Astrodome To Be Saved

The Astrodome is saved?! Your first look at a $194 million reimagined Dome with power player backing

By Whitney Radley

06.19.13 | 5:36 pm

If the future of the Astrodome has been keeping you up at night, you'll rest easy knowing that a major step was taken in favor of preservation at a board meeting on Wednesday afternoon: The Har ...

A Doomed Dome?

Astrodome proposals fly in right until the deadline: Save it procrastinators are eager to be heard

By Whitney Radley

06.10.13 | 6:17 pm

Did you have an idea for how to deal with the Astrodome? Did you take the time to submit your plan, which was due to the Harris County Sports and Convention Corporation by the end of the workd ...

The Big Debate

Astrodome gets its doomsday date? Hard deadline finally set to decide iconic, vacant Dome's future

By Whitney Radley

04.17.13 | 8:49 pm

The issue of what to do with the beleaguered Astrodome has been lingering for years. And although an official decision has not yet been made, at least there's now at least a sort of deadline fo ...

Boy Scouts of America’s "The Best Scout Fair on Earth"

Reliant Arena

04.13.13

The Boy Scouts of America hosts the 77th annual scout fair, a free, family fun-filled day. Amid educational activities, games, live entertainment, scouting skills and the Dutch oven celeb

Dome Troubles

Paving over the Astrodome to put up a parking lot: Demolition debate heats up again

By Whitney Radley

03.22.13 | 7:09 am

It's a common point of agreement that something should be done with the crumbling Astrodome, but what exactly that action is has been a topic of hot debate even before the iconic stadium&# ...

27th Annual Texas Home & Garden Show

Reliant Park

02.08.13 - 02.10.13

Explore a wide range of the newest home and garden products, from windows and doors to ceilings and floors, including home décor, remodelers, builders, outdoor living products, free demonstr

Roped In

Astroworld site sold for $42.8 million: Rodeo unsure of plans for hallowed amusement park land

By Whitney Radley

12.15.12 | 7:32 am

As the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is gearing up for its 81st annual event, officials made a quiet announcement on its website: The organization has acquired 48 acres (of the 92 total acres) o ...

November 2013 ballot?

Astrodome crumbles while Commissioners Court fumbles: Vote on landmark's future likely delayed

By Whitney Radley

08.08.12 | 12:17 pm

Despite the abundance of solutions recently posed for the future of the Astrodome, the blighted building's fate will likely not be decided by Houston voters in the upcoming November election.&n ...

Two solutions in one

Astrodome Arena? Officials look at yet another idea to save Houston's blighted, beloved landmark

By Whitney Radley

06.27.12 | 1:52 pm

After what seems like the umpteenth study on what to do with the blighted, beloved Astrodome, the Harris County Commissioners Court was confronted on Tuesday with not a single solution — but ...

The biggest cowboy challenge

How to find that elusive great Houston Rodeo parking spot — and options if you don't

By Whitney Radley

02.25.12 | 11:04 am

RodeoHouston season is here, and you know what that means: Parking problems.  Houstonians have a preference for sidling up to the very front row — and though that's not likely to ...