Houston's Astrodome redevelopment is projected to bring $1.5 billion in economic impact and create 3,750 jobs over 30 years.

The Astrodome Conversancy released artist renderings to show what they’re calling "Vision Astrodome” – a project to turn the structure into a 450,000-square-foot, multi-use revenue ...

Welcome to Heat Week. From July 1 until July 5, Chron is looking at how heat has defined our lives in Houston and Texas—the good, the bad and the sweaty. The Astrodome opened its doors to the ...

The Astrodome Conversancy released artist renderings to show what they’re calling "Vision Astrodome” – a project to turn the structure into a 450,000-square-foot, multi-use revenue ...

HOUSTON — Where have you gone, Evel Knievel? When the Houston Astrodome’s climate-controlling doors opened on April 9, 1965, and 42,876 wide-eyed spectators watched Mickey Mantle crush a home ...

Critic's Notebook: Houston is deciding whether to invest in Astrodome's future. If Proposition 2 fails, the stadium could be razed soon. The venue should be preserved.

Retropolis The Astrodome, once an architectural marvel and host to legends, is now home only to rats. While the Astros fight for a World Series win, their former stadium fights to keep the lights on.

The Astrodome opened its doors for the first time on April 9, 1965 for an exhibition game between the Astros (the Colt .45s had been renamed by the time they took the field in their new home) ...

The Astrodome, which once embodied Houston’s dynamism, has since come to represent civic paralysis. And so the Astrodome remains in limbo: too expensive to renovate, too beloved to tear down.

The latest Astrodome vision is not meant to be a specific redevelopment plan but an set of ideas for what the future of the venue may look like. Astrodome Conservancy/Gensler. 1 of 7.

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 ...

The Astrodome, meanwhile, survived with virtually no damage. The dome cost about $35 million to build, while Reliant Stadium’s price tag was roughly 10 times more. Hayes smiles at the irony.