Billed as the eighth wonder of the world when it opened in 1965,
the Houston Astrodome was the world's first domed stadium.
Astroturf was invented for this stadium because it quickly became
evident that grass would not grow despite a specially designed
roof.  Home to baseball's Astros and football's Oilers, the stadium
played host to a number of memorable events including one of the
largest crowds to ever see a basketball game (53,000), a 1968 clash
between UCLA and Houston, an Evel Knievel motorcycle jump of
13 cars, the Republican Convention in 1992, and an Astro-Bluebonnet
Bowl game in 1979 attended by Anna's father David to cheer on the
Tennessee Volunteers.