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Old 06-16-2010, 08:52 PM
 
Location: The land of sugar... previously Houston and Austin
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Reliant Park - What's next for Reliant Astrodome and Reliant Park
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Old 06-16-2010, 11:13 PM
 
Location: Houston, Texas
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The main use should be a soccer stadium that could seat like 40,000 the soccer stadium they want to build that cost like 30mill is only gonna hold 13,000 not even worth it now if it were gonna hold 30,000 it might be worth it
But soccer is not that popular so why use that? I mean I know that it will save them money but I think that it is better if they go with the 3rd proposal. I think that that would be really cool!!!
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Old 06-17-2010, 12:03 AM
 
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The Astrodome will not work for soccer. The indoor soccer fad died in the 1980s. MLS is actually trying to become a proper first division league which is something the US has never really had, and that means outdoors (or retractable I suppose) on real grass. You already have a stadium next to it that could fit a crowd for a big-time match, like the Mexico-Ghana tuneup or if the World Cup came back to the US.

It bears repeating - it would cost less for the planned downtown area Dynamo stadium than to either retrofit the Astrodome for soccer - which it was not built for (this would involve gutting the whole thing and rebuilding seating areas in a rectangle configuration rather than a round one) or tearing it down and putting another stadium on the site, which will be a 25-foot deep pit some 500 feet in diameter once the building's gone.

It is finished as a sporting venue. Period. Even making it viable for baseball for the long haul probably would've meant gutting it and redoing the seating arrangements (with more luxury suites, natch) because unless you were right behind home plate or the dugouts in the field box level, chances are you were looking at second base or center field if looking straight ahead from your seat. You had the same sightline-related problems for football. This is why the other multipurpose stadiums of the 60s and 70s are gone now.
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Old 06-17-2010, 12:10 AM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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Option 1 is so lame.
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Old 06-17-2010, 12:20 AM
 
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Option 1 is so lame.
I guess that's a giant parking garage on the erstwhile east side of the dome in that rendering?
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Old 06-17-2010, 03:28 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
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The Astrodome Renaissance looks like a very nice idea actually.

The first plan with the green park with signature water fountain looks nice also, but at the same time, not very useful. Putting the Astrodome to use like the Renaissance with the math and science center is a great idea.

I personally like the option three plan best. The hotel looks nice, and the parking garage is okay, the transportation center is good, and I see this will mean Reliant Center and Reliant Arena will now be attached to each other at the hip because of the Hotel and extension.

All in all, this looks like a great project, and it will "preserve" the Astrodome and renovate it for better use.

By the way, according to the article earlier in this thread looks like they already voted for the Renaissance plan to take way. Awesome!
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Old 09-25-2010, 09:33 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
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Yeah so whats the progress on this renovation project?
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Old 09-28-2010, 05:00 PM
 
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I say to make it a massive gameroom/ entertainment complex, which is something that houston's inner city doesnt have. With a theme of houstons sports history, with memorabilia ect ect. Have a couple pool halls, resteraunts, bars, bowling alleys, Laser tag, rock climbing, carnival games, ect ect. Line the inside with great landscaping and open the floor space to the outdors by knocking down a couple walls, and there you go, a true winner for houstons inner loop, with rail acces and everything.
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Old 09-29-2010, 05:19 AM
 
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How about a really nice Casino?
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Old 09-29-2010, 05:32 AM
 
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Wait, so were they planning to reuse the Astrodome as a film studio, or did they abandon that concept already?

Company that wants to use Astrodome as movie studio announces first film project | abc13.com
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