On March 21, 1966, the Los Angeles Dodgers faced the Houston Astros in the first ever MLB game played on an artificial surface. Created by Monsanto, the product was initially named “ChemGrass,” but ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A no trespassing sign is post on a gate outside the Astrodome in Houston, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle) ...
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The memories come in waves from the "Eighth Wonder of the World." The Astrodome opened in 1965 to national fanfare. It was a different story when the teams that called the ...
Yes, this was a pretty lousy weekend for those of us in the Houston area. But there could be some cheery news for the Astrodome. Reliant Stadium, that so-called state-of-the-art marvel of engineering ...
HOUSTON - I have walked into the Astrodome many times in my life, around 300 times…but never this way. On Friday, April 6, I entered the dome alone through the enormous opening in center field. Kind ...
The Houston Astrodome was last open to the public more than 20 years ago in 2002, and since then, it has sat as an unoccupied eyesore near NRG Stadium. As 2026 approaches, there is increasing clarity ...
The Astrodome was just sitting over there Monday night, all dilapidated off Fannin, minding its own business when it took an unexpected shot from the San Francisco Giants TV broadcast team. In the ...
It’s hard to believe that the Astrodome, which became the world’s first domed sports stadium when it opened on April 9, 1965, doesn't already have National Historic Landmark status. Often nicknamed ...