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  • Dome named national landmark (Houston Chronicle)

    January 31, 2014

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    Photo By Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle

    Photo By Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle

    By Allan Turner

    The endangered Astrodome was thrown a possible lifeline as the National Park Service named the world’s first domed athletic stadium to its National Register of Historic Places.

    The designation granted Thursday does not prevent Harris County from demolishing the building, but does open federal and state tax incentives for rehabilitation. The stadium, opened in 1965, long was called the “eighth wonder of the world.”

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Astrodome, Bay Area HARtbeat, Fort Bend HARtbeat, HARtbeat, Houston, Houston HARtbeat, Montgomery County HARtbeat
  • The Year’s Final Proposal For What To Do With The Astrodome (KUHF)

    December 19, 2013

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    Photo by Melissa Phillip

    Photo by Melissa Phillip

    by: Pat Hernandez, KUHF

    The final meeting of the year for Harris County Commissioners Court included yet another proposal for what to do with the Houston Astrodome.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Astrodome, Bay Area HARtbeat, HARtbeat, Houston, Houston HARtbeat
  • Parker opposes effort to designate Dome a city landmark (Houston Chronicle)

    December 12, 2013

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    By Kiah Collier

    Mayor Annise Parker this week called an effort by the city historical commission to designate the Harris County-owned Astrodome a city landmark “ill-advised,” and said she had no plans to put the item before City Council for approval.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Annise Parker, Astrodome, Bay Area HARtbeat, HARtbeat, Houston, Houston HARtbeat
  • Four recognizable sections of Astrodome to be destroyed in days (Chron.com)

    November 26, 2013

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    Smiley N. Poole photo

    By Craig Hlavaty

    Four recognizable pieces of the beleaguered Reliant Astrodome will be demolished in the coming weeks, Reliant Park officials said Monday.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Astrodome, Bay Area HARtbeat, Harris County, HARtbeat, Houston, Houston HARtbeat
  • Astrodome lake? New plan aims to turn Dome into a green paradise that would blow away Discovery Green (Culture Map)

    November 11, 2013

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    Photo courtesy of Columbia.edu

    Photo courtesy of Columbia.edu

    By Eric Sandler

    With the failure of the $217 million bond issue that would have raised the funds necessary to convert the Astrodome into a multi-purpose convention center and event space, Harris County Commissioners and other public officials are deciding what should be done about the building that County Judge Ed Emmett compared to “a rusting ship in the middle of a parking lot.”

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Astrodome, Bond Election, Commissioners Court, Construction, Development, Economy, HARtbeat, Houston, Houston HARtbeat, Reliant Astrodome
  • Would ‘New Dome’ pay for itself? (Houston Chronicle)

    November 1, 2013

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    By Kiah Collier

    In the years-long debate about what to do with the Astrodome, three main camps have emerged: Those who want to save the iconic stadium no matter what, and those who have offered to wield a sledgehammer if it is demolished.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Astrodome, Bay Area HARtbeat, Bond Election, Development, Ed Emmett, Elections, Houston HARtbeat
  • Early voting starts today (Houston Chronicle)

    October 21, 2013

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    By Kiah Collier

    Early voting begins Monday for the Nov. 5 general election. Voters can cast ballots at one of 40 early voting locations between Monday and Nov. 1. Hours of operation vary by day. The countywide ballot will feature nine state constitutional amendments and two county bond initiatives: a $217 million package to gut the Astrodome and turn it into an event and exhibition center, and $70 million to fund a portion of a city-county joint processing center for use by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office and Houston Police Department.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Annise Parker, Astrodome, Ballot, Bay Area HARtbeat, Bond Election, Early Voting, Elections, Fort Bend HARtbeat, Montgomery County HARtbeat, Texas
  • Harris County Officials Say They Haven’t Started Tearing Down The Astrodome (KUHF)

    October 9, 2013

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    photo credit: KUHF

    photo credit: KUHF

    by: Gail Delaughter

    There’s a lot of work going on around the Astrodome, but Harris County officials stress they’re not tearing down the building. Voters will decide next month whether to fund the building’s renovation, and officials say the work that’s happening right now needs to be done regardless of the dome’s fate.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Astrodome, Bay Area HARtbeat, Construction, Ed Emmett, Elections, Fort Bend HARtbeat, Houston HARtbeat, Montgomery County HARtbeat
  • Polls suggest voters have minds made up on Dome (Chron.com)

    September 25, 2013

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    photo credit: Houston Chronicle

    photo credit: Houston Chronicle

    Two polls released this week show a majority of likely Harris County voters have decided whether or not they want to preserve the iconic Astrodome by paying to turn it into a convention and center and exhibit space.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Astrodome, Bay Area HARtbeat, Elections, Houston, Houston HARtbeat, polls
  • Harris County Forms PAC To Encourage Voters To Support Astrodome Plan (KUHF)

    September 13, 2013

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    Photo by Melissa Phillip

    Photo by Melissa Phillip

    by: Pat Hernandez, KUHF

    A group is formed that is dedicated to convincing Harris County voters to preserve the Houston Astrodome as a state-of-the-art multipurpose special events center.
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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Astrodome, Bay Area HARtbeat, Harris County Commissioners Court, Houston HARtbeat, PAC
  • Lindsay, Eckels organizing Astrodome campaign (Chron.com)

    August 29, 2013

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    photo credit: Houston Chronicle

    photo credit: Houston Chronicle

    By: Kiah Collier, Houston Chronicle

    Harris County Judge Ed Emmett on Tuesday after the Commissioners Court meeting name-dropped two former county judges — Jon Lindsay and Robert Eckels — who will lead the charge on a campaign to garner support for an Astrodome renovation project.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Astrodome, Ed Emmett, Elections, HARtbeat
  • Voters will get to decide fate of Astrodome (Chron.com)

    August 13, 2013

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    by Kiah Collier

    A $217 million bond authorization that would pay to turn the iconic Astrodome into a convention and exhibit hall is officially headed to Harris County voters.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Astrodome, Bay Area HARtbeat, Bond Election, Elections, Harris County, Houston HARtbeat
  • The Astrodome is saved?! Your first look at a $194 million reimagined Dome with power player backing (CultureMap)

    June 25, 2013

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    BY WHITNEY RADLEY
    6.19.13 | 5:36 pm

    If the future of the Astrodome has been keeping you up at night, you’ll rest easy knowing that a major step was taken in favor of preservation at a board meeting on Wednesday afternoon: The Harris County Sports & Convention Corporation (HCSCC) board unanimously agreed on a recommendation to repurpose the Houston landmark.

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    Posted By: HAR Category: Uncategorized Tags: Astrodome, Eighth Wonder of the World, Harris County Texas, HCSCC, Houston, newsletter, Reliant Astrodome, Reliant Park

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