Harris country really need to knock the dome down.

[jfre81]

Originally Posted by WRM20

Have you done the calculations on that?

On what, the Eiffel Tower's hurricane hardiness or the frequency of hurricanes in Houston?

[Double L]

Well, I would say that the Skydome in Toronto should be preserved and utilized as something that can be profitable for the city. The Astrodome is an engineering and architectural landmark. We should take advantage of that and use it. Not tear it down. Losing an important landmark would be bad for the city and there are no proposals for a useful replacement.

[Jack Lance]

Originally Posted by jfre81

Why not? It hosted two more Super Bowls than the Astrodome did.

If it's only about the Astrodome being the first domed stadium, what makes it any more historic than, say, Rogers Centre/Skydome in Toronto which was the first functioning retractable roof stadium and no less an engineering marvel than the Astrodome? There's been talk of the Blue Jays building a new park and, if they do, that thing comes down not long after the last game is played there, guaranteed. It's sitting on some of the most prime real estate in all of Canada. It's not going to sit there empty for two years, let alone twenty. It's privately owned by Rogers who owns the naming rights and the team, so they will sell and they'll build apartments or whatever there.

Of course, I say "functioning" because Montreal had the first non-functioning retractable roof at their Olympic Stadium, which the Quebec government keeps pouring money into in hopes that it'll be a 2026 World Cup venue. That place is the kind of money pit that Houston is better served not following Montreal down. And at least Montreal still uses the thing for something, even if it's nothing worth the money they've pumped into it over the last 40 years.

The redevelopment ideas are pipe dreams. Pontiac, Michigan went down that road with the Silverdome, had a similar parade of people with big ideas and little else as Houston has seen with their dead dome, cut bait within a decade later and they moved on with life while it got torn down to eventually make way for an Amazon sweatshop/warehouse.

I like the park under the dome frame idea in theory but the hurricane factor along with the more common weather elements working on that bare steel frame over the years give it a limited lifespan.

Lina Hidalgo was right to the extent that she knew the commissioners' cockamamie plan was not going to result in a venue that anyone was going to use. I said here over a year ago that it was going nowhere.
The plan of filling in the field level for parking was sound. They should do that, tear the structure down, build a park over the parking underneath, make something that's nice to walk through on that trek from the light rail stop that's on the wrong side of the NRG complex.

Ah James you are back in Harris County and ready to vote against any plan to save the Dome are you ?

[jfre81]

Originally Posted by Jack Lance

Ah James you are back in Harris County and ready to vote against any plan to save the Dome are you ?

Nope, turns out we have internet access out here where the old people think it's already been torn down, and the young people have never heard of it. Just dropping in. Howdy, Jack.

[WRM20]

Originally Posted by jfre81

On what, the Eiffel Tower's hurricane hardiness or the frequency of hurricanes in Houston?

Eiffel Tower hurricane resistance

[Jack Lance]

Originally Posted by jfre81

Nope, turns out we have internet access out here where the old people think it's already been torn down, and the young people have never heard of it. Just dropping in. Howdy, Jack.

James good to see you again. Tell me do people there, care what the opinions of the young, old, or middle aged Houstonians are of any of their public buildings ?