Regarding "Goodell weighs in on Dome study" (Thursday Texans Report), the NFL commissioner says of the plan to demolish the Astrodome: "I think that could be a very positive change in their Super Bowl bid."
He couldn't have been blunter. Why would the NFL award the Super Bowl to a venue that has a stadium-sized eyesore right next to the stadium where the event will be played? The only thing that remains in this high-stakes game of civic chicken is who will pay for the demolition. Will it be the various private interests that benefit from Reliant Center, primarily the Rodeo and the Houston Texans, or taxpayers?
Either way, if the Houston sports establishment doesn't demolish the Dome, there will be no Super Bowl in Houston in 2017.
Pete Smith
Cypress
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Blunt talk
Regarding "Goodell weighs in on Dome study" (Page C10, Thursday), the NFL commissioner says of the plan to demolish the Astrodome: "I think that could be a very positive change in their Super Bowl bid."
He couldn't have been blunter. Why would the NFL award the Super Bowl to a venue that has a stadium-sized eyesore right next to the stadium where the event will be played?
The only thing that remains in this high-stakes game of civic chicken is who will pay for the demolition. Will it be the various private interests that benefit from Reliant Center, primarily the Rodeo and the Houston Texans, or taxpayers?
Either way, if the Houston sports establishment doesn't demolish the Dome, there will be no Super Bowl in Houston in 2017.
Pete Smith, Cypress
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/letters/article/Musings-about-the-Astrodome-4377877.php
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Blunt talk
Regarding "Goodell weighs in on Dome study" (Page C10, Thursday), the NFL commissioner says of the plan to demolish the Astrodome: "I think that could be a very positive change in their Super Bowl bid."
He couldn't have been blunter. Why would the NFL award the Super Bowl to a venue that has a stadium-sized eyesore right next to the stadium where the event will be played?
The only thing that remains in this high-stakes game of civic chicken is who will pay for the demolition. Will it be the various private interests that benefit from Reliant Center, primarily the Rodeo and the Houston Texans, or taxpayers?
Either way, if the Houston sports establishment doesn't demolish the Dome, there will be no Super Bowl in Houston in 2017.
Pete Smith, Cypress
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/letters/article/Musings-about-the-Astrodome-4377877.php
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