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College Station, Texas
Thursday, October 1, 1964
THE BATTALION
The Dome Gets Bigger And Better
’
SOME WILL WALK, OTHERS WILL RIDE
.. ramps and escalators will whisk spectators to their seats.
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BY MICHAEL REYNOLDS
Day News Editor
The eyes of Texas and the na
tion will figuratively and, in many
cases, personally be on the Har
ris County Domed Stadium in
Houston when it opens in early
April of 1965.
The stadium could turn out to
he a great tourist attraction
drawing out-of-state money into
the southeast Texas economy, as
well as being a sports palace for
many residents of the states and
probably many Aggies in the bar
gain.
Although A&M has cancelled
the University of Houston from
its schedule, the Aggies could con
ceivably play in the stadium next
year, if and when the young
Bluebonnet Bowl game takes up
residence under the dome along
with the Colt .45's, the Houston
Oilers and the Cougars.
The Houston Fat Stock Show
and Rodeo will be another draw
ing card that could introduce
many citizens of Brazos County
as well as students and faculty
of A&M to the stadium.
When completed, the stadium
and the proposed Y-shaped live
stock hall will provide the world’s
largest convention facilities,
drawing groups from throughout
the state, the nation and the
world.
What member of any of these
groups, especially the sports fans,
would mind traveling the dis
tance to Houston to see a game
or show that would go on, regard
less of outside weather, at a mod
erate 72 degrees?
Gone will be the long walks
through parking lots at the mer
cy of the elements. Plans call for
a covered walkway to the stadium
to be no further than 150 feet
from any car in the circular park
ing lot—which has a capacity of
30,000 cars and 500 buses.
Gone will be long lines waiting
for tickets. A pneumatic carrier
tube running from a central dis
tribution area will provide cus
tomers at any gate with complete
selectivity of seats, and in record
time too.
Gone will be the long climbs to
uncomfortable wooden seats.
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COLT’S HOME IN THE DOME
stadium will seat 53,000 for football, 45,000 for baseball and 66,000 for boxing.
Since the playing field is 31 feet
below ground level, spectators
will enter the stadium at about
mid-point. All that will remain
will be a short distance to walk
on gently sloping ramps or esca
lators to plush, completely up
holstered seats on any of six seat
ing levels.
Once in their seats, a view will
be presented to the spectators
which will fill them with awe
. . . the world’s largest unsup
ported domed area. It will be 642
feet from side to side (longer
than two football fields).
Even now, with construction
work only 75 per cent finished,
the view is spectacular. With
nothing to use as reference on the
floor of the stadium, the eye fails
to register the true size of field.
Every seat in the house will be
well worth the money because the
roof gives the spectator the ef
fect of being twice as close to
the play in action. It is equally
hard to believe that the roof is
actually 208 feet above the field.
Obviously many sports writers
have been taken-in by the optical
illusion, as is shown by requests
for the baseball commissioner’s
Student
interested
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only” mee
day in thi
ter Balln
Andrews v
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lower level seats will rotate on tracks for football, baseball.
office to rule on balls hitting the
dome.
Real evidence of any hitter’s
prowness is lacking. Even using
fungo bats under ideal conditions
“UNi '
yielded only one successful hit,
and that one failed to hit the top
of the dome. It struck near the
side at the 182-foot level.
Since the floor of the stadium
: I Thirty
testing se;
nesday an
. day. The
ply no c
Texas Parade Photo L t h e
through F
day and 1
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is still being used daily by bull.| ust regj
dozers cranes and trucks, it hail-
been impossible to start prepar-B
ing the grounds for grass. Br
The A&M Agricultural ExtenflYCniJ
sion Service did extensive re-f
search to discover what type ol
grass would best suit the covered
air-conditioned stadium.,
Troy
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Gary
“They told us Tiffway Bermp(li|'j?" t0n ] i °
would be the best for those cotB 1 era a
the Text
ceive th
ditions,” said John Giles, publicity
director for the Houston Sports
Association, and owners of the
Colt .45’s, chief tenants of the
multipurpose building.
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WORLD’S LARGEST AIR CONDITIONING TOWER
. . . Only other comparable tower located at Manned Space
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DUCTS RING SPECTATOR AREA
unit produces 6,000 tons of cooling capacity.
More Everyday
VALUES at
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Leaf Rake
(Metal
Handle)
49
Utility Basket
(l-bushel)
$2.29 Value
Only 77c
PAPER-BACK
BOOKS
35*? to 75£ Values
13
Swingline Pencil Sharpener
$2.49 Value, Now
$1.29
REMINGTON SHOTGUN
8
No. 1100, Automatic. 12, 16 or 20
gauge
Reg. Retail 244.95
ONLY $199.95
High-powered Federal Shot
gun Shells
12 gauge - 2.26,16 gauge - 2.07,
20 gauge - 1.95
Bike Tires, All Sizes, $1.95
Aluminum Folding Cot
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.22 Automatic Rifle No. 552
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Use GIBSON’S Tnstant Credit Plan’
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9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Redmond Terrace, Highway 6, South
“We have begun raising this rMrs. Goi
grass on a farm near Wharton j ;en ^
and will continue to raise it there 1 j,j s ^
for replacement purposes oncemj g an ^ n ,
have our first grass in the stadi- ;
um.” [ Th® (
“We know that when we put | : K> v e the
down a floor, it will kill the grass, f octant
but the researchers told us that! award is
it will come out again. The wholepV. Post,
thing is a gamble. We will not!
know whether it will or will not!
until we do it the first time,” said |
Giles.
Because the dome is the first!
of its kind in the world, theen-l
tire construction of it has been a I
gamble. No one had built one be^ I
fore and no one was 100 per cent]
sure that it could be built.
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Chapel
906 Jersey St.
South Side of Campus
Invites anyone interested
in The Episcopal Church to
to an
INQUIRERS’ CLASS
Sunday Evening 8:00 p. m.
First Class October 4, 1964
Regular Service of the Episcopal
Church Sundays 8:00 a. m. 9:15
a. m. 11:00 a. m.; 7:00 p. nn
Wednesdays 6:30 a. m. 7:15 p. m.
Canterbury Association - Supper
6:30 p. m. Wednesdays.
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