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

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 ...

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 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 ...

The Astrodome's future could range from a $128 million teardown to its renovation as part of a $1.35 billion makeover of Reliant Park, leaders of the stadium complex said Monday. Whatever the ...

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.

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.

The Oilers play their last game in the Astrodome, losing to the Bengals, 21-13. The team would finish 8-8 and miss the playoffs for a third consecutive year in their final Houston season.

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.

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.

Opened in 1965, the Astrodome was home to MLB's Houston Astros and the NFL's Houston Oilers. It was spacious enough to fit an 18-story building under its 208-foot high roof.