30 results found for “astroworld”

Greezed Lightnin' was a steel coaster at AstroWorld in Houston, Texas that opened in 1978. It closed with the rest of the park at the end of the 2005 operating season. At a height of 137.8 feet, it reached a top speed of 60...

Ultra Twister was a steel-pipeline style coaster built by TOGO for Six Flags Great America in Jackson, New Jersey. The ride opened in 1986 but after just five seasons in the Garden State, it was moved to AstroWorld in Houston for the 1991 season....

The Houston Astro-Knots played in the second incarnation of World Team Tennis that began in 1981. The original league played from 1974 to 1978. The Astro-Knots joined the re-tooled league in 1982 and folded after the 1983 season.

The Houston Astrodome, officially the NRG Astrodome, is the world's first multi-purpose, domed sports stadium. It opened in 1965 and was most famously home to baseball's Astros as well as the NFL's Oilers. Many other college and pro teams also played there including the...

The Houston Astrodome, officially the NRG Astrodome, is the world's first multi-purpose, domed sports stadium. It opened in 1965 and was most famously home to baseball's Astros as well as the NFL's Oilers. Many other college and pro teams also played there including the...

Tape World was a mall-based chain of music stores owned by Trans World Entertainment, operators of Record Town, Coconuts, and FYE among others. While the name suggested emphasis on the one format, it did offer CDs, briefly, before being retired by Trans World.

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The World Series of Rock was a summer concert series held at the old Cleveland Municipal Stadium from 1974-1980. Co-sponsored by Belkin Productions and WMMS, each concert featured multiple acts throughout the day. The Rolling Stones played it twice ('75 and '78) as did...

The 1982 World's Fair, officially called the Knoxville International Energy Exposition, was held May 1 through October 31, 1982. The 70-acre fairgrounds were built on the old Louisville and Nashville railyard and depot, though part of the campus of the University of Tennessee was...

The Starwood Ampitheater was an outdoor music venue in Nashville. For a generation it was greater Nashville's outdoor concert hot spot. It opened June 20, 1986 with concert called??One for the Sun, featuring, among others, rock & roll legend Carl Perkins.??Blue Oyster Cult performed...

Big league baseball came to the Dallas-Ft. Worth area in 1972, when the Senators moved from the nation's capital. In 2023, they were world champions!

J & R Music World was a music retailer and electronics store founded in 1970 in New York City. It had two locations, one on Park Row in Lower Manhattan and one on the campus of Columbia University. The company closed its main store...

Circus World was a theme park in Haines City, FL that opened in 1974. Originally owned by Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey, it was intended to be the winter home of that company's circus operations as well as the site of its training...

Are we not style? We are vintage. This electric yellow tee throws it back with a retro-futuristic graphic, complete with a certain red dome you might recognize and the phrase “Try to detect it, it’s not too late.” Perfect for fans of synths, signals,...

The World of Sid and Marty Krofft??was an indoor amusement park??in Atlanta, Georgia that was based on the various TV shows??produced by the sibling duo Sid and Marty Krofft. It was located in what is now CNN Center.??