I'll never forget the childhood road trip to the astrodome and astroworld. Dad was so proud to bring us, fun family trip!
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Attended a baseball game there in 1967. I could not comprehend that I was indoors.
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Is that a Chevy Byscane?
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Who cares about the dome. It's the Chevy that caught my.
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My father took this photo and that's my grandfather in his car. More here:https://joshburdick.smugmug.com/Architecture/Astrodome-in-the-60s/ …
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I went to the rodeo and the circus there in 1966-69. It was billed as 8th wonder of the world.
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Is it still there? The seats, bathrooms, etc. were in a horrible state of repair when I was there in 2003.
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Early tour guides boasted, "You could put the Shamrock Hilton on the infield, and it wouldn't touch the top."
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Who hit the first home run there?
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So that was the boondocks, back in the day?
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This is a 1952 aerial photo of the Astrodome area from Google Earth. There wasn't a whole lot more there in the early 1960s.pic.twitter.com/KcAoXRhbCv
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Visited dome w/family in 1969,have photos of Aunt and my Dad smoking cigarettes inside dome while watching event.Im still cringing.
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As a student at Villanova, I was there for the 1971 Final Four in the dome. Returned for '16 Final Four at NRG. Fond memories of Houston.
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To paraphrase Joni Mitchell, the plan is to pave the 8th Wonder and put in a parking lothttps://www.curbed.com/2016/10/7/13205926/astrodome-houston-preservation-parking-plan …
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This image was my cell phone background for a long time. an incredible site relative to what the area is like today.
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IIRC, Mickey Mantle hit the first home run in an exhibition game
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