Houston’s Astrodome, once called “The Eighth Wonder of the World,” is seen through the windows of the Club Level of Reliant Stadium. (Pat Sullivan / Associated Press)
The Astrodome was site of the 1968 NCAA basketball game between Lew Alcindor’s UCLA Bruins and Elvin Hayes’ Houston Cougars. Houston defeated UCLA, 71-69, in what was billed as the “Game of the Century.” (Collegiate Images / Getty Images)
Fans cheer in 1999 during the opening ceremonies of the final regular-season game in the Astrodome. The Astros played the Los Angeles Dodgers. (Donna Carson / Associated Press)
Rows of dirty, tattered seats filled the Astrodome in 2012. (Pat Sullivan / Associated Press)
Victims of Hurricane Katrina are shown outside the Louisiana Superdome as they wait for evacuation IN 2005. (Phill Coale / Associated Press)
Hurricane Katrina refugees begin to fill cots on the floor of the Astrodome on Sept. 1, 2005. (Erich Schlegel / Associated Press)
The Houston Astrodome is dwarfed by its replacement, Reliant Stadium, in 2003. (Brett Coomer / For The Times)
