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Listed 1/15/2014
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Completed in 1965, the Astrodome in Houston, Harris County, Texas, is an engineering marvel of its time. As the first enclosed and air-conditioned sports stadium in the United States, the Astrodome boasted the largest clear span dome at the time of its completion (642 feet). Dubbed the -Eighth Wonder ofthe World,- by the influential Houston Judge Roy M. Hoff1einz, the Astrodome provided over 60,000 seats while it served as home playing field to Major League Baseball's Houston Astros, the National Football League's Houston Oilers, and the University of Houston's Cougars. The Astrodome also served as a multi-use facility for events such as the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, boxing matches, tennis matches, concerts, trade-shows, and religious assemblies. The Oilers left Houston after the 1996 season, and the Astros played their last game in the Astrodome in 2000 before moving to Enron Field in downtown Houston. In 2005, the building provided temporary shelter to thousands of residents displaced by HuiTicane Katrina flooding, but the Astrodome has sat unused since then. The Astrodome is nominated under Criterion C at the national level in the areas of Architecture and Engineering for its innovations in clea{-span dome design and construction. It is also nominated under Criterion A in the area of Recreation/Entertainment at the national level as the progenitor of enclosed multi-purpose sports stadiums, now an American sports archetype architectural form, and at the local level of significance for its role in sports and popular entertainment in Houston and the suiTounding region. The period of significance extends from 1965 to 2000, the period during which major-league sporting events were regularly held in the arena. The property meets Criteria Consideration G (Properties that Have Achieved Significance within the Past Fifty Years) as an exceptionally significant example of stadium construction. In April 2006, the National park Service approved Part 1 of a Federal Preservation Tax Incentives application, concuiTing that the building is eligible for listing under these criteria.
Fans celebrated the men's basketball team's national championship win over Michigan. Photos by Bill Luster.
Fans celebrated the men's basketball team's national championship win over Michigan. Photos by Bill Luster.
Fans celebrated the men's basketball team's national championship win over Michigan. Photos by Bill Luster.
March 1st 1972 -- Normal Community High School - Neuman Gym -- Final SHOT planning. .12 left. We win the State Championship with a shot at the free-throw line with 1 second left. Colorized in GIMP. Our two Managers sit to the right .. Mark Gronewold and Keith Williams await the celebration to come
Fans celebrated the men's basketball team's national championship win over Michigan. Photos by Bill Luster.
Fans celebrated the men's basketball team's national championship win over Michigan. Photos by Bill Luster.
LEXINGTON, KY - MARCH 15: A Brigham Young Cougars cheerleader performs during their game against the Xavier Musketeers in round one of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Rupp Arena on March 15, 2007 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
Fans celebrated the men's basketball team's national championship win over Michigan. Photos by Bill Luster.
March 1st 1972 -- Normal Community High School - Neuman Gym -- Final SHOT planning. .12 left. We win the State Championship with a shot at the free-throw line with 1 second left. Colorized in GIMP. Our two Managers sit to the right .. Mark Gronewold and Keith Williams await the celebration to come
Fans celebrated the men's basketball team's national championship win over Michigan. Photos by Bill Luster.
This is the moment, immediately after Winthrop University beat the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) to clinch the Big South conference men's basketball championship.
Having not lost the entire season in the Big South, Winthrop held on to beat 6th seeded VMI on the Eagles home court by a score of 84-81. VMI missed a three point shot at the buzzer to tie.
Winthrop (28-4), will now wait to find where it will be seeded in the NCAA national basketball championship tournament. For the moment, the Eagles can enjoy their 7th Big South conference tournament championship in nine years, and third straight.
Brian L Fislar's story about the 50th anniversary of Chillicothe Pearce MUSTANGS winning the 1972 IESA CLASS B STATE basketball Championship. Thanks to old friend from Lacon and Chillicothe IL Patti Boswell Hedden for the update on this :))
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Governor Phil Murphy visits St. Peter's University Athletics to speak with the team and coach Shaheen Holloway March 21, 2022 in Jersey City, NJ. (OIT/NJ Governor's Office)
Fans celebrated the men's basketball team's national championship win over Michigan. Photos by Bill Luster.
STORY by Brian L Fislar. Sent to me by Patti Boswell Hedden former Chilli/Lacon IL resident. The story was pretty much RIGHT on as to what took place that night. WE were down by 8 at half for the VERY first time all year. We were the ones who usually had big leads at half. The Coaches spurred us on by showing us RANTOUL celebrating in the other locker room. You could see all the way through the Coaches room glass windows of Newman Gym back then INTO the other locker. They were acting like they had won already. Coach Tony BLEW yelled, "LOOK at them! they think they won already! YOU going to let them get away with that?!" Coach Blew said "There's not a team down here that can beat you guys!" then the coaches rolled a blackboard on wheels between us and their locker-room view and we devised a new winning strategy for the 2nd half. Coaches felt we were too timid and should drive to the hole more to get fouled. It worked great as Rantoul kept fouling us and looked scared. Our pressure defense caused a lot of late turnovers by their guards. At the winning shot our "premature" celebration was actually the REFS bowing to Rantoul COACH Summers complaint claiming there was still 1 second left after ALEX RAZO's winning basket. NO WAY. TIME was out, buzzer sounded. Still, they decided to give Rantoul one final shot at it but a full court heave fell way short at half-court and (fittingly) ALEX RAZO jumped up to tip it back towards the thrower and the buzzer sounded, We all celebrated again. Yes. Later on they loaded us on Fire Trucks and drove through town with sirens blaring as we chanted "We're Number ONE!" even though it was well after 10:30pm.
Back at Pearce to celebrate all the school was there surrounding US with Punch and Cake as we basked in the presence of the State Champion Trophy. We tried to get THEN School Principal Mike Mercer to give us the next day off *since it was so late* Best he would budge on was a half-hour later start time. What a night and what a season it was.
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Fans celebrated the men's basketball team's national championship win over Michigan. Photos by Bill Luster.
Fans celebrated the men's basketball team's national championship win over Michigan. Photos by Bill Luster.
March Madness time- March 1st 1972 --- Chillicothe Pearce Mustangs vs Rantoul EATER GS Bulldogs.
1st Half play. These are the photos the Peoria Journal Star took for the coverage of the game. The school sold us a pack of them B&W and or Color of our victory. My parents got the B&W version for some reason.
Fans celebrated the men's basketball team's national championship win over Michigan. Photos by Bill Luster.
The inspiration for my Silhouette cuts. I wanted a meadow feeling in the bathroom.
I should clarify.....this is only the INSPIRATION. I bought this at Bed, Bath and Beyond. The actual Hero Arts/Silhouette cuts are in the other photo behind my toilet.
I broke them down into pieces and then pieced them back together on the wall. See photostream for more pictures. :)