Proposed Astrodome Hotel to have rides to make you say "wow!"
The Chronicle's Bill Murphy checked in last week with the latest news on the proposed Astrodome Hotel boondoggle:
Entrepreneurs looking to turn the iconic Astrodome into an upscale convention hotel have scrapped a "best of historic Texas" theme for a more modern, streamlined look.
A faux Texas courthouse and other features that played on the state's past are out. Plans now call for including a section of the Dome's seats, part of the diamond and an overall contemporary design that plays up the building's cutting-edge nature when it opened in 1965.
"We're going to have rides. There could be air rides that take you off the ground and make you say, 'Wow,' " said Scott Hanson, president of Astrodome Redevelopment Co., the firm hoping to transform the Dome. "We're going to have a few of those. They would be easy-going rides that would show off the venue."
Give him credit for honesty, because it does seem likely that some people will be taken for a ride if this thing continues to move forward.
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Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/09/07 09:45 PM | Houston Miscellany | Technorati | Sphere | Comments (26)
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