The Astrodome debacle (Houston, Dallas: safe, stadium, parking)

[annie_himself]

Originally Posted by Schumacher713

Sounds like another ignorant statement.

I am just being realistic. We have not come up with anything viable in a decade. It needs to come down. Or we can just keep wasting 165,000 dollars a month of the tax payers money. I would rather that money go to replacing trees in Memorial Park. Or anything useful than sitting on a doomed structure.

[baddoctor]

It should be converted into an multi-floored trailer park to concentrate all of trailer parks in the area as much as possible complete with all the necessities needed to live, shopping (skoal and copenhagen outlets) , clothing (wife beaters), entertainment (swimming pools filled with mud). This keeps these people from interacting with the outside population.

I'm dead serious. It could be like a Texas version of Roppongi Hills.

[Jack Lance]

Originally Posted by baddoctor

It should be converted into an multi-floored trailer park to concentrate all of trailer parks in the area as much as possible complete with all the necessities needed to live, shopping (skoal and copenhagen outlets) , clothing (wife beaters), entertainment (swimming pools filled with mud). This keeps these people from interacting with the outside population.

I'm dead serious. It could be like a Texas version of Roppongi Hills.

You are quite the go-getter doc. Not only do you have the Houston "sucks" Museum of Better Cities, but now you do yourself one better, with the Astrodomain multi-level doublewide trailer park and Hickville emporium. I have one more suggestion doc ,how about the "Baddoctors flotilla of the forty foot fishing boat and flotsam ,festival"?

You could run your garden hose into the Dome and fill the field level bowl with about 14 feet of water, put your fleet in facing each other, then time how long it takes the boats to sink on thier own. This will give you a thrird income stream and hopefully make you a less bitter man.

All of this for an initial investment of a mere $10 million buckaroos...Houston is truly a city of opportunity

[AK123]

Originally Posted by astrohip

Here's an interesting idea...
Best Idea for the Astrodome I've Heard : houston
more info at the link.

It got in the Chronicle.
UH student has an idea for the Astrodome’s future | Newswatch | Chron.com

[Truth713]

could something like this work for the dome. The 'Tropical Islands' Resort In Germany - Business Insider

[baddoctor]

Originally Posted by Truth713

could something like this work for the dome. The 'Tropical Islands' Resort In Germany - Business Insider

I´ve been there, it simply wouldn´t work here. The use a very hippie esk o-zone process to clean the water. It avoids all the carcinogens from using chlorine and it smells very tropical.

Texans want more chemicals and garbage in their water.

[Truth713]

Originally Posted by baddoctor

I´ve been there, it simply wouldn´t work here. The use a very hippie esk o-zone process to clean the water. It avoids all the carcinogens from using chlorine and it smells very tropical.

Texans want more chemicals and garbage in their water.

Instead of a summer vaction theme we could flip it and a winter style park..

[Dopo]

Originally Posted by Truth713

could something like this work for the dome. The 'Tropical Islands' Resort In Germany - Business Insider

I want a ski resort
Now, imagine for a second that this building is the Astrodome.... which is clearly smaller (Xscape Castleford, Scotland)

Spoiler

Xscape, Castleford, Snowboarding, Skiing, Indoor Ski Slope, UK - YouTube

[Black Jack22]

Nothing useful is going to happen to the Astrodome.

Remember when Houstonians were getting hyped up because the Astrodome was going to become the world's biggest soundstage for film?

It'll continue to keep sitting where it's at.

[Dopo]

Nothing useful? we could say the same thing about 1000 things in Houston