1965-Howard Cosell Feature on Astrodome Opening

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1965 "Wide World Of Sports" feature on the opening of the Houston Astrodome. Taped prior to the Yankees and Astros playing each other in an exhibition game that was considered the formal launching of the new facility. We get to see a young Rusty Staub and Roger Maris for a rather pointless demonstration, and Houston manager Lum Harris touches on the new facility's one problem that the designers failed to anticipate (which later necessitated the invention of artificial turf).

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@pajasa62 4 года назад

This is what RU-vid is all about, not some cat walking over piano keys, but things like this that you never knew existed until you saw it with your own 2 eyes.

@edde1968 4 года назад

WOW. Awesome vintage video here. The opening of the Astrodome in 1965 just amazing. With the legendary Howard Cosell along with players like Rusty Staub and the great Roger Maris. I believe Mickey Mantle hit the first home run ever in the Astrodome. Again thx for uploading this nostalgia video. 👍👍👍

@dariowiter3078 4 года назад

He certainly did in this exhibition game in April of '65. ⚾⚾⚾⚾⚾ 😁😁😁😁😁

@rochelletidwell3628 4 года назад

OMG!!! I was born in August 65 and I was a baby when my family moved to Houston from Los Angeles the same year. I live in DC now thank you so much for posting. I just love this!

@marcyfan-tz4wj 2 месяца назад

i was born 2 months after you and OMG indeed....OMG it wasn't good enough to last even 50 years.

@marbury2403 2 года назад

Howard Cosell is iconic. His detractors have already been forgotten.

@dr.migilitoloveless2385 2 месяца назад

I always liked those first Houston Astros home uniforms.

@patgalvez4563 Год назад

back when smoking was allowed in the dome a thick cloud of smoke would build up at the top during an event..lol

@dr.migilitoloveless2385 2 месяца назад

Sixty years ago the Astrodome was state of the art and the eighth wonder of the world, now it's only an empty decaying hulk.

@lsmftymf 3 года назад

A must-watch concerning the Astrodome is Robert Altman's Brewster McCloud. Most of the film's scenes take place there because the title character lives in the utility room in the stadium's bowels.

@charleswinokoor6023 3 года назад

Howard’s voice sounds just a little bit high-pitched as though the tape speed is a touch fast. But it’s still great listening to him.

@lancehurley9743 Год назад

10 years later, the Bad News Bears would play there...I remember it well

@RRaquello Год назад

Pre-toupee Cosell. The Yankee dynasty got to the Astrodome just in time to collapse. But it hadn't happened yet.

@DGarcia879 2 года назад

Apartments? you mean luxury suites

@epaddon 2 года назад

No, apartment is correct. Judge Hofheinz actually lived there during those early years of his ownership.

@jlobiafra Год назад

@@epaddon didn't he have a bowling alley also in the dome?

@wiedep 4 года назад

The future billion dollar mallparks were a foregone conclusion with this glaring monstrosity. Did Rusty call him Howie? Mike Schmidt hit one of the speakers in '74 - sabr.org/gamesproj/game/june-10-1974-mike-schmidts-3-hits-lead-phillies-12-0-shutout-astros Hofheinz was forced out barely 10 years later.