Glass Roof Astrodome

While the future of nrg astrodome is uncertain its memories will last in the hearts of many forever building featurestotal square.

Glass roof astrodome.

A detail from judge roy hofheinz over the top celestial suite still intact 48 years after it was created. The nrg astrodome also known as the houston astrodome or simply the astrodome is the world s first multi purpose domed sports stadium located in houston texas it was financed and assisted in development by roy hofheinz mayor of houston and known for pioneering modern stadiums construction on the stadium began in 1962 and it officially opened in 1965. It fell for a single moving dave cash to third and larry bowa to second. The style of roof had previously been used on domes that spanned 285 feet but the astrodome roof is more than 640 feet across.

Billed as the eighth wonder of the world by judge roy hofheinz the 70 000 seat astrodome debuted in 1965 as the world s first domed stadium. The roof is the most significant of the astrodome s engineering breakthroughs. The speaker was 117 feet up and 300 feet from home plate and cost schmidt a sure home run by deflecting the ball. This iconic stricter served as an important sports and performance facility in harris county for nearly forty years.

With runners on first and second schmidt drove a ball off a public address speaker hanging from the astrodome roof in center field. When it opened in 1965 the astrodome not only set new standards in engineering and roof construction but also in the way sports stadiums were built for better or worse. Photo by ryan holeywell.