My son Neal and I attended the UH game with the University of South Florida at Reliant Stadium on Thursday night. By the time we got there for the 6:00 PM nationally televised kickoff, our rainy day in Houston had cleared into a wispy high cloud twilight of bright skies and beautiful formations in the heavens above. The air was crisp and clear and still at ground level – and the temperature hovered somewhere in the high 60s. It could not have been more pleasant for Halloween.
It was also a beautiful day for photography of the old architectural icon that so many of us are hoping to save from the wrecking ball next Tuesday by a majority vote in favor of Proposition 2 in the General Elections, but this is not a piece on that issue. The Pecan Park Eagle is expecting a much more closely informed guest columnist to do that for us in the next couple of days. – This is simply a brief photo exposition of a few new Halloween 2013 pictures that yours truly took prior to the Cougars’ 35-23 win over USF that evening – and what their images say to us about saving the Astrodome.
Halloween 2013, 5:45 PM: Cougar Fans at Reliant Stadium Get a Taste of the Astrodome’s Massive Grandeur Prior to Kick-Off.
Photo One above is a sight that deserves to be there forever while it also serves a useful purpose to both Houston and the world. Those skies burst forth with hope, joy, vision, fulfillment, and a big taste of Houston’s legacy to everyone in the generations that shall follow us as the people of this vast city of Houston at large.
Halloween 2013: 5:00 PM. Reliant Stadium and the Astrodome. Houston History, Joined at the Hip.
These two Houston venues could be enhancing each other with the Astrodome restored through a new and relevant business plan. It does not have to be another lost battle for preservation in which only the new survives while the old gets torn down and turned into parking space.
Halloween 2013: From Reliant Stadium, Looking West, Near Sundown.
We need to stay bullish on Houston, even when the sun goes down.
“Save the Astrodome. ~ Give new life to the Eighth Wonder of the World. ~ Vote Yes on Harris County Proposition 2.”
Have a nice weekend, everybody!
The Pecan Park Eagle 
November 2, 2013 at 1:09 pm |
Thanks for the beautiful photos of the Astrodome Bill ,it’s image will always have a place in my heart. Pictures of the amazing stadium with a roof still has a present’s, next to the Reliant digs , All the early history ,the original Astronauts in attendance, for Cougar ,Oilers football ,Who can forget that overflow crowd of fans that attended a basketball game with UCLA ,,the first baseball game under the doom , and even that Rodeo with Elvis showing up, Lots to remember about the Lady ,
Yes ,lets keep her here now ,we can find a suitable function later.
November 2, 2013 at 1:12 pm |
Beautiful pictures. Beautiful memories. I hope a majority of those going to the polls next week will recognize what the Astrodome means to Houston and Harris County and vote to save this historic structure.
November 2, 2013 at 2:02 pm |
Nice shots, Bill. Too many great memories to name under that roof. I hope Houston does the right thing and preserves this landmark building.
November 2, 2013 at 4:35 pm |
Indeed. Here’s hoping.