Houston Astros fan Rick Johnson, center, celebrates during final regular season game in the Astrodome 10/3/99 that saw the Astros defeat the Dodgers 9-4 to claim their third straight NL Central ...

HOUSTON ASTROS VS LOS ANGELES DODGERS 10/03/1999. (Kerwin Plevka) A portion of the capacity crowd who turned out for the last regular season game in the Astrodome stand and applaud the Astros (not ...

April 9, 1965: Opening Day, with President Johnson and Texas Gov. John Connally on hand for an Astros-Yankees exhibition game. Mickey Mantle launches the first Astrodome home run, but the Astros ...

After the Houston Astros and Houston Oilers played their last home games at the stadium in the late '90s, the last event held at the Astrodome was in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in 2002.

The Houston Astros would play games in the Houston Astrodome, an air-conditioned space that seated around 50,000. The first major event at the Dome occurred on April 9, 1965.

Houston Astros manager Luman Harris chats with astronaut Gus Grissom (right) on April 12, 1965, moments before the season opener at the Astrodome against the Philadelphia Phillies. Richard Pipes ...

The Houston Astros lined up along the first base line before the start of the last season opener to be played in the Astrodome, against the Chicago Cubs, on April 6, 1999.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Footage from the ABC13 film archives is taking you to the first Houston Astros game ever played in the legendary Astrodome. The day was April 9, 1965.

FILE - Houston Astros pitcher Nolan Ryan hurls the ball against the Los Angeles Dodgers, en route to the fifth no-hitter of his career, at the Houston Astrodome, Sept. 26, 1981.

Sports The Night the Astrodome Got Rained Out As rains fall across Texas, remember the 1976 Houston deluge that improbably shut down an Astros game at the famed “weather-proof” dome.

Prior to the Astrodome, many Americans viewed Houston as racist, backward, ... In 2000 the Astros decamped for Minute Maid Park, which featured a retractable roof and real grass.

The San Diego Padres, left, and the Houston Astros, right, line up for the playing of the National Anthem before the first game of the National League division playoffs in the Houston Astrodome ...