Inside the Relinat Houston Astrodome in 2011.

[B00K3RxTHR33]

Vince McMahon should buy the Dome. I think it would be good for WWE, have it as a second, but smaller, Headquaters while having Live Events and TV Tapings there. That way the Dome could still be used. Its hard to think that Wrestlemania 17 was here only 11 years ago, and i was packed to the rafters, seing it empty is saddening.

[tuck862]

Hey I was wondering if u could post a vid of u getting n the dome I grew up here and would LOVE to get in and look around

[Steve98NYy12550]

@tuck862 Unfortunately I dont live in the Houston area. I was just here on a visit and judging by the comments here, I was lucky just to get inside.

[NMbarrassment]

To compare what it looks like today compared to April 1, 2001.........

[B00K3RxTHR33]

@NMbarrassment Wrestlemania X-Seven??

[PNGbamakid]

Anyone from the Golden Triangle will know what I mean when I say that the Astrodome is also known as the "Big TeePee." Still remember the '99 state championship game with 34,000 PN-G fans in attendance. I was in elementary school and can still remember the size of the sea of purple on our side of the field and how small the Stephenville crowd looked in comparison.

[YungATMFeelDat]

i love this place!!!

[SelenaFanClub512]

This was the Place Where Queen Selena Gave her Last Concert :(

[jfaust49]

I think old stadiums are so interesting and have done much reasearch on them i snuck in during the rodeo, coolest time of my life.

[billybassman21]

They should fix it up and lease it to the local school districts for various sporting events. No reason for it to go to waste. These pie in the sky ideas to make it into a hotel or an amusment park will never happen.

[RCColer]

@billybassman21 The county let the dome go to $%^*. And one main point to prove this is the fact that there are NO A/C coolers outside of the dome anymore. They tore them down a few years back. They already had in mind to close this place down a few years ago. It's upsetting. My uncle worked for Harris County as project manager at the dome...this place was part of my childhood. :)

[BugattiVeyron4514]

I have a question, how do they change the format of a baseball field to a football field

[RCColer]

@BugattiVeyron4514 I don't know what you would call them, but they had "rolling" machines that would roll up the different turfs for either baseball or football then store them under the stands.

[Steve98NYy12550]

@BugattiVeyron4514 I believe they had carpet for both sports

[murany06]

@BugattiVeyron4514 they had turf for both, which is where the term "astroturf" came from because it was the first stadium to use it. The field was changed by moving the field level seats which were on a rail system like railroad tracks

[gologabob]

@BugattiVeyron4514 Also some of the lowerseats have a mechanism and will move depending on the sport that is planned to be played.

[RCColer]

@thejavon7466 What I'm saying is that I need him to show me how to get in to that big mother. haha

[XBarajasX]

At least seems pretty well conserved, and wasn't demolished as all the others of its kind.

[PhoenixKing0617]

sad to see this place go to waste, i remember when they hosted Wrestlemania 17 in here ):

[Oaklandsucksballs]

I still remember going to Astros games and the beloved Big Blue games.... I miss watching Stabler and Jerry Glanville on the sidelines. Still to this day people ask me who's my team and my reply is the Oilers haha. Good video man, shame its not being used. Love Ya Blue!!!

[blakedmc1989]

this place would be a great skating rink

[BobjumpA]

u sulda just went to the lockeroom and took a tour i want to go in there so bad its just so interesting to me

[Steve98NYy12550]

@BobjumpA If I got caught, I could explain being in the stands, but not in the locker room.. lol.. im sure most of the good stuff has been ripped out anyway

[micmac99]

I live here in Houston (only been here a year) and everyone says the security there is tight, the building is basically no longer up to code and needs millions in renovations just to make it habitable. They need to do it - too many rumors of a possible tear down or implosion in the near future. This building is a national treasure.

[dthompson98]

oh and on that video homeplate would of been to your left, evident by the big tunnell to your right that was beyond the CF wall and solid black seating in centerfield (hitters backdrop)

remember the 1st level field seats were on track and moved

[dthompson98]

I tried to go inside the dome during the Rodeo but was all secured, Security guard told me he was not even allowed inside said very few people actually go inside now and only few people are allowed access, Reliant employees are not even allowed inside. Said it was also home to hundreds of feral cats now. Said he has been inside the dome twice since he had worked there, said it was errie feeling. I hope they refurbish the "eight wonder of the world and find a new purpose for her.

[nategomez832]

I want U of H to play there instead of them getting a new stadium

[BugattiVeyron4514]

@nategomez832 If you did ever wanted the Houston Astrodome to reopen then It would still not be the 8 wonder of the world

[Steve98NYy12550]

@nategomez832 .. it may be nostalgic, but nobody wants to play on turf anymore

[pnkchicnero2011]

i just went the other day and it looks nasty from the outside..its going to waste ....i thought no one could get in

[imperialscot]

You need to try and go back sometime soon. Great video for what you were able to shoot. I was able to walk around Wrigley Field in Chicago in the dead of Winter via an "Unlocked gate" :-)

[RCColer]

My cousin who works for the management company at the park can't even get in there. They have the gates and doors chained on the outside. So they just left a gate open? I believe you, but why would any gate be unlocked. That place doesn't even have a certificate of occupancy and hasn't for years. lol

[chacesmith89]

this is also where Selena Quantinilla preformed her last concert. its really sad

[Steve98NYy12550]

@thejavon7466 through an unlocked gate

[4lifeReagan]

@Steve98NYy12550 Were you their with permission or no? I'm just wondering because I would loive to get in and just walk around.

[Steve98NYy12550]

@4lifeReagan .. No, somebody just didnt lock a gate