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Furlock Bones said:

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I just saw this on the news. The plan is ****ing dumb as hell. Could only be dreamed up by a bunch of grifters.

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I am surprised that the grifters have not joined forces and proposed the Dome be the southern terminus of the Texas Central Railway.

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Only if you could sell all of it to a foreign company

I wonder if Billings still takes his family to the dome and bores them with stories while they stand outside in the heat.

Rubicante said:

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I wonder if Billings still takes his family to the dome and bores them with stories while they stand outside in the heat.

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#goodpeople

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And it's long been presumed that the Rodeo is eventually going to come out and ask for construction of a new facility somewhere in the 10-figure range.

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What happens if we tell them to pound sand? Are they going to leave Houston?

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Should absolutely tell them to pound sand. You either get the Astrodome, or your rent is going up on NRG to pay for the **** smell you leave behind. You make the call.

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cr0wbar said:

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Praying for the world's largest titty bar

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Dome of desire? I'd go.

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I see you're not a fan of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It's been proposed already:

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
So twice five miles of fertile ground
With walls and towers were girdled round …

And revisited somewhat by Rush in their song about Xanadu.

maroon barchetta said:

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And revisited somewhat by Rush in their song about Xanadu.

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Guessing Rush and Coleridge had something in common when they did their writing.

I think Peart just read a lot of the classics.

But yeah. Probably.

Jugstore Cowboy said:

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And it's long been presumed that the Rodeo is eventually going to come out and ask for construction of a new facility somewhere in the 10-figure range.

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Ten figures? Does that include the numbers after the decimal point?

Stat Monitor Repairman said:

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Wild because when they shut down Astroworld the reasoning was that 'its prime land and it's just too valuable.'

FF 20-years and it's still dirt.

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It's dirt that make $30 for each car that parks there.

I loved the Astrodome and I have great memories there, but it is beyond time to tear that mother****er down. It is an eye sore and just takes up space.

IF you wanted to do "something" with it, and I'm not even sure its possible to do so, I wonder if there would be a way to essentially tear out the guts of it and leave the room to where it could be like a big canopy? It could provide shade for events at NRG. Something like this theoretically....

I'm guessing the strong winds that come with big storms would make that a no-go.

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As a sports fan, downtown is definitely preferable compared to Kirby and 610 S.

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South Main had better hookers. JMO.

The problem with this mixed use, retail and hotel plan is nobody is going to pay $30-$40 to park to go shopping or dining at a spot that is going to already be charging a premium. Perhaps they will do some kind of validation or drop the rates for non game days, but I just don't see it working. Blow it up and auction off the opportunity to push the detonate button.

Dome 2.0 needs a modular nuclear reactor in the basement, and the roof covered with solar panels.

If green building technology is viable; then prove it.

Also bring back heavy syrup Coke and Hot & Smokeys.

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As a sports fan, downtown is definitely preferable compared to Kirby and 610 S.

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South Main had better hookers. JMO.

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Ain't just your opinion, amigo.

Why does it need solar panels if it has a nuclear reactor?

So the county can give out an $8-million a year contract to clean the solar panels on the roof of the Astrodome.