PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
Professional Sport Teams:
- Rockets (basketball): The Rockets play at
Toyota Center, in downtown. http://www.nba.com/rockets/
- Astros (baseball): The Astros play at Minute Maid Park, in downtown. http://houston.astros.mlb.com/. Minute Maid Park (http://houston.astros.mlb.com/hou/ballpark/) has an innovative 50,000-square-foot retractable glass ceiling that allows games to always go on, come rain or shine. If the Astros score a homerun or win, the train runs. You can always get a good view by standing on the Phillips 66 Home Run Porch above left-center field. You can take a behind the scenes tour of the Ballpark: http://houston.astros.mlb.com/hou/ballpark/tours/index.jsp
- Dynamo (Men’s soccer) and Dash (Women’s soccer): They both play at the BBVA Compass Stadium. http://www.houstondynamo.com/ and http://www.houstondynamo.com/houstondash
- Texans (American football): They play at Reliant Stadium. http://www.houstontexans.com/
- Astrodome: It was the world's first multi-use, domed sports stadium. It now sits defunct. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrodome