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Houston and Beyond Magazine Super Bowl Screwup

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  1. Rockets34Legend

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    HOUSTON -- The Astrodome is back in the spotlight -- accidentally.

    http://www.newsday.com/sports/natio...,0,4657079.story?coll=sns-ap-sports-headlines

    Magazine Goofs on Super Bowl Venue

    Leading off a special "Houston and Beyond" advertising section in the January 2004 edition of Texas Monthly, timed to coincide with the upcoming Super Bowl, is a prominent photo of the Astrodome provided by the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau.

    Problem is, the Super Bowl will be played next door at Reliant Stadium. And the caption that goes with the photo of the Astrodome on page 109 reads "Reliant Stadium."

    "That's nice," bureau spokeswoman Holly Clapham said jokingly. "We don't use Astrodome photos unless they're in our archives."

    Clapham said the bureau provides promotional photos on its Web site and was not involved in Texas Monthly's layout.

    The picture of the Astrodome, shown bustling with cars packed in the lot, was taken before construction began on $449 million Reliant Stadium in 2000. The Astrohall convention center in the foreground was demolished last year.
     
  2. Mr. Mooch

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    Yeah, saw this on CNN. Not bad fellas.
     

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