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SAN ANTONIO, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The city that encourages us to remember is bringing together some notable icons of Texas baseball to host what should be a memorable Big League Weekend at the Alamodome. AstroTurf®, whose roots in Texas baseball go back nearly 50 years to the historic opening of the Houston Astrodome, will furnish San Antonio's showcase venue with a custom synthetic turf system designed specifically for the stadium's baseball conversion. Ryan-Sanders...
HOUSTON, Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Harris County Sports & Convention Corporation (HCSCC) has completed installation of a new, removable AstroTurf system for Reliant Stadium. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121029/CL01659 ) The new surface will enable Reliant Park to increase the level of event activity, thereby increasing revenue and economic impact through hosting numerous sporting and other events on a world-class playing field without sacrificing its...
HOUSTON, Sept. 19, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lucas Energy, Inc. (AMEX:LEI), a U.S. based independent oil and gas company announced the addition of Mr. Fred Hofheinz to the Board of Directors of the Company effective immediately. Mr. Hofheinz, the former Mayor of the City of Houston 1974-1978, began his business career with his late father, Roy Hofheinz, Sr., the founder of the Houston Astrodome and the initial owner of the Houston Astros baseball team. Mr. Hofheinz played a key role in the...
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A virus that thrives in crowded, unsanitary environments may have caused an outbreak of stomach flu among Hurricane Katrina survivors and relief workers in Houston, health officials said on Thursday. A medical clinic set up at Houston's Reliant Park treated more than 1,000 people with diarrhea, vomiting or both symptoms between September 2 and September 12, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. No deaths were reported....
MIAMI -- Local officials are proposing that south Florida governments build a super-strong baseball stadium for the Florida Marlins that could double as a shelter during major hurricanes.The stadium, as envisioned, would be able to withstand storms as strong as Hurricane Rita, now bearing down on Texas, and equipped to provide lodging and meals for tens of thousands of people for 10 days or longer.Funded with private and tax money, the proposed domed stadium should be located centrally in...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Half of Hurricane Katrina evacuees who were trapped in their houses by flood waters waited three or more days to be rescued, according to a survey of storm victims released on Friday. Thirty-eight percent of the people who stayed behind despite orders to evacuate said they were either physically unable to leave or were caring for a disabled person. The survey of storm victims relocated to Houston was conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health, the Kaiser...
HOUSTON -- The thousands of evacuees who have called the Houston Astrodome home for the past week are expected to get their own apartments in Houston and other cities across the country soon.More than 2,000 of the New Orleans refugees who fled the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina have already been placed in apartment complexes throughout Houston, and another 2,000 will be moving to new accommodations next week, said Guy Rankin, head of the Katrina Housing Task Force.Another 8,000...
By Adam Tanner HOUSTON (Reuters) - Thousands of refugees lined up under the hot sun for payments from the American Red Cross on Thursday in a confused atmosphere that prompted officials to close off access to the Astrodome complex at one point. For the evacuees whose lives were ruined by flood, their days are now spent waiting for housing, food stamps, school registration and cash to restart their lives. Frustration is growing. "Basically you spend all day going from line to line to...
By Adam Tanner HOUSTON (Reuters) - Thousands of refugees lined up under the hot sun for payments from the American Red Cross on Thursday in a confused atmosphere that prompted officials to close off access to the Astrodome complex at one point. For the evacuees whose lives were ruined by flood, their days are now spent waiting for housing, food stamps, school registration and cash to restart their lives. Frustration is growing. "Basically you spend all day going from line to line to...
By Michael Christie and Mark Egan NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Thousands of Hurricane Katrina's victims in New Orleans clung to their ravaged lives on Wednesday, some refusing to leave despite threats of forcible evacuation, others simply trapped. There are still thousands in the city "wanting to leave" and waiting for help, New Orleans Police Chief Eddie Compass told CNN. But others made it clear they planned to stay put despite an order to leave, the threat of disease and the lure of...
