@The LIM Report when the Houston Texans were choosing names to call themselves they had to Ask the Kansas City Chiefs for permission to use the name Texans because they still had rights to the name.
Lakewood Church was built in the mid-70s and was called The Summit. It hosted the NBA’s Rockets and the Houston Aeros of the World Hockey Association (Aeros won the league title twice during their existence and was the team for whom the legendary Gordie Howe came out of retirement and played alongside his sons Mark and Marty for several years in Houston and later New England/Hartford Whalers). The Summit had limited luxury suites, and they were at the very top of the arena, so the Toyota Center was built to include more suites and closer to the arena floor, not to mention about 2,000 more seats. Televangelist Joel Ostern then purchased the unused The Summit and converted it into his megachurch.
Although it wasn't "Premium Seating" friendly, The Summit was a much better building for watching events that the Toyota Center . Loved watching Aeros (both WHA and IHL versions) play there.
Rice Stadium was home of the Oilers from 1964 to 1967. The Oilers played their early seasons at Jeppesen Stadium, a high school facility on the current site of TDECU Stadium. It was later bought by U of H and renamed Robertson Stadium, where the Cougars moved from the Astrodome. Rice Stadium is also famous for JFK's "We choose to go to the moon" speech. Part of that speech was "Why does Rice play Texas?" It was because both schools were in the same conference, the now-defunct Southwest Conference.
2:13. Rice Stadium looks like a good example of a stadium whose greatest days are behind it, rolling with the punches of changing times and adapting itself to be whatever is workable. Looks like a good mid-level venue. Unlike some stadiums whose blaze of glory is followed by a steep decline, something like Pontiac Silverdome.
Thank you for finally doing this video! I've always wanted to hear your thoughts on the various stadiums in the Houston area in a single video, and I finally got my wish. Thanks, man!
well.. Money and Football is huge here. There's like 4/5 state and/or nationally ranked football teams out of Houston every year. Usually the same ones.
When i went to CFISD the Berry Center was somewhat new, and Pridgeon was still great. I did not know they renamed the Berry to FCU until this video lol
Nothing strange about having a train at Minutemaid park where the Astros play. The stadium was built on the site of Central Station, Houston’s old train station.
Aveva Stadium is now known as just "SaberCats Stadium" after the naming agreement with Aveva ended. It's part of Houston Sports Park, where the Dynamo and Dash have their practice facilities.
Humble is pronounced umble. Cy-Fair stadium also has a junior college play there. You missed Veterans Stadium (League City) and Challenger-Columbia Stadium (Friendswood, named after the space shuttles) that are part of Clear Creek ISD which is in southeast Houston in the NASA/Clear Lake stadium.
@@TheMrPeteChannelHouston is full of weird quirks like that, fuqua and kuykendahl are others that most outsiders would never guess how to correctly pronounce
@@vrettos99 Don't forget San Felipe, Bissonet, Laura Koppe, Tuam, Beauchamp, Chartres, Chenevert, Synott, Tellepsen... Honestly you could make a whole video just about how we pronounce these street names 🤣
I find it interesting that so many of these school districts have stadiums serving several high schools. Here in Gerogia, the vast majority of high schools have their own stadiums on campus.
You know of all the time that you have been on RU-vid I never thought the stadium of the highschool that I went to would have went to would have ever ended up on one of your videos😶
I've been to a Dynamo game in the rain in the summer. A larger roof wouldn't make that much of a difference. It's still hot and you still would get wet.
So thankful you included both the Astrodome and Lakewood Church formally known as the Summit, the former home of the Houston Rockets (NBA) and Aeros (former pro hockey team in the World Hockey Association). For Lakewood Church, it gets more positive press and TV exposure than any former sports venue known in the Universe. 🙏🏿🙏🏾🙏🏽🙏🏼🙏🏻🙏
@@psideTXdude03 Although no one was talking about the WNBA, the old Houston Comets did play at the Summit and won the women's basketball league's first four championships. And while I'm talking about it, (though I am from New York and am a Liberty fan) bring back the Comets!
When pronouncing Humble the "H" is silent and pronounced Umble. The Astrodome was designated a historical site so while not being used it is unlikely to be torn down any time soon.
Houston Dynamo are not the only professional soccer franchise in the city, or even the only professional soccer franchise that calls Shell Energy Stadium home. Dynamo's sister franchise (who are owned by the Dynamo's investor/operator group) Houston Dash compete in the NWSL.
@@supersasukemaniac The closest you're gonna get would be Dynamo 2 in MLS NEXT PRO, which is considered part of the third tier of US Soccer, alongside USL League 1 and NISA. Beyond that, you're off into the wilderness of the fourth tier, with USL League 2 and NISA Nation as well as the NPSL and UPSL. Of those four comps, only NISA Nation doesn't have a presence in Houston. That said, while individual teams within any of those competitions could be full-professional, that'd be only by the barest of minimums, and the leagues themselves would easily be described as semi-pro.
Being a former resident of Humble, it is weird that the H is silent, as others have noted. I believe the town is named after a judge. However, compared to other Houston suburbs, Humble is not a totally incorrect description, though "homely" might be a bit better.
