March 23, 201511 yr http://imgur.com/a/vxGod 2012, these guys got into the abandoned Astrodome and walked around. Sort of sad to see it abandoned. Interesting that lights were still on. Who is paying that bill?
March 23, 201511 yr Author QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 23, 2015 -> 06:57 AM) I love that their beer cup ended up in a news story at a later date What news story?
March 23, 201511 yr http://deadspin.com/three-bros-explored-th...dome-1692943968 Note that they brought their beers in with them. As the guy points out in his gallery, they left one of their empty cups in the scoreboard operations room picture directly above. That empty made it into a Houston Chronicle photo (at bottom-right) taken a few weeks later, when reporters were invited in to tour the stadium.
March 23, 201511 yr Always wondered what they did with old stadiums. I guess they just let them rot, as in the case of this and the Silverdome. It's a shame.
March 23, 201511 yr QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 23, 2015 -> 07:21 AM) Always wondered what they did with old stadiums. I guess they just let them rot, as in the case of this and the Silverdome. It's a shame. I think a lot of the time they are hoping that the stadiums will be repurposed for events. I could have sworn that was the original idea for the astrodome, they were going to try and turn it into a conference center/events center. But if you dont get investors, what can you do? And it costs money to tear these things down, so they just let them rot. I think the silverdome had things in it for a while after the Lions moved out, monster truck rallys and motocross races.
March 23, 201511 yr Author QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 23, 2015 -> 07:17 AM) http://deadspin.com/three-bros-explored-th...dome-1692943968 Very "Lost-like"
March 23, 201511 yr The Astrodome was a different place to see a game. It was soooo big, and after growing up at old Comiskey, it was completely a different experience.
March 23, 201511 yr QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Mar 23, 2015 -> 07:21 AM) Always wondered what they did with old stadiums. I guess they just let them rot, as in the case of this and the Silverdome. It's a shame. I'm surprised they wouldn't sell the seats. Hell, sell each seat for $100, people would definitely buy them.
March 23, 201511 yr QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Mar 23, 2015 -> 10:35 AM) I'm surprised they wouldn't sell the seats. Hell, sell each seat for $100, people would definitely buy them. In the deadspin article they say that large chunks of seats are missing because they were sold to fans
March 23, 201511 yr QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 23, 2015 -> 10:55 AM) In the deadspin article they say that large chunks of seats are missing because they were sold to fans Sell them all.
March 23, 201511 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 23, 2015 -> 09:35 AM) The Astrodome was a different place to see a game. It was soooo big, and after growing up at old Comiskey, it was completely a different experience. I went there a lot as a kid, and it seemed huge to me. But it could fit inside the superdome. I went back in the late 1990s, and I realized that while it looked huge sitting in the stands the concourses were tiny and other aspects of the place were rather snug.
March 24, 201511 yr Author I actually thought it was demolished a few years ago. I get all my domes mixed up, I guess.
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