I am surprised that the grifters have not joined forces and proposed the Dome be the southern terminus of the Texas Central Railway.Furlock Bones said:
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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Only if you could sell all of it to a foreign companyP.H. Dexippus said:I am surprised that the grifters have not joined forces and proposed the Dome be the southern terminus of the Texas Central Railway.Furlock Bones said:
I just saw this on the news. The plan is ****ing dumb as hell. Could only be dreamed up by a bunch of grifters.
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:
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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It's still dirt.Stat Monitor Repairman said:
Astroworld land sold for $77 million.
HLSR bought 'the Astroworld lot' for $42 million.
They didn't even pave over Astroworld and put up a parking lot. It was a dirt lot for a long time. Might still be.
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.
FF 20-years and it's still dirt.
The Wonderer said:It's still dirt.Stat Monitor Repairman said:
Astroworld land sold for $77 million.
HLSR bought 'the Astroworld lot' for $42 million.
They didn't even pave over Astroworld and put up a parking lot. It was a dirt lot for a long time. Might still be.
Liberal tears taste so sweet.
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.Cynic said:Quote:
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.
What happens if we tell them to pound sand? Are they going to leave Houston?
I see you're not a fan of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It's been proposed already:BayAg_14 said:cr0wbar said:
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Dome of desire? I'd go.
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 …
94chem,
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough
And revisited somewhat by Rush in their song about Xanadu.
Guessing Rush and Coleridge had something in common when they did their writing.maroon barchetta said:
And revisited somewhat by Rush in their song about Xanadu.
94chem,
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough
I think Peart just read a lot of the classics.
But yeah. Probably.
But yeah. Probably.
Jugstore Cowboy said:
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.
Ten figures? Does that include the numbers after the decimal point?
Stat Monitor Repairman said:
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.
It's dirt that make $30 for each car that parks there.
I know those guys didn't win that battle and ultimately lost the war as parking only ever goes up, but they were heroes none the less.
They at least tried to do something about the ever escalating pay to park costs.
They at least tried to do something about the ever escalating pay to park costs.
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....
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.
South Main had better hookers. JMO.
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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.
If green building technology is viable; then prove it.
Also bring back heavy syrup Coke and Hot & Smokeys.
Jugstore Cowboy said:Quote:
As a sports fan, downtown is definitely preferable compared to Kirby and 610 S.
South Main had better hookers. JMO.
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.
Found James Hardens' burner.cr0wbar said:
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