General

"1965 Boston Red Sox retractable dome." StadiumPage.com. Accessed 6/30/15. http://www.stadiumpage.com/stpages/soxdome.html 

Acosta, Mike. Jan. 2011. "Rain or shine: How Houston developed space city baseball." Houston History Magazine. Accessed 3/28/15. http://houstonhistorymagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/acosta-astros2.pdf

Balke, Jeff. Sept. 10, 2013. "Saving the Astrodome: From perfectly fine to nearly demolished." Houston Press. Accessed 7/28/15. http://www.houstonpress.com/news/saving-the-astrodome-from-perfectly-fine-to-nearly-demolished-the-history-of-the-domes-demise-and-the-rise-of-new-stadiums-in-houston-6712432

Gast, James. 2014. The Astrodome: Building an American spectacle.

Herskowitz, Mickey. April 9, 1995. "Dome hits 30." The Houston Post. Accessed 7/31/15. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsapp/BT/DOMES/HOUSTON/h-dome30.html

Leventhal. Josh. 2011. Take Me Out to the Ballpark: An Illustrated Tour of Baseball Parks Past and Present Featuring Every Major League Park. Plus Minor League and Negro League Park. Black Dog & Leventhal.

Ray, Edgar. W. 1980. The grand huckster: Houston's Judge Roy Hofheinz. genius of the Astrodome. Memphis. Tenn: Memphis State University Press.

Reinar,. Al. April 1975 "Greetings From the Eighth Wonder of the World." Texas Monthly. Accessed 7/28/15. http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/greetings-eighth-wonder-world. 

"History." RodeoHouston. Accessed 7/31/15. http://www.rodeohouston.com/AboutUs/WhoWeAre/History.com

"The Houston Astrodome." 1992. Accessed 8/3/15. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsapp/BT/DOMES/HOUSTON/intro.html

Thompson, Derek, May 28, 2013. "Houston Is Unstoppable: Why Texas' Juggernaut Is America's #1 Job Creator." The Atlantic. Accessed 8/8/15. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/05/houston-is-unstoppable-why-texas-juggernaut-is-americas-1-job-creator/275927/

"Tigerlore." Accessed 8/3/15. http://tigerlore.blogspot.com/2012/02/dome-stadium-that-wasnt.html

 

Hofheinz and Astodomain

Guenther. Karen. Oct. 1998. "Judge Roy's Playground: A History of Astroworld." East Texas Historical Journal. Accessed 8/1/15. http://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1922&context=ethj

Hvlaty. Craig. October 30. 2014. "AstroWorld closed nine years ago Thursday."Houston Chronicle. Accessed 7/15/15. http://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Astroworld-closes-nine-years-ago-today-5856034.php

"Mattel faces new SEC fraud charges." Oct. 3. 1974. Chicago Tribune. Accessed 8/1/15. http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1974/10/03/page/74/article/mattel-faces-new-sec-fraud-charges

 

Astros

Brown, Bill and Mike Acosta. 2013. Houston Astros: Deep in the heart. Bright Sky Press.

Geisler, Paul et. al. 2014. The National Pastime Summer 2014 Issue: Baseball in the Space Age - Houston Since 1961. Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).

Granillo, Larry. May 10, 2011. "Wezen-ball." Baseball Prospectus. Accessed 6/30/15. http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=13856

"Houston Astros." Sports E-Cyclopedia. Accessed 7/15/15. http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/houastros/astros.html

"Smokers get advice: Don't at Houston indoor events." March 7, 1986. The Victoria Advocate. Accessed 8/8/2015. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DSBIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7oAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5308%2C6623689 

"Timeline." Astros.com. Accessed 7/15/15. http://houston.astros.mlb.com/hou/astros50/timeline.jsp

 

Other sports

"Bluebonnet bowl." Sports Reference. Accessed 8/8/15. http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/bowls/bluebonnet-bowl.html

Gonzales, J.R. Jan. 20, 2008. "The Game of the century: Looking back 40 years." Houston Chronicle. Accessed 6/30/15. http://blog.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/2008/01/the-game-of-the-century-looking-back-40-years/

