re: If you could buy the Houston Astrodome, what would you do with it?

Tear it down for charged parking for events at Reliant. It was $65 to park for that Saints/Texans game two years ago. I would retire and just charge for event parking.

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If you could buy the Houston Astrodome, what would you do with it?

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Something free for the folks of Houston

The cheese balls option would be legit for me, but not sure how practical

Welcome center for

It cannot be torn down because it's on the historic registry

Also by state law that governs Harris County which owns the Astrodome property tax cannot be used to reconfigure or fix the Dome But tourist acts are the beds on head stacks could be and must be spent on things that generate tourism dollars which admittedly Houston doesn't have a whole lot of attractions

There was a proposal passed by Commissioners Court in 2017 that would have converted it into two levels of underground parking and nine acres of usable space that the rodeo could use to hold the fair indoors
cost 233 M,, and the asbestos mitigation work was completed

the oil and gas industry wanted to use it for conventions
Boat show
Car show
The World Cup is coming to Houston. There was a hope that if the Astrodome could be converted into the 9-acre usable space that Houston could perhaps get a semi or at least a quarter final if not final, but that was unlikely
Plus the World Cup is an absolute financial drain on any of the host cities so it wasn't like a good idea but it was trying to make a bad idea better

Of course that would put it in competition with George R Brown Convention Center, which is owned by the city of Houston, which perhaps is why Rodney Ellis and Lena Hidalgo have held it up

Since Democrats could more easily control City of Houston spending then they got Harris County.
Granted now Harris County is gotten itself in the shitter in a quick 6 years

I had at least two meetings with Baylor College of Medicine where the space on the exterior of the Dome, the walkways and food service areas could be converted into office and hospital space with their sports medicine It's very close to the Medical Center space could have been rented out because space is limited in the Medical Center


I could go on with more facts but none of you are listening or reading at this point


A Baskin Robbins Jamoca Almond Fudge ice cream bar

Rip the seats out and make a synthetic turf 9 hole par three course.

The very first call with FIFA attorneys, they actually mentioned OUT LOUD that they expected the host city to provide escorts for its dignitaries

And I had to clarify after the phone call if they meant what I thought they meant. They also wanted host cities to guarantee them an entire terminal at the airport for a full month with no baggage check or security

proud to say that Harris County/Houston and San Diego shot that down in the middle of the conversation

Did someone already say, "Top Golf"?

Giant indoor waterpark

A large, clean animal shelter for the strays on the street. Taxpayers would have to foot the bill for cost of all care.