Glass Roof Astrodome

With runners on first and second schmidt drove a ball off a public address speaker hanging from the astrodome roof in center field.

Glass roof astrodome.

A detail from judge roy hofheinz over the top celestial suite still intact 48 years after it was created. The speaker was 117 feet up and 300 feet from home plate and cost schmidt a sure home run by deflecting the ball. 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. The astrodome s iconic roof provides a dramatic silhouette.

This iconic stricter served as an important sports and performance facility in harris county for nearly forty years. Photo by ryan holeywell. The roof is the most significant of the astrodome s engineering breakthroughs. 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.

The penthouse is preserved in the crowne plaza near reliant center originally the. The astrodome once an architectural marvel and host to legends is now home only to rats while the astros fight for a world series win their former stadium fights to keep the lights on. 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.