AM Show Hr 2 | The Rise and Ruin of the Astrodome

The Michael Berry Show

KTRH

News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.3	Guaranteed Human.
0:07.6	It's that time.
0:11.5	Lock and load.
0:14.8	The Michael Vary Show is on the air.
0:33.5	61 years ago today.
0:38.5	The eighth wonder of the world, the Houston Astrodome.
0:46.8	Well, who do you bring in to draw attention to this historic moment?
0:53.5	Indoor baseball, air conditioning, can you imagine the thrill?
0:57.1	You drive up on the Astrodome today,
1:01.6	and you see a decrepit eyesore.
1:03.6	And you think to yourself,
1:08.5	there's not enough parking around NRG.
1:13.0	That's a big space, what with the grass and everything around it.
1:20.3	We could level that and have plenty of parking, maybe even multiple levels.
1:22.7	It could stack a lot of people.
1:24.6	Then we wouldn't have to cross over the bridge.
1:32.5	We wouldn't have to go north a couple of blocks into that parking lot up there at the corner,
1:34.1	which is the weirdest thing ever.
1:35.6	This would be great.
1:40.2	But back then, it was special.
1:47.5	Houston wanted to be considered a real city, a big city, a player, mover, shaker.
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