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**gblowfish** · 09-29-2016, 10:11 AM

Saw this story and thought it was cool.
http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/aban...pid=1855129643

Deberg_1990 · 09-29-2016, 08:19 PM

Houston just voted to turn the Astrodome into a parking lot

'Hamas' Jenkins · 09-29-2016, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee

- that was the place where I saw live wrestling live my one and only time. Got to see Junkyard Dog [my maternal grandma's HERO], and got close enough to high-five Michael 'PS' Hayes.

Never really was much into wrestling, but when we watched, it was Mid-South, not WWF or the 'hollywood' stuff, because my grandma [and mom's whole side of the family down in LA really] watched Mid-South forever.

Mid-South was the promotion of the hardcore fan in those days. The guy who ran the territory, Bill Watts, was so old-school that if one of his wrestlers got in a bar fight and lost, he'd fire him because he'd lose credibility in front of the audience.

mdstu · 09-29-2016, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by OmahaChief

I look at the Silverdome and see so much waste. That filed turf could have been torn up and used for nice youth field somewhere and all those seats could have been reused for something else. I had to see usable things like that wasted.

I read 5 or 10 years ago that the Silverdome was sold at auction to a small company for $200,000. Then when they realized that it was going to cost them many millions in commercial taxes and maintenance they defaulted and filed bankruptcy. They couldn't even afford to demo it.

big nasty kcnut · 09-30-2016, 12:16 AM

Funny I thought mile high stadium was going to be there.

Nickhead · 09-30-2016, 12:29 AM

i say turn the old stadiums into farmers gardens/markets

Passepartout · 09-30-2016, 12:38 AM

Old stadiums need to have new breath of life. Either try to rebuild or indeed tear them down.

Nickhead · 09-30-2016, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Passepartout

Old stadiums need to have new breath of life. Either try to rebuild or indeed tear them down.

am curious if the stadium trusts ever paid back the portion of monies taxpayers put towards it?

i absolutely hate that professional sports asks for taxpayer monies for funding. i mean what other sport are you going to get in their that can cap out at 80 thousand people a week.

its a backhanded slap to the fan, and to those that would never go to an event.

09-29-2016, 10:11 AM
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Nickhead EvOlVeD Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Blue Mountains, Australia Casino cash: $2569868	i say turn the old stadiums into farmers gardens/markets
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Passepartout May Day and Spring 2024! Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Seymour TN Casino cash: $9855239	Old stadiums need to have new breath of life. Either try to rebuild or indeed tear them down. __________________ *May Day and May Fever!*
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