Texas Stadium
Being raised in Houston, Texas I have to witness the demise of “The 8th Wonder of the World” The Astrodome. When the Houston Oilers went to Tennessee, the only hope was the Houston Astros staying and keeping tradition alive, but they left and went to Enron Field, which turned, into Minute Maid Park. Then one last ray of hope the Houston Texans come. Will they revive the Astrodome? No! They go to Reliant Stadium. What has happened to tradition? I guess it left with team loyalty. Although I must say team, loyalty is getting better.
A lot of sports history happened in the Astrodome. Mickey Mantle was the first player to hit a home run there, it was the first indoor stadium and it was the first sports venue to have artificial turf called “Astroturf”. Those are just a few to mention.
It seems to me that the city of Houston does not care about tradition of its sports teams. I feel the city of Dallas should stand up and keep Texas Stadium as football shrine. For instance, hold a High School Super Bowl, maybe a College Bowl for the city of Dallas. I know we have the Cotton Bowl but that is in October and at Fair Park, after all Ft. Worth has their own college bowl.
On a last note, I say move the name “Texas Stadium” to the new stadium and rename the old stadium something like, The Tom Landry Sports Complex. So, let us keep tradition alive in Dallas and show the rest of the country how Dallas cares about its sports teams’ history.
Comments
Its going to be hard to say goodbye to Texas Stadium although I am very excited about the new Stadium.
I really believe that Texas Stadium will be a showcase for high school football. It's already used for that now and I think it will increase.
Nice sentiments about carrying the name over to the new place but don't count on that!!
Posted by: Tiffany | February 17, 2008 12:20 PM
i agree with the article 150%! Texas Stadium is a part of Texas as well as a part of The Dallas Cowboys! a new stadium is great for all, but history shouldnot be dismissed. love The Boys wherever they are!
Posted by: debi | February 17, 2008 04:12 PM