HOUSTON — The Harris County Sports & Convention Corp. on Wednesday recommended that Commissioners Court ask voters to renovate Reliant Astrodome into a multipurpose venue for $270 million and replace ...

Reliant Stadium and the Reliant Astrodome seen in an aerial view on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Houston. ( Smiley N. Pool / Houston Chronicle ) (Photo by Smiley N ...

Yes, this was a pretty lousy weekend for those of us in the Houston area. But there could be some cheery news for the Astrodome. Reliant Stadium, that so-called state-of-the-art marvel of engineering ...

Officials closed the Reliant Astrodome to further New Orleans evacuees late Thursday, shortly before five more busloads arrived. Although the passengers initially were told they would have to reboard ...

Consultants hired by the Harris County Sports & Convention Corp. this afternoon recommended a $270 million plan to renovate the Astrodome for multi-purpose use and a $385.4 million plan to replace ...

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and the Houston Texans have no legal basis to block a plan to turn the Reliant Astrodome into an upscale convention hotel as long as their concerns about parking, ...

HOUSTON (AP) - Harris County commissioners will discuss the future of the long-vacant Astrodome at a capital projects meeting on Tuesday. The iconic dome has been sitting dormant and rotting in the ...

The rodeo’s in town, and the annual local-media orgy of coverage has begun. Television reporters have once again chuckled their way through trail-ride pieces, breathless updates of ticket sales have ...

Harris County officials are disputing an estimate released this month showing it would cost $29 million to implode the vacant Reliant Astrodome and build a 1,600-space parking lot in 21/2 years. The ...

HOUSTON (AP) - It's been years since tickets were sold for seats at the Astrodome, but for the next few days, the seats themselves will be up for sale.Reliant Park, where the Astrodome is situated, ...

Sept. 9, 2005 — -- Mark Sloan had just eight hours to gather enough volunteers to turn Houston's Reliant Astrodome into a home for thousands escaping New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane ...