Harris County leaders have announced their financing plan for a $105 million redevelopment of the Houston Astrodome that would include raising the two bottom floors to accommodate about 1,400 parking spaces.
Officials said Friday that the county would pay for a third of the project, another third would come from hotel taxes and the remaining amount from county parking revenues.
County commissioners will determine Tuesday whether to spend $10.5 million on the design of the parking garage inside the county-owned stadium. If that's approved, a firm would be hired to produce an overall redevelopment plan.
The dome has been vacant for 17 years and the Houston Chronicle reports officials want to make it suitable for festivals, conferences and commercial uses across more than 550,000 square feet of air-conditioned space.
