Here's your chance to look inside the "Eighth Wonder of the World." The Astrodome has been shuttered for years, but the public will have the chance to go inside the so-called “Eighth Wonder of ...

The Astrodome was officially open. On that first day, fans packed the world's first multi-purpose, domed sports stadium to watch the Houston Astros play the New York Yankees in an exhibition game.

Astrodome Full, More Shelters Open. September 2, 2005 / 7:10 AM EDT / AP The state of Texas is filling up with evacuees from Hurricane Katrina.

A "Domecoming" party for the Astrodome was held in April 2018 to mark the 53rd anniversary of the opening of the Astrodome. The party was most likely the last time people will see inside the ...

Since its groundbreaking opening in 1965, the Houston Astrodome was hailed as the “Eighth Wonder of the World,” revolutionizing stadium design as the world’s first multi-purpose, fully enclosed sports ...

A booklet published to commemorate the Astrodome’s grand opening featured a suitably grandiose epigraph from Samuel Taylor Coleridge: “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree ...

Fireworks during pregame introductions before Tuesday's opening game against the Chicago Cubs at the Astrodome, April 6, 1999. Houston Chronicle Welcome to Heat Week .

Here’s some good news for Astrodome die-hards: the much-cited figure of $2.3 million that it takes to keep the building around is, how you say, a “guesstimate,” and it’s probably off by ...

Houston officials announced plans to open Reliant Center and the George R. Brown Convention Center to shelter hurricane evacuees after the Astrodome reached capacity. Mayor Bill White announced ...