Once a wonder of the world, the storied but moldering stadium has long been part of life in Houston. Is it worth saving?

Once the crown jewel of Houston’s skyline, a $1 billion plan to redevelop the Astrodome into a mixed-use hub has failed to ...

According to a recent New York Times report, three young people snuck into the vacant Astrodome. Police later arrested them ...

Three days after Mickey Mantle's homer in an exhibition game, the Phillies' Dick Allen hit one on opening day and didn't seem ...

Most people thought Roy Hofheinz's Astrodome idea was impossible. Undeterred, the man who was county commissioner at 22 years old, made it happen and landed the city a Major League Baseball team.

The Astrodome, meanwhile, survived with virtually no damage. The dome cost about $35 million to build, while Reliant Stadium s price tag was roughly 10 times more. Hayes smiles at the irony.

The public event, co-hosted by the Astrodome Conservancy and Harris County, required reservations for free tickets. Within minutes 25,000 tickets were snatched up by nostalgia-hungry Domers.

The Astrodome's debt and interest payments, which will total more than $2.4 million this year, would have to be considered in any redevelopment deal, one official said.

In March 1994, the Astros rolled out some new features at the Astrodome, Orbit slimmed down a bit and Lotto Texas hit a whopping $75 million jackpot. Here's what Houston Chronicle photographers ...

The Astrodome, meanwhile, survived with virtually no damage. The dome cost about $35 million to build, while Reliant Stadium’s price tag was roughly 10 times more. Hayes smiles at the irony.

Opened in 1965, the Astrodome was home to MLB's Houston Astros and the NFL's Houston Oilers. It was spacious enough to fit an 18-story building under its 208-foot high roof.