Is Humble a decent suburb? I thought it was but I haven't been to Houston in nearly 30 years. In my mind I associate it with the The Woodlands which I think is nice and also not correct-two different places. I am Canadian so when I see leafy American suburbs they look nice to me ("the American dream") but I suppose they could have negative undertones I can't see with the naked eye or pictures.
@@neilwhitaker6284 Humble is definitely in the bottom half of quality surrounding Houston. I chose it because I could get a cheap house there and it was close to the airport, which is something I valued. The Woodlands and Spring are much nicer and much more expensive to live in.
@@derekashworth5884 OK I see I had the wrong impression of Humble. Thank you for your reply. It was a town name I always associated with High School football that I would hear a lot in the mid 90s. Given that it is a little north of Houston I associated it with some of the nicer places you mentioned. Thank you for informing me.
Good ol traylor stadium I grew up in that town and we would make similar jokes but in all honesty it really is a standard high school stadium here in Texas lol
How do you go to all these high school venues in the suburbs and miss going to Prairie View, Tx. You missed a beautiful football stadium "Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field" & the "William 'Billy' Nicks Building" (The Baby Dome) arena.
No love for Galveston or Conroe? Also, I think Minute Maid Park/Shell Energy/Toyota Center, Ferttita Center/TDECU/Shroeder Park, NRG stadium/Astrodome/NRG Arena, Rice stadium/Reckling Park are all within 10 miles of each other and are all served by some light rail line.
NRG Stadium is home of Rodeo Houston, formerly held in the Astrodome. NRG Arena was built for the rodeo's associated horse shows, while livestock shows take place in the neighboring NRG Center, which replaced the old Astrohall.
I think the new name fits pretty well considering the Astros own the team now (hence why they are the Astros AAA affiliate now,not an Independent team anymor
You should do the stadiums of Alabama. You might not be able to include all the high school football stadiums because there’s a lot of them, but all of the college and pro venues can make a nice You should do the stadiums of Alabama. You might not be able to include all the high school football stadiums because there’s a lot of them, but all of the college and pro venues can make a nice video. video.
Texans Play at nrg 🏟️ Astros plays at minute maid rockets play at Toyota center And Aeros used to share with the rockets Rice 🦉 plays at rice stadium Houston cougars and oilers played in the astrodome!!!!
I know people will always be taken aback by how much money these school districts spend on football facilities while also pointing out the perceived poor educational standards surrounding everything else. These school districts are not the underperforming underprivilege shitholes people make them out to be, they are in upper-middle class suburbs with enormous budgets and schools ranging from 3k -6k students. These schools rival small universities in their overall quality of facilities and education. Also, the funding for these stadiums are voted on by the constituents in local elections.
I am Canadian so I have observed the answer to this...jealousy and envy. It is easier for people to destroy and tear down what others have built than build something yourself. The USA like any country has its positives and its negatives. Building awesome things and being passionate about High School or college sports is one of its positives in my opinion. Slightly off topic a friend asked me last week driving to work if I'd like to move to the USA and I said I'd consider it if the opportunity came up. There are many things I admire and like about rural American culture (I work in agriculture very rural) but the country has its issues too. I thumbed up your comment, good one!
Yes, but... We voters (well, not me--I voted against it) in Clear Creek ISD approved a $480 million bond for the school district. For our pains (and our increased property taxes), we have giant buildings and palatial stadiums, but my kids' teachers still send us their Amazon supplies wish lists. I know, I know: the money was for capital improvements and can't be diverted to teacher supplies. Still... there is something very off--and off-putting that a wealth school district can guilt mush-headed taxpayers into vast amounts of public funding to "upgrade" facilities that are better by many orders of magnitude than what HISD schools typically have, yet the actual teachers have to go hat-in-hand to the parents for supplies for science experiments. While the process may have been democratic, it demonstrates that there is something not entirely healthy in the values and priorities of the system--or the people supporting the system.
@@aggressive_goose8679 I'm glad you're being honest, my man: I was a little bit worried that you were lying to me. People usually have a moral/ethical reason for disagreeing with things, propositions, and/or things. So, that's what responsible moral thinkers, do:--give moral reasons for the basis of their viewpoints. And, yes, I was indeed taken aback when asked to vote $480 million by CCISD. However, given that I didn't vote for the bond, I'm actually not the problem. Say his to Mav, Iceman, and Merlin! Peace out, Goose! Peace out! (P.S: Drop in a capital letter and apostrophe now and again: they're still free, you know. It doesn't cost anything (not even $480 mil) to hit them on your keyboard.
And where would you suggest people to park then. Houston is a vehicle city. You pretty much have to have a car to get anywhere efficiently. It's very spread out & has multiple business districts & tons of suburbs. The metro area is larger than many small states & countries. It doesn't function like cities that were built around large center districts & mass transit, & it would be a huge & extremely expensive task to change that. You have to have large parking lots to handle the massive amounts of vehicles of those attending events at these stadiums. And flat land is far cheaper than parking garages or mass transit to all of these stadiums.
Shocking that a city the size of Houston lacks any professional women's teams that share these stadiums. Because as well-researched as these videos are, the omission of women's pro sports either means they do not exist or that the researcher has a sexist bias....
