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Post by Mesousa287793 on Nov 5, 2013 22:47:29 GMT -5
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Nov 5, 2013 22:50:26 GMT -5
Damn. Really wanted to see the place some time in my life.....
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on Nov 5, 2013 23:06:31 GMT -5
Kinda sad about this. First Astroworld and now this. Soon I won't recognize Houston anymore.
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Nov 5, 2013 23:17:12 GMT -5
It doesn't matter. Its more important to build more f***ing prisons than keep a piece of history.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2013 23:17:32 GMT -5
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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Nov 6, 2013 0:04:56 GMT -5
Stadiums need to be protected as landmarks. Mainly ones like this that have a lot of historic value.
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Post by The Freakin' Deacon on Nov 6, 2013 0:26:32 GMT -5
I've lived in the Houston area for the majority of my life. I never got a chance to be inside of the Astrodome, and that saddens me.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2013 0:31:43 GMT -5
I have a soft spot for all of those giant domed stadiums, probably just nostalgia, but when I was a kid those things looked huge and really added to the spectacle of the game.
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Post by Toxik916 on Nov 6, 2013 0:42:19 GMT -5
Another one bites the dust I hate seeing these old stadiums get demolished. I'm gonna cry when they blow up Candlestick |
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Post by turkeysandwich on Nov 6, 2013 0:46:48 GMT -5
So once the Astrodome is demolished, and with Andre long gone, does that mean Chyna gets to move up to #8 on the wonders list?
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Post by Phil Parent on Nov 6, 2013 1:31:13 GMT -5
Big stadiums are the identity of cities.
Coming up to Montreal on the south shore, the first thing you can see in the distance is the gargantuesque Olympic Stadium. All 1,5 BILLION DOLLARS of it. IN 1976 MONEY!!!
And it's empty 363 days a year nowadays. We totally WOULD tear it down, but it would cost so much money that it's actually more effective to just let it crumble, like the Roman Coliseum. It will make a hell of a ruin.
Annnnddd we're building a smaller stadium to replace it and get baseball back in the next 10 years.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Nov 6, 2013 2:33:25 GMT -5
I saw quite a few Astros games there plus WM 17. It sucks it is gone. But it has been in bad shape for years.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2013 9:05:46 GMT -5
I can remember flying into Houston (1986) and seeing that thing from overhead. That raised quite a ruckus for a bunch of us 11-to-12 year olds in an airplane. Almost like the excitement the Bad News Bears got from being able to see the 'Dome from the hotel next door. Big stadiums are the identity of cities. Coming up to Montreal on the south shore, the first thing you can see in the distance is the gargantuesque Olympic Stadium. All 1,5 BILLION DOLLARS of it. IN 1976 MONEY!!! And it's empty 363 days a year nowadays. We totally WOULD tear it down, but it would cost so much money that it's actually more effective to just let it crumble, like the Roman Coliseum. It will make a hell of a ruin. Annnnddd we're building a smaller stadium to replace it and get baseball back in the next 10 years. For all of those who miss watching baseball games from Olympic Stadium or the Seattle Kingdome, watch a Rays game on TV sometime. So dark and depressing, makes you want to fall asleep and swear off baseball for awhile. (And you can count the fans!) |
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Nov 6, 2013 9:55:50 GMT -5
Looking back, I'm REALLY glad I got to attend Wrestlemania X-7 (which I'm sure ranks as a fairly decent WM). The show was alright, but being in that venue, the very same venue that was considered ahead of its time in the '60s, is something I'll always cherish. Although I never got to see an Astros game in there, I'm happy I got to see some kind of event.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2013 10:15:52 GMT -5
Kinda sad about this. First Astroworld and now this. Soon I won't recognize Houston anymore. Just about everything that was cool about that city is vanishing, and they didn't even get a space shuttle. |
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Nov 6, 2013 13:35:51 GMT -5
Kinda sad about this. First Astroworld and now this. Soon I won't recognize Houston anymore. Just about everything that was cool about that city is vanishing, and they didn't even get a space shuttle. Thats another extremely sore subject. |
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Post by Hit Girl on Nov 6, 2013 13:42:53 GMT -5
It'd be cool if it simply took off and flew into space, leaving onlookers bemused when they say "holy shit, the Astrodome was a spaceship?"
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Post by Redneck Woman on Nov 6, 2013 15:43:39 GMT -5
I spent a lot of time there as a kid going to Astros games.
I once booed Darryl Strawberry, and shortly thereafter, his life started going downhill, causing a family joke that I cursed him.
I also have fond memories of being excited to have Orbit (the Astros mascot) come over and hug me.
I also went to my first Rodeo there.
It feels like a piece of my childhood is dying, and that makes me very sad.
I know it was in bad shape, sitting there deserted, but at least you could still look at it and remember the good times.
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Post by jason1980s on Nov 6, 2013 16:19:27 GMT -5
I detest seeing the old stadiums demolished especially when a new stadium comes about and is named after a big business. It feels like the stadium name is going to the highest bidder. There's no feelings anymore, which I supposed have been long gone with the multi million dollar contracts.
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Post by Kash Flagg on Nov 6, 2013 17:38:40 GMT -5
But where are the Bad News Bears going to play!?
LET THEM PLAY! LET THEM PLAY!
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