that overlooked the playing fields and had a miniature scoreboard — an exact replica of the real scoreboard.
The oil companies always provided great bands and refreshments. This article brought back fond memories.
What a hideous sense of style and waste of building materials.
I’ve seen YouTube clips of events in the astrodome, the air was blue with cigarette smoke.