White Elephant Watch: Stadiums for sale or lease, cheap
The Wall Street Journal, killing time over the holiday season like the rest of the news world, has a look at some stadiums that are sitting empty after their tenants up and left for newer digs. (The...
View ArticleAstrodome reno would cost how much?
The Harris County Sports and Convention Corporation, owners of the Astrodome, issued a report yesterday on what to do with the erstwhile Eighth Wonder of the World, which has stood vacant since the...
View ArticleAstrodome: To raze or not to raze?
A Houston Chronicle opinion piece published today suggests either fixing up Houston’s Astrodome, at considerable expense, or tearing the darned place down. The piece, written by Richard Justice,...
View ArticleHouston proposes $655m to redo Astrodome, replace Reliant Arena
It took awhile, but Houston finally has a plan for what to do with the Astrodome, which has sat empty since 2006 and is now all wrinkly. The Harris County Sports and Convention Corporation yesterday...
View ArticleAstrodome reno would require tax hikes or budget cuts
Just in case you were thinking that that $655 million Astrodome-renovation-plus-Reliant-Arena-replacement was going to be paid for by elfin magic or something, Harris County officials are here to...
View ArticleHouston considers building Russian nesting stadiums
With the notion of spending $655 million to renovate the Astrodome and the neighboring Reliant Arena (neither of which have teams to play in them) predictably a non-starter, Harris County sports...
View ArticleSt. Pete mayor ousted, Astrodome rehab defeated, and other stadium-related...
Travis Waldron of ThinkProgress thoughtfully ran down five elections yesterday with stadium implications, from a vote on rehabbing the Astrodome to decisions on new mayors for cities facing sports...
View ArticleHouston still grasping at ideas for what to do with Astrodome
Back in November, Harris County voters rejected a plan to spend $217 million on turning the long-vacant Astrodome into a convention and event center. As the Dallas Morning News’ Mark Lamster points out...
View ArticleAstrodome to get $105m renovation in less colossal waste of funds than prior...
Oh, yesssss, Harris County has approved spending $105 million to renovate the Astrodome into something called an “event center”! Is that sarcasm? I don’t even know anymore! To recap: The Astros and the...
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