Astrodome Scoreboard Goes Dark 09/06/1988

Its hard to believe that it has been 22 years since the last time the Astrodome Scoreboard went off. Here it is that final time on September 6, 1988.

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• Astros
• Astrodome
• Colt 45s. Home Run
• Baseball

[fatcat752]

You're welcome. I was going through some old 8mm videos and found this. I had completely forgotten that I was even there!

[blank77]

@fatcat752 I got to know one thing.Now I know that not only the Astros used this celebration for home runs,but the Oilers used this for touchdowns,too.But since they flashed "Home Run" when that "ball" shot out of that lighted "Dome",did it say something else like "Touchdown" or was it something else?

[fatcat752]

@blank77 I remember correctly, they didn't show the dome lighting up and the homerun ball going through the roof when there was a touchdown. I believe they just lit up the longhorns and the fireworks. But it was still great!

[Baltimorehop]

The first time I actually saw that scoreboard was in "The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training". I was 12 in 1977 and it was like a fantasy watching that scoreboard going off.

[moosesmart]

Thanks for posting this!!!

[KLOU1580]

I was there the night before this. It brings a tear to my eye when I see this video. I was 10 the first time I saw a game in the Dome. 45 years later, I still love Astros baseball.

[4lifeReagan]

Wasn't the Judges apartment blow and the right of the old HSE logo? Another reason we should have kept the old scoreboard.

[4lifeReagan]

Thats how the dome should have stayed. Thanks to bud adams we had a real treasure removed for the sake of 10,000 more seats. WOW!!!!

[kimmy1984]

Oh wow thanks for sharing this. I rember going to see the Astros as a kid and getting so excited watching the scoreboard light up.

[matthew1544]

Albert pujols killed lidge back in 05 lol

[matthew1544]

Go cards!!!!!

[Ryanyarb24]

this is awesome thank you its nice to see this great scoreboard that i have read so much about.

[jasoncd1974]

that makes me wanna cry. There will never be another Houston Astrodome. All these multi-billion dollar stadiums nowadays suck! No personality what so ever. Long live the 'Dome!!!