However, as newer venues with modern amenities emerged, the Astrodome fell into disuse and was officially abandoned in 1999, leading to concerns about its deteriorating condition.

Building the Houston Astrodome cost a whopping $35 million - over $300 million in today's currency! It stood at 18 stories tall, covered 9.5 acres and had enough space to seat 66,000 spectators.

The Astrodome was the first stadium to host indoor Major League Baseball games. The men posted their video to TikTok under the handle @lukinghouston. As of late Wednesday morning, the video has ...

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Nearly every other abandoned NFL stadium has been torn down since the Astrodome opened as the world’s first air-conditioned domed stadium in 1965. And it still costs about $170,000 per year in ...

The city faces three options: spend hundreds of millions to renovate the Astrodome; spend an estimated $35 million to tear it down; or continue to let it stand abandoned and decaying while ...

When the Houston Astrodome opened in 1965, it was hailed as technological marvel, the first enclosed, air-conditioned stadium ever—and the “eighth wonder of the world,” according to some Texans.

So many Astrodome rehab dreams have bitten the dust. ... By 2000, the Astros abandoned it and moved downtown. Shuttered and empty now, stuck next to NRG Stadium, ...

As Super Bowl LI rocks Houston, the Astrodome sits in the shadows. Marc Sessler talks to those who were there about the heyday of the Eighth Wonder of the World -- and ponders its future.

The Reliant Astrodome was -- is -- the Eighth Wonder of the World. Generations of Houston-area kids spent their days dreaming of playing on the field under that massive domed ceiling.