wouldn't they have to drive through the carnival to get there? Heard a rumor there maybe a plan to relocate AstroAreana.
Yes. The rodeo does use the parking lot. I thought the parking lot around the Dome area is used for the carnival. Meaning if they wanted to park in the Dome they would have to drive through the carnival to get there.
Science Channel program Mysteries of the Abandoned had a special on Astrodome and said there are still Katrina evacuees living in the fallout tunnels deep under the dome.
@Xerobull Buy the zoo and relocate to Astrodome. If successful, become Houston legend. If a failure, become infamous cautionary tale. It's a win-win as you live on forever either way.
Apparently there's already quite the zoo infestation in the Astrodome as it is. It was bad when there were actually events there... I shudder to think what has happened since its been abandoned. There's still plenty of wiring, insulation for vermin to sustain themselves... or eventually they just start eating each other... but hey, come park here! I promise we'll figure out how to pay for the A/C as well!
Didn't realize the 'Raise the floor/parking garage' plan was scrapped. Back to square one. Commissioners Court signed off on a $100 million plan to raise the Dome’s floor to ground level, providing close to 9-acres of covered space that could be used for a variety of events. Below this would be a parking garage. When Lina Hidalgo was elected to the position, she and her staff looked at this plan and decided it didn’t work. __________________________________________________________ https://www.click2houston.com/news/2019/11/20/what-happened-to-potential-plans-for-the-astrodome/ HOUSTON – Houstonians began 2019 with a plan to repurpose the Astrodome, but like many plans before, that too failed to come to fruition. KPRC wanted to know what happened and if there are any new potential plans for the Astrodome on the table? What Happened to the Last Plan? Commissioners Court signed off on a $100 million plan to raise the Dome’s floor to ground level, providing close to 9-acres of covered space that could be used for a variety of events. Below this would be a parking garage. “What people have to understand is the Dome belongs to the taxpayers of Harris County," said former Harris County Judge and KPRC political analyst Ed Emmett. “It’s fully paid for and it’s an integral part of what goes on at that whole NRG complex.” According to officials with the County Engineer’s Office, $6.1 million was spent on design and planning for this project and construction was scheduled to begin after the 2019 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. The plan was brought forth by Emmett after other ideas failed to either gain traction or find financing and the voters rejected a bid to turn the Dome in another convention space. However, the responsibility of seeing this plan to fruition fell largely to the office of the County Judge. When Lina Hidalgo was elected to the position, she and her staff looked at this plan and decided it didn’t work. What’s being discussed right now? There are a variety of possibilities being discussed but as always funding is the issue as is the desire to see hundreds of millions of tax dollars spent on the building. Executive director of the Harris County Sports and Convention Corporation -- which manages NRG Park -- Ryan Walsh, said they are looking for new ideas. However, finding a use for the dome has to be agreeable to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and the Texans. Plus, the Dome is a state-antiquities landmark, which means the State Historical Commission also gets a say in the matter. “Anything we do takes into account, not only the historical legacy but also the future, our tenants and of course the Commissioner’s Court,” said Walsh. “We got four buildings, 350 acres, including the Astrodome and how do we maintain that and revitalize that, renovate the park as a whole.” The Astrodome Conservancy is now taking a more targeted approach toward repurposing the dome. How is the Dome holding Up? “(The) Dome is in great shape,” said Walsh. “It’s a very structurally sound building.” Walsh said HCSCC spends a little under $100,000 a year in maintenance for the Dome. “(The money goes toward) maintaining the fire suppression systems (that) we have to keep activated by the city of Houston ordinances, as well as light bulbs, security cameras, security alarms, things like that,” said Walsh. More at 10 tonight Reporter Robert Arnold will have more on the future of the Astrodome, including why Hidalgo did not like the prior plan and whether she has a new plan in mind.
That's just comically, typically Houston-stupid. What flood problems? Let's spend a couple hundred million on life support for a structure everyone watched rot and fall apart for 20 years. It's hilarious that the only old thing in Houston that the City and developers won't agree to tear down is the Dome.