KHOU.COM. "Titans owner Bud Adams remembered as pioneer. innovator." Accessed 7/2/15. http://www.khou.com/story/local/2015/08/01/12190760/

National Public Radio. January 31, 2014. "Pioneer Billie Jean King moved the baseline for women's tennis." Accessed 8/7/15. http://www.npr.org/2013/09/12/221362904/pioneer-billie-jean-king-moved-the-baseline-for-womens-tennis

Solomon. Dan. Oct. 22, 2013. "What’s Bud Adams’s legacy In Texas?." Texas Monthly. Accessed 7/28/15. http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/whats-bud-adamss-legacy-in-texas/. 

"Houston Oilers." Sports E-Cyclopedia. Accessed 7/15/15. http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nfl/tenhou/houoilers.html

Wilkening, Mike. April 9, 2015. "Houston Astrodome, home of the Oilers, opened 50 years ago Thursday." Pro Football Talk. Accessed 7/15/15. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/04/09/houston-astrodome-home-of-the-oilers-opened-50-years-ago-thursday/ 

 

Concerts,. sermons. etc.

"Demographic data." 2015. City of Houston. Accessed 8/1/2015. http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/demographic-data

Houston Press. April 9, 2015. "Remember the Astrodome for Concerts Too." HoustonPress.com. Accessed August 23, 2015. http://www.houstonpress.com/music/remember-the-astrodome-for-concerts-too-7373229

Montville. Leigh. 2011. Evel: The high-flying life of Evel Knievel, American showman. Daredevil. and Legend. Doubleday.

Long. Michael G.. ed. 2008. The legacy of Billy Graham: critical reflections on America's greatest evangelist. Westminster.

Mueller, Daniel. Feb. 26, 2015. "Selena's perfomance at the Astrodome turns 20 years old." Houston Sun-Times. Accessed 7/30/15. http://houston.suntimes.com/hou-entertainment/7/76/77899/selena-astrodome-show 

Saye, Jim. 2009. "The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo: A Historical Perspecive." Houston History Magazine 7(1)(2009): 2-15. Accessed August 22, 2015. http://houstonhistorymagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Saye-Show-and-Rodeo-Scholarships.pdf

 

Civic events

"Mike Driscoll obituary." Feb. 22, 2013. Houston Chronicle. Accessed 8/8/15. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/obituary.aspx?pid=163216914

Suro, Roberto. Aug. 15, 1992. "The 1992 campaign." New York Times. Accessed 8/8/15. http://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/15/us/1992-campaign-host-city-houston-style-convention-republicans-heavy-traffic.html

"Stephen Klineberg on Houston's immigrant advantage." April/May 2013. Humanities Texas. Accessed 7/31/15. http://www.humanitiestexas.org/news/articles/stephen-klineberg-houstons-immigrant-advantage

 

Katrina

Blumenthal, Ralph. Sept. 4, 2005. "In Houston Astrodome, safe but restless refuge." New York Times. Accessed 7/31/15. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/us/nationalspecial/in-houston-astrodome-safe-but-restless-refuge.html?_r=0

FEMA. "Harris County, Texas Citizen Corps’ response to Hurricane Katrina." FEMA.gov. Accessed 8/1/15. https://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nims/lessons_learned_tx_katrina.pdf

Frank, Thomas. Aug. 31, 2005. "Astrodome to become new home for storm refugees." USA Today. Accessed 8/1/15. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-08-31-astrodome_x.htm

Hutchinson, Lydia. August 29, 2011. "Harry Connick, Jr. and Branford Marsalis: The Musician’s Village 6 Years After Katrina." Performing Songwriter. Accessed 8/23/2015. http://performingsongwriter.com/harry-connick-branford-marsalis-katrina/

O'Hare, Peggy, Becky Bowman, and Bill Murphy. September 11, 2005. "Katrina's Aftermath -- Building a City." Accessed 8/19/2015. Houston Chronicle. NewsBank.