Reliant Stadium
You probably know the answer to this. How would local MAGA leaders react if Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo would post an image of herself in AI Jesus-like healing a constituent. Local MAGA like Sen. Paul Bettencourt would be going batsh_t crazy. Different strokes.
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Former Houston Police Chief Troy Finner will soon become the police chief in Missouri City. H-Town has a population of over 2 million folks. Missouri City has 75,000 people who live there. That is all I have to say about this.
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The City of H-Town ICE ordinance is getting a ton of buzz heading into the special called city council meeting tomorrow. Let’s hope we can find a solution that lowers the political temperature in these parts. Stay tuned.
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See this from the Chron:
When the Houston Texans begin play in their 25th season, they’ll do so with a familiar name back on their home venue.
After 12 years of being called NRG Stadium, the home of the Houston Texans and Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is reverting to its original name: Reliant Stadium. The change was approved Wednesday by the Harris County Sports & Convention Corporation.
Reliant Energy, the company based in Houston, bought the 30-year naming rights for the stadium and surrounding buildings in 2002 for $300 million. NRG Energy purchased Reliant’s retail electricity business in 2009 and opted to change the name of the stadium in 2014 to reflect the brand of the parent company.
I am ready. Either I am ahead of the times or behind the times in the featured photo. Don’t worry folks. The Houston Metro Red Line stop will still be called Stadium Park / Astrodome.
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We won last night and maybe ushered in new tradition with the dinger hat. See this from Tags.
HOUSTON — Saddle up, the Astros have finally joined the home run celebration fun.
When slugger Yordan Alvarez roped his seventh homer of the season in the third inning to help corral a 3-1 win over the Rockies on Wednesday, veteran catcher Christian Vázquez placed an orange and blue Astros cowboy hat on his head in the dugout, which Alvarez wore proudly as he received high-fives along the bench.
The Astros are late to the party, but they’re here. Other teams have been already doing it for a while: the Mariners give a gold trident to the player who homers, and the Blue Jays put on a jacket with a Canadian flag emblazoned on the right arm while boasting the home countries represented by players and staff. This year, the Pirates recently started using a steel worker’s mask after homers.
Vázquez found the hat, which has an orange brim and blue crown with an Astros logo on front, online for $50 and purchased it. He told Alvarez pregame Wednesday to be ready to wear it if he hits a homer.
“I was looking for something cool to do for the home run celebration,” said Vázquez, who played the previous three seasons with the Twins, who at one point had a fishing jacket and rod and reel. “I found this on the website. It was cool. We’re in Texas, so, you know…”
Vázquez said he plans to put the jersey numbers of all the hitters around the crown.
“It’s something that everybody wants to wear after a homer,” he said. “We’ll do it together.”
Astros manager Joe Espada hopes to see the hat worn a lot this season.
We are 8-11.