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Houston Dome's Future Is Anybody's Guess.
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Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Aug. 28--Houston's elimination Tuesday as a potential host city for the 2012 Olympics will force Harris County officials to find new uses for the county-owned Reliant Astrodome -- and new, as yet undetermined revenue sources to pay for those uses.
Under the Houston 2012 Foundation's plans to bring the 2012 Games to Houston, the Dome would have been gutted and revamped, at an estimated cost of $90 million, into a one-of-a-kind enclosed track and field stadium.
But with Tuesday's decision by ...
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