Emmett, who was the Harris County judge, immediately called the Rodeo's CEO Joel Cowley to explain his proposal. They'd raise ...

An investment company has lined up financing for a $450 million project that would transform the Reliant Astrodome into a 1,200-room convention hotel with a winding indoor waterway, county ...

Bill Bishop, KHOU 11 News Managing Editor, takes a walk down memory lane and recalls his personal memories at The Astrodome. His first trip inside was on May 2, 1965 when the Cubs played the ...

HOUSTON (AP) The iconic but shuttered Houston Astrodome could come back to life as an indoor park that county officials say would be the world's largest, according to the newest proposal for ...

Later this month, a group hoping to save the Houston Astrodome from the wrecking ball, will present its idea of what could be done with the 47 year old landmark that's been vacant for years.

Harris County officials have proposed a $105 million project to raise the ground level of the Astrodome up two levels and turn them into parking, the first step before the stadium can be ...

Just a few steps away from the site of Super Bowl 51, the 52-year-old Houston Astrodome is getting ready to earn another new nickname for itself: “The Dome That Will Never Die.” Many still ...

There is no doubt that many thousands of Houstonians avoided downtown during Super Bowl week as if it were a plague-infested grizzly bear. Now that the congestion has waned, the east side of ...

With detailed footage, we walk through the cavernous, empty spaces that once roared with crowds, now silent and deteriorating. The Astrodome’s story is one of innovation, cultural significance ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The mother of a Katy-area teen says her son is apologetic after he and two of his friends were arrested for trespassing at the long-shuttered Astrodome. The arrests come ...

Barbara Bush reportedly said that Hurricane Katrina refugees being housed in the Astrodome were 'underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them.' Barbara Mikkelson Published Sept. 7 ...

Latest Astrodome proposal: massive indoor park. my favs. ... Emmett said he came up with the idea while on a morning walk during one of Houston's hot and humid days.