TexasTerror
August 23rd, 2006, 09:22 PM
A year after it was used as a shelter and quite a few years since it has seen much gridiron action or curveballs, the Astrodome has cleared another hurdle in it's post-NFL/rodeo/MLB life as Harris County has improved a plan to make it a nice convention hotel with retail areas, a parking garage, places to eat and night clubs...
How many of you saw games inside the 'Dome? Feels like forever ago!
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County endorses new incarnation for Astrodome
Redevelopment plan sees arena as a 'destination,' not as a shelter
By BILL MURPHY
As the county moved a step closer Tuesday to redevelopment of the Astrodome as a convention hotel, officials said it no longer will figure in emergency shelter plans as it did when thousands of hurricane evacuees arrived last year.
During future emergencies, other facilities, including the George R. Brown Convention Center and Reliant Center, will be the region's primary shelters, Harris County Judge Robert Eckels said.
The Dome "is too expensive to maintain as a potential shelter space that you might use every four, five or 10 years," Eckels said.
The Dome has long figured in the region's shelter plans and was opened last year to temporarily house Hurricane Katrina evacuees.
Commissioners Court unanimously gave the go-ahead to a private firm's plan to spend $450 million reinventing the mostly dormant, county-owned Astrodome as a convention hotel.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4135130.html
How many of you saw games inside the 'Dome? Feels like forever ago!
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County endorses new incarnation for Astrodome
Redevelopment plan sees arena as a 'destination,' not as a shelter
By BILL MURPHY
As the county moved a step closer Tuesday to redevelopment of the Astrodome as a convention hotel, officials said it no longer will figure in emergency shelter plans as it did when thousands of hurricane evacuees arrived last year.
During future emergencies, other facilities, including the George R. Brown Convention Center and Reliant Center, will be the region's primary shelters, Harris County Judge Robert Eckels said.
The Dome "is too expensive to maintain as a potential shelter space that you might use every four, five or 10 years," Eckels said.
The Dome has long figured in the region's shelter plans and was opened last year to temporarily house Hurricane Katrina evacuees.
Commissioners Court unanimously gave the go-ahead to a private firm's plan to spend $450 million reinventing the mostly dormant, county-owned Astrodome as a convention hotel.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4135130.